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Oh thanks!!! That's good info, for sure!!!

...posted this in the other section, which makes more sense, i believe.
Can someone please delete this one? Thnx

Hello there!
I picked up my 6th Rick (...) yesterday, the nice cheap 1976 450/12 here in Cologne, Germany. This has been my local guitar store for years, and so i called them and got it cheaper than on Reverb.
https://i.postimg.cc/Z5GBD9wR/20250919-083154.jpg
LOVE it, but needs a good setup.

It's ...

Hello there!
I picked up my 6th Rick (...) yesterday, the nice cheap 1976 450/12 here in Cologne, Germany. This has been my local guitar store for years, and so i called them and got it cheaper than on Reverb.
https://i.postimg.cc/Z5GBD9wR/20250919-083154.jpg
LOVE it, but needs a good setup.

It's ...

Oh wow gosh that's a beauty! Congrats!

Done.
Never looking back, folks! Remove dat damn cap, it's useless!!!

Neck pickup is (still) insanely loud and bassy, but it's cool for fuzztones. The HB1 is nice and clear, and the middle position still has a bit of that Rick chime - although of course, the 480 is a very unique beast.

Thanks ...

Done.
Never looking back, folks! Remove dat damn cap, it's useless!!!

Neck pickup is (still) insanely loud and bassy, but it's cool for fuzztones. The HB1 is nice and clear, and the middle position still has a bit of that Rick chime - although of course, the 480 is a very unique beast.

Thanks y ...

I am not going to quote you, jps, and further broadcast those bonehead suggestions I made.... :oops:
Of course, you're correct. My excuse is that it was too early this morning, and my brain was not yet fueled by coffee.

IIRC, someone here years ago mentioned wrapping a piece of chewing gum ...

...oh and just for giggles, while showing off, here's my 450 - i believe it's a 74 or 75 iirc

A lot of guys take those caps out or disconnect one end or bypass them. When I replaced the wiring harness on my 325v59, I also bought a .0047 mfd cap with the intent of including it. But after exploring the range of tonal adjustment without the cap yet installed, I could not imagine wanting any ...

I'd experiment with the pickup heights (both PUs). That bridge PU foam spacer looks like it's pretty well compressed already, but a PU can be too close to the strings (magnetic pull decreases string vibration amplitude; volume). Lower the neck PU to make it "weaker" and maybe more in keeping with ...

Starting in the mid-70's, Rickenbacker went through a phase to get the maximum tonal contrast between neck and bridge pickups. This included overwinding the neck pickup to cut treble and underwinding the bridge pickup to bring out treble. This resulted in bright, but weak, bridge pickup volume and ...

Pic of the pickup?


Ok so I just went ahead and did it. Removed the original Higain (which still only reads slightly above 6k) and installed the HB-1. That one sounds much louder, but the difference between both positions is huge - it has basically no bass at all, and i still get no reading from ...

Hello there,
I recently picked up my 2nd 480, this one in azureglo, also 1975 as my über modded jetglo one. I traded one of my 70s Fender Mustangs for it, since i have too many of those.
It has had a headstock break/repair, owner told me it's fully original with only one previous owner.

Upon ...

well guy will have wanted to show up. i guess if you type in "blue 4001s" not so many others will pop up.

i've found my own gear demo videos on other auctions OH SO many times! happens.
i take it as a compliment...