Three pickups on a Ric

qmoder · Post by **qmoder** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 9:44 pm

This may be totally crazy but has anyone ever put a mid pickup on two pickup 360?

byu · Post by **byu** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 10:20 pm

RIC did and called it a 370.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 10:36 pm

Like my 370/12v64 FG:

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 9:54 am

Roger McGuinn had Rickenbacker do it for him in 1966, thus the 370/12 with the custom wiring known as the 'Byrd Circuit' was born.

s_gunderson · Post by **s_gunderson** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 2:47 am

Dan
This is a good question. I have a 360 with VPs and I have thought about adding a middle pickup since I like the 370 look. So, I too would be interested in knowing aboutif anyone has done this.

BobKat · Post by **BobKat** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 5:14 pm

Piece of cake, with a router and a drill. I suspect that my 1993 370/12 may be a converted 360, and I did not suspect that until I removed the pickups. Of course, it could have been a last-minute factory addition.

qmoder · Post by **qmoder** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 6:34 pm

I was asking this because I feel that the neck pickup by itself sounds a little too bassie to me. It looks as though there is just enough room to get another pickup in there.

But the wiring bothers me. How would you do it and how would it work? I mean would just the mid pick up work when the selector was on in the mid position? Would there be any way to add in the other pickups with it on a switch? Did the Byrd circuit do this?

adam_swapp · Post by **adam_swapp** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 7:28 pm

You'll have that problem with neck pickups. My solution (which is not endorsed, advocated, etc. by anyone but me) is to put a toaster in the neck position, and add a .0047 mfd bleed cap between the hot lead and the 5th knob. If you already have the toaster, it's hella cheaper than a new pickup, and maintains structural integrity much better than routing a third cavity.

qmoder · Post by **qmoder** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 7:32 pm

Adam for the sake of orginality you may be right. It may be wizer to start with a toaster in the neck position.
Please explain the use of this .0047 Mfd bleed cap to me?