Hi-Gains - neck and bridge differences?

aristeas · Post by **aristeas** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:58 pm

Is there any difference between neck and bridge Hi-Gains?

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:59 pm

I'm not sure for that era, but my 2003 620 MID has 11.45 kW[/size] neck and 11.02 kW[/size] bridge hi-gains.

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:47 pm

Also, the pole pieces are spaced differently.....

admin · Post by **admin** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:14 am

In my 1974 Model 480, the high gain at the neck was around 11 KOhms while the high gain at the bridge was around 5 KOhms. I had the latter rewound to 13!

beatcomber · Post by **beatcomber** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:49 am

I've never measured the ohms on my '84 higains, but I can tell you that the polepieces are taller on the bridge pickup.

aristeas · Post by **aristeas** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:49 pm

That's some big variations between different pups of the same ilk! How did the rewind work out on your '5kohm' bridge pup, Peter?

aristeas · Post by **aristeas** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:52 pm

BTW - I wasn't asking specific to this era, just had a brainfade about the right place to post this question.

milo · Post by **milo** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:16 am

I just went about the task of putting my horribly re-wired 1978 450/12 back to the factory schematic. My neck pup read 14.1k and the bridge pickup came in at 6.6k. Like every Rickenbacker I've owned the neck setting is louder but I expected a much bigger difference given the huge variation between the pickups.