Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Hi Michael, I've listened to your soundclip. What I'm hearing is completely normal. You have your 2 pickups wired the same way as each other, and this is exactly what I would expect to be the result when the outputs of both pickups are combined 50/50. The centres of the pickups are a fair old distan...

Oh noooooo! Rickenbackers won't sound shiny any more!

In order for even one coil to get 'zapped' would have meant plugging the bass into some madly faulty piece of kit that allowed a significant amount of current to pass through the pup, and I just can't conjure up such a likelihood. Coil wires do get brittle with age, but for both coils to go bad is j...

Well that's mightily bizarre, I must say. I'd understand one coil of a humbucker going open-circuit ...but both? Not totally impossible, of course, but extremely unlikely.

I must confess, I'm stumped.

Re. your variable readings: Having completely disconnected the neck pup from the switch, I'm guessing that you had to hold your meter probes onto the ends of the wires? The variable readings you were getting are very likely the result of imperfect contact. It's also possible that your own skin resis...

To my ear there seems to be very little between them, sound-wise. If I was pushed to pick on something, I'd say that the RIC bridge has more upper midrange going on - or, to put it another way, the Hipshot sounds a bit flatter/more hollowed-out in that region. It's a tiny margin of difference, though!

I tried to upload but it would not accept the .aif file extension. What format can I use to upload? As far as I'm aware you can't upload audio files directly to the forum. If you have any personal webspace or use a file-sharing service, you could upload to there and post a link to the file's locati...

Michael - was there supposed to be a link to an audio file there? If so, it's not showing up.

Lovely finish Job, Jim, and that rout for the Toaster is very tidy!

Before you go buying a replacement switch, let's check whether you need one. http://www.rickresource.com/forum/download/file.php?id=56481&mode=view To establish whether it's the switch or the pup/wiring that's showing a short, you'll need to open up the control cavity and do this: As before, kee...

lumgimfong wrote:I know SPDT ON/ON/ON but not sure volts and amps.

Fortunately, for this purpose those parameters don't matter. The instrument signals are in millivolts and microamps.

Oooft! That was PAINFUL to watch. I wish the guy the very best of luck with whatever he attempted, but in all honesty, if that came into my possession, I wouldn't even try to "restore" it. I'd take it for a walk in the woods and shoot it. Poor thing...

An interesting list, which - as all such lists inevitably must do - shows off the musical tastes of its creators. Another mistake: "Amateur Hour" by Sparks. I remember hearing a radio documentary several years ago in which the Mael brothers told the story of how their bassist, Martin Gordo...

chronictown wrote:Interesting that a Rickenfaker was included in the list (Joy Division, Transmission)...unless I'm mistaken Peter Hook used a Hondo 4001 copy during that era.

Correct!

Because of the way it's wired, Jason, no you can't measure it in circuit: the pickup would load it down. According to this schematic, it should be a 500k audio taper pot. Any decent quality carbon track pot should suffice as a replacement. http://www.horseshoemagnets.com/userfiles/wiring.jpg That sc...