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thanks !

thanks guys!

when i come across a lefty accent - i will buy. however, im almost tempted to just get a right handed accent and stick it on there out of frustration finding a lefty..

is there anything about the functionality of a right handed unit that wouldn't work on a lefty guitar ?

thanks ! yes it is lovely indeed. however, being a firs time ric owner, i must say that at this point i am still a tele guy. i much prefer a tele's tone and playability over this ric. i know that's probably sacrilege in these parts, but i also know its comparing apples to oranges. that said, i do ...

btw, i did play with the tone controls and the 5th knob a bit. i have the tone knobs open all the way. Funny, tho, they aren't very gradual -ie, the high freq roll off occurs toward the very end of the rotation. im wondering if i have right handed pots in there and they should be left handed - or ...

yes, action is set perfectly for me.

i believe, without having played the guitar yet with my band, the pickup height adjustment may have solved the problem. I believe it was set too high. i lowered it a bit and now the tone is remarkably better ! I couldn't put the guitar down after the adjustment ...

so i lowered the pickups a bit and the sound has improved a bit. and yes, these are fresh strings. no, not flats... i have to try those next !!

what is the distnace between the pickups and strings that I should set ?

i measured the pups. they measure at 7.4k ohms . i placed one lead on one end of the pickup selector switch and the other on ground.

so, i assume then these are actually toasters . no ?

how could i know if these are ceramic or alnico ?

yes, i will check the pickups for
a) whether they are actually hi-gains with toaster covers or,

b) what their resistance is.

This is my agenda for tonite

I will report back when I know more

i havent taken out the pickups but i will tonite - to see if they aren't just covers on hi-gains.

also, i read somewhere that if they are indeed the 12k+ versions, one can remove some of the windings to reduce the resistance to 7.4 k or thereabouts.

has anyone done this ?

btw, i've played around ...

hey all, i recently became a ric 330 owner for first time and not having played one through amps before (only played them unplugged in stores or from friends) I didn't know what to really expect other than from what I'd heard through recordings. Based on that, I was expecting lots of chime and ...

many thanks !

it looks like the lefty vibrato is out of stock in that link. also out of stock at rickenbacker site too. difficult to find though i'll keep my eye out for one.

thanks again to all the congratulatory wishes !

I love the guitar and have been glued to it despite being a devout tele guy. This being my first ric. i'd always wanted one, but somehow passed on it for a long time. this one spoke to me.

That being said, the only thing i would like to have had on ...

actually, in person, mine is more a mint green also. that is more accurate than turquoise.

yeah, it does look great in the pics and also in person, but the turquoise-esque quality to it isn't captured in the pics. the pics make it look more blue than it actually is. strange.

the pics somehow don't capture the more turquoise quality to it.. or, maybe it's my eyes....

Thanks !