Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Just bought my first Rickenbacker. It's a 360 six-string. Just curious as to where most of you set volume/tone controls for best sound. Currently playing straight into a Fender Pro Jr. Thanks

All the way up for the tones and the volume and for the 5th knob ...OFF.Cord in the Standard jack ...the one nearest the strap button on the butt.

I crank all five knobs open completely and almost always use the Ric-o-sound jack.

Corey .....are you using a stereo cord/Rick-O-Sound box ?
The 5th knob is sort of a balance control (not really but ...see my posting on "What does the 5th knob do"

Turning it 'up' all the way , actually turns down the neck pickup volume .

Vol. & tone all the way up for both higains, but I back off the 5th knob just a little so that I hear a little more of the bridge pick-up. I think that the tone of the neck pick-up stays treblier by using the 5th knob instead of backing off the pick-up vol. knob. I think the neck pick-ups on Rickys are a little on the muddy side and I like a more sparkly sound. These days I'm playing mostly through a Fender Deluxe Reverb, although, because of alot of advice on various bbs, I brought my old (1965) Fender Twin Reverb into the shop this week to have the electrolytic filter caps replaced and I'll probly start playing through that more often. I like the Twin Reverb because the sound stays much the same regardless of what the volume of the amp is set on. At home on 2 or in a club on 5 it sounds the same. I'd forgotten about that since using smaller (read easier to lug around) amps. Best regards to all.

Vol. & tone all the way up for both higains, but I back off the 5th knob just a short turn so that I hear a little more of the bridge pick-up. I think that the tone of the neck pick-up stays treblier by using the 5th knob instead of backing off the pick-up vol. knob. The neck pick-ups on Rickys are a little on the muddy side and I like a more sparkly sound. Maybe I should just lower the neck pick-up a little? These days I'm playing mostly through a Fender Deluxe Reverb, although, because of alot of advice on various bbs, I brought my old (1965) Fender Twin Reverb into the shop this week to have the electrolytic filter caps (whatever they are?) replaced (so that the output transformer doesn't burn out?) and I'll probly start playing through that more often. I like the Twin Reverb because the sound stays much the same regardless of what the volume of the amp is set on. At home on 2 or in a club on 5 it sounds the same. I'd forgotten about that since using smaller (read; easier to lug around) amps. Best regards to all.

Sorry about the double post. I can't figure out why. when I first tried to post I got a message saying that the server was busy and to try again later. So, in the interest of clarity I revised the message a little and re-posted it, and when I opened the page again both messages were there. Oh well... good day, eh?

Mark,

Yeah, I'm using a stereo chord, but I'm going to tinker around with that 5th knob based on your comments. I think the way you set things will aid me in getting less 60 cycle hum in my recordings.

Corey, On the contrary , all single coil hum will still be there.
The only way to remove it is with another coil that is reverse wound .This is phase cancelation .
Reverse winding one of the two pickups will give you that ....but only in mono when both are 'on'.

A dumby coil is also effective but proximity also figures into the equation.

Shielding is the best bet .

Michael D , I have the same problem with my rig ...I lugged around a Mark II Boogie for years and sometimes threw in a Bandmaster for 'clean' ....now I have trimmed it down to mostly a 58 Tweed Deluxe (sound like all th eclean Fenders and turned up gives me that Boogie Steeley Dan,Santana tone I love , add a couple stomp boxes and my kids tell me to turn it down !

Live I use a Line 6 ,I am really blown away by what it does.
Filter caps are one of the biggest source of noise in old tube amps .

Mark,

Okay...gotcha. I don't mind the hum playing live, it's just a matter of being very good at mastering multi-tracked guitar parts.

A friend of mine is heading off to the army, so I'm getting his Line 6 and his Tele on loan until at least December. I've played on those boss amps briefly and am really looking forward to sitting down and tinkering.

Get the manual out and read it a few times ..you can turn on and off the 'tubes' ....very cool !

I use two Boogie setting live that I programmed in , one is dry (with the noise gate on and just a little reverb) .The other is with the noise gate off ...this allows me to let notes 'sing', it is great to get a Santana sound with it .
With my 1952 Esquire , I can make ears bleed with pinch harmonics with the 'tubes on' and the string bend trick behind the nut sounds way better with it , then I can stomp the foot control over to the noise gate on Boogie setting and be in control ...same tone .
My Mark II Boogie does NOT do this ...wish it did .I love the sound ....but this Line 6 Amp does some amazing stuff and I don't need to buy tubes !