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Matt Clark wrote:Now I want to make my 330 into a 340 and get the same kind of performance out of that guitar as well, but I don't think that is possible if it remains a semi-hollow guitar.
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Since the feedback is probably coming from the vibration of the top, dampening it with a third pickup would go along way towards solving your problem, if not curing it completely.

Aren't LP's chambered these days as well?

If you really want a solid guitar, consult a luthier about the possibility of removing the back and blocking it.

You could also look into the possibility of having the p/up rewound to 14K. I have rewound 14K toasters in the bridge positions of four of my Ricks; I have pretty much zero "squeal" issue, and have great sustain.

Squeal has a lot to do with the way the tone controls are set on the amp and on your effects as well. I used to get the "ice pick" squeal early on when playing my Rick with the tone controls set the same way I set them when using my Gretsch Silver Jet, or a Strat; they're different guitars, so the tone controls need to be set differently. I tried a few things like the old PT trick of stuffing the sound hole with news paper, or foam padding, both of which were not effective for me.

[quote="Spike-"]Probably sound about as good as this does.

Is that the new Chinese Brickenbacker?

Chinese? I thought those were North Korean.

jingle_jangle wrote:Is that the new Chinese Brickenbacker?

You sure it ain't a Rockenbacker?

Wildberry wrote:

jingle_jangle wrote:Is that the new Chinese Brickenbacker?

You sure it ain't a Rockenbacker?

Or Rockandbricker. . .

Nope. The headstock says "Brickenbacker".

You guys are all way off...

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jdawe wrote:

I just had a third RIC high gain pickup added to my 620 and had it rewired. It has now become the most versatile guitar I've ever heard--period. I can get everything from a deep Les Paul tone to a tele/strat and she still sounds like a RIC too. And, he used all of the same pots and toggle so it still look like it should (with the extra pickup of course). Simply outstanding!

How did you wire in the middle p/u on your 620-- did you tie it in parallel to the neck p/u as is done on a 370, or did you do something different? I've always been curious about what a 3-p/u RIck would sound like with a Strat-like 5-position switch, although it might be tricky to integrate that with the Rick-o-Sound wiring (I haven't given this any real thought).

I will have to ask my tech exactly what he did as I didn't have much input, other that to tell him I wanted to preserve as much RIC look as possible but get a more dynamic tone variety from the guitar, specifically Fender tones. I was going to do the 5-way, but he worked around that and made the pan pot work differently. I know it was a complicated endeavor for him. He flipped a magnet so that when the middle pickup is in the mix (when the toggle switch is in the center position) they work together like a humbucker so the noise cancels out. He called this the Nashville sounds. Then when you use the pan pot it gives you all of the "out of phase" strat/tele sounds. He beefed up the cap on the neck pickup which is where the deep Les Paul like tones are coming from and lightened the bridge cap too. It's really bad-*** and I am still playing with it to figure out what all it can do! I know he wired the stereo plug so it works by putting the neck on one side and the bridge on the other and then the middle pickup just cancels out the single coil hum. I'll probably never use that option, but it is there! All in all, he's a pretty smart duck!

This guitar is a 1991 white with black trim and hardware, and the third pickup a bought off e-bay from a butchered guitar, thus keeping them all black! Not only does it sound great it looks awesome. When I get some photo's shot I'll post them! I'm actually considering cutting an appropriate sized cats eye "sound hole" through the body and binding it in black. I think it would keep the RIC look but add a little style to it. Something different to make people go, where did he get that? What do you think?

FIREGLO67 wrote:

scotty wrote:

Mateybob wrote: Just don't ask them for a Number 008 though, you might end up with fried rice.

and if you spend over a tenner you bl**dy better get prawn crackers

Prawn Crackers?
No problem.

http://www.dhgate.com/wholesale/prawn+crackers.html

so cute!!!

This thread made my brain hurt.

why dont you just buy a Les Paul?

Matt, you're going to have to bring that 330 over so can see what it is you want that you're not getting from it.

Tony Baloney wrote:why dont you just buy a Les Paul?

Yeah, a weight relieved or chambered version

Matt Clark wrote:

larsongs wrote: What happens if you fill it with something solid & you don't like the weight or the sound? The Guitar is pretty much worthless isn't it?

That's kinda why I'm asking, right?

Actually, I have a 320, a 360/12 a 620 and this 330, and as it stands [and I know what I am about to say is sacrilege] it's already about worthless, but I love how it looks and would love to turn it into something I can use.

If its worthless, Ill take it off your hands, Ill give you 400 dollars for the trouble