Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

I should have specified, my cap is long bypassed. I tried a reissue toaster straight away, but as Scott says there was a big difference in output and I did not like the neck sound soloed at all. So I switched back to both original pickups with no cap. I still notice this bass weaker that other non-Ricks I have. I like the look of the 1/2" spaced toaster, so could my '77 treble pickup be wound to better compliment this setup with more over all output, or is a modern hi-gain lead a better match? That really was my question.

Let me put it another way: winding a '77 4001 treble high-gain to modern specs, i.e. to about 13.0 K, will make it somewhat hotter than its modern counterpart, simply because unlike the modern high-gain, on a '77 the coil is wound directly over, or closer to, if you like, the polepieces.
Hi, Jim. To answer your question, yes, more wire on your '72 pickup will make it hotter. And fitting a 'new-style' magnet will noticeably increase output, too.
Feel free to have me rewind your pickup.

(referring to my '02 4003)
Are modern toasters and modern high gains the same ohms? Would a toaster and high gain wound to the same ohms sound very noticably different?
Would a toaster wired hotter than a high gain sound more like a high gain?

And exactly where would we wind up? {:^)

With this:

What the .... is that????????

camera bugs!

That's a Crank-O-Vator for winding up...


It's made by Matthews Studio Equipment for the film industry.