NGD 340 Info help required please
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NGD 340 Info help required please
Hi, I'm looking for some help on this one. I recently picked up my first Rickenbacker a 340 from 2000. I've been trying to find some info on the model but to date all I've really found is info saying that its been discontinued. Could any give me any more info on the model? Many Thanks
Re: NGD 340 Info help required please
The 340 is essentially a model 330 with an additional pickup between the neck and bridge pickups. I believe the factory setup would have the middle and neck pickups wired in parallel. IMO there is very little sonic difference between a 330 and 340 when the pickups are wired this way.
Re: NGD 340 Info help required please
Do you know when production ceased?
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Re: NGD 340 Info help required please
12/13/07:chard wrote:Do you know when production ceased?
http://www.rickenbacker.com/news_item.a ... ews=recent
Of course, that's the date Rickenbacker stopped accepting orders, not the last date that a 340 would have been produced.
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A friend of mine just got (a couple weeks ago) a MG 370/12. Brand new, recently arrived at Wildwood Guitars. I didn't realize it was that long ago that these were discontinued. Wildwood told him they had ordered it "a while ago" and it just came in!deaconblues wrote:12/13/07:chard wrote:Do you know when production ceased?
http://www.rickenbacker.com/news_item.a ... ews=recent
Of course, that's the date Rickenbacker stopped accepting orders, not the last date that a 340 would have been produced.
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Re: NGD 340 Info help required please
370/12 was never discontinued, presumably due to the McGuinn connection. 340, 340/12, and 370 were, however.jps wrote: A friend of mine just got (a couple weeks ago) a MG 370/12. Brand new, recently arrived at Wildwood Guitars. I didn't realize it was that long ago that these were discontinued. Wildwood told him they had ordered it "a while ago" and it just came in!
Re: NGD 340 Info help required please
+1 The 370-12 is on current pricelist: http://www.rickenbacker.com/pdfs/pricelist.pdf
Re: NGD 340 Info help required please
Having a 330 and 340 with similar high gains, I would actually say (IMO) that the bass (up) and 'both' (middle) switch positions are a little muddier on a 340 with factory wiring.libratune wrote:The 340 is essentially a model 330 with an additional pickup between the neck and bridge pickups. I believe the factory setup would have the middle and neck pickups wired in parallel. IMO there is very little sonic difference between a 330 and 340 when the pickups are wired this way.
I much prefer modification with push pull pots to kill individual pickups. Then you can get any combination of the three pickups and get, in particular, middle only and middle+bridge - my personal favorites.
There's also a popular mod to repurpose the 'blender' pot as a middle pickup volume.
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Re: NGD 340 Info help required please
Thanks guys, I thought it was all 3 pickup models, I didn't think to look at the current price list.