JK 381 5th knob

[troppovino]

I am looking for information on what the small 5th knob does on the Ric JK381. Most Rickenbackers that feature a fifth knob use this position to hold a potentiometer that acts, more or less, as a bass/treble balance control. It rotates from full CCW to full CW with no detents. On the JK381, the knob is a 4 position switch. According to the manual, position 1 is Off but the manual does not elaborate on the other three positions. I sent a note to Rickenbacker tech folk but the only info they had was to refer me to the manual, which they kindly re-supplied me.

Any help with this would be gleefully accepted!

[Danotron]

This may be what you already have but it's all I could find.

Hope it helps!

[jps]

Very cool introduction in the manual by John.

[jdogric12]

Boy, that manual doesn't explain the little knob, does it? Can you describe what the second, third, and fourth positions sound like?

[jps]

...Can you describe what the second, third, and fourth positions sound like?

As you rotate the knob clockwise, each position gets more.

[Badanovski]

C. Passive mode (standard output jack) clearly explains what the little bugger does in each position. I'm assuming fully clockwise is the the final position explained in active mode.

[wim]

As I understand it, position 4 is active mode, which is adjusted with the 4 other knobs and the selector switches.
Position one to three are passive mode pickup selection, as the other switches only work in active mode

[jdogric12]

C. Passive mode (standard output jack) clearly explains what the little bugger does in each position. I'm assuming fully clockwise is the the final position explained in active mode.

derp - i shud lurn too reed!!!!!!!!!!