Rickenbacker 4080

joeyangel · Post by **joeyangel** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:31 pm

Hello,
I may be getting a 4080 but I have only seen them and not played one. Does anyone out there have the specs as in how heavy this thing is? Any info will help. By the way, I am new here. I own an '87 360-WB and I have just purchased an '03 330-12 in Turquoise.
Thanks

Scastles · Post by **Scastles** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:58 pm

Joey, welcome aboard if you don't get a response on your 4080 you might try posting the question in Rickenbacker Basses forum...wish I could help but don't have a clue about basses

jps · Post by **jps** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 2:40 pm

Welcome Joey! Sergio has one and I am sure he is weighting it as I write this!

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 3:59 pm

No need - it weighs in at around eight kilograms. Welcome, Joey.

P.S. Roughly fifteen kilograms including the case.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 4:51 pm

Eight KG=17 1/2 pounds! more than twice the weight of the average Rick.

15 KG=30.3 pounds! Need a strong roadie/girlfriend...

joeyangel · Post by **joeyangel** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 6:17 pm

Thanks, guys. Well, I must say that this may not be my "All Night" gigging guitar and that's for sure! Still, it does make a nice statement, so to speak. Now for the hard question. . .does anyone know how many of these things were made?

simonmole · Post by **simonmole** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:24 am

I thought I'd stray off the bass pages to ask another 4080 question! I have an autumnglo one of these monsters, and I wondered how they should be wired (mine's been rewired when I peer under the scratchplate, but it may be right it may be wrong!) should it follow the logic of all two jack Rick instruments (rick o sound and mono), or does it leave the factory wired one jack for guitar, one for bass???? This may be a silly question, but having only seen the one (!!) I'm not sure...!!_

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 12:32 am

Dimon, I'll try to pull my 4080 JG out and take a picture of the wiring (this may take a few days). My gut feeling says that it is "standard five-knob wiring" with ROS and Normal outputs.

Whenever I get my "622/12" doubleneck project guitar going, I will be using the standard five-knob ROS/Normal scheme on it.

simonmole · Post by **simonmole** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 1:07 am

That would be great Gary, thanks - I thought it MUST be like every other Rickenbacker out there, but then a jack to each amp, each with its own character set for guitar or bass, seems almost sensible - the "rick o sound" printed usually on the jackplate is gone on mine too, so no clue there...

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:33 pm

Simon, here are three pictures:

I can e-mail the larger originals to you if you want. I have sketched the wiring pattern but have not had a chance to compare it with the "standard" five-control wiring for any differences.

simonmole · Post by **simonmole** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:47 pm

Many thanks Gary! Mine is definitely wrong, even from a first glance... any chance (if not too much trouble!?!) you could email me the wiring pattern sketch? If not I'm pretty sure I can get it from the photos, cheers for "opening up" your baby for me!

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 10:21 pm

Simon, I am at a conference until late Wednesday. I will try to scan my crude sketch as soon as I can and e-mail it to you.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:54 pm

I will try to get this done in the next day or two.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:16 pm

Simon, I will e-mail you the scan as soon as I finish this posting. I may redraw it in a more legible manner if/when I get a chance.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:52 pm

Here is what Simon has to try to read: