Ric12 vs Ric12

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Tue May 22, 2007 5:37 am

Hey gang. I was rehearsing some tunes the other day with a bandmate and noticed something surprising.

Here's the situation: I was on the Rick 12 going through ROS with neck pu thru a Fender Princeton Chorus, and the bridge pu thru a Roland JC77. The other guitarist was playing a nice Schecter through a Fender Deluxe. We had a drum machine going through some heavy duty reference monitors.

First I was playing the '90 370/12SPC (with original toasters, I believe) and was getting some killer jangle without even using any compression.

After a few songs, I switched to the J Dog Rick ('00 330/12 with new scatterwound toasters) and the sound got real thin. So I have some questions for the experts here:

Was it the type of toaster? the absence of the third pickup?

Also, I noticed with the 370, my neck tone was really really dull, even though when blended the guitar sounded great.

Thanks - J

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Tue May 22, 2007 7:26 am

Did you have all pickups on in both cases? Does either guitar have the 0.0047 microfarad cap installed? Pickup heights/string heights the same?

It's also possible you're looking at a difference between 250k and 330k pots.

soundmasterg · Post by **soundmasterg** » Tue May 22, 2007 9:09 am

Does the '90 370 have the 12k toasters also? Could be a possibility.

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Wed May 23, 2007 2:03 am

Thanks Kris and Greg. I will check those things and post some pics tonight.

steverok · Post by **steverok** » Wed May 23, 2007 3:36 am

Wanna sell me the 370 ?

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Wed May 23, 2007 4:15 am

Yes, there could be a myriad of reasons for the differences in tone - 12k vs. 7.4k pickups, the .0047 microfarad cap, 250k vs. 330k pots, different brand or gauge strings, pickup height differences, different bridge or tailpiece, etc.

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Wed May 23, 2007 9:40 am

Steve, you are welcome to email me an offer. I may soon be installing a very rare compressor which of course will significantly raise its value.

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Sat May 26, 2007 3:36 am

Can anybody make heads or tails of this?

The '00 330/12JD

The '90 370/12SPC

qmoder · Post by **qmoder** » Wed May 30, 2007 12:34 am

Why none like having monocromate grey wires for fun.

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Wed May 30, 2007 3:58 am

Ok you lost me.

Pleased to explain yes?