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SEPERATE VOLUME CONTROL FOR 350v63
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2002 7:51 am
by steve350v63
I am a very proud owner of a RIC 350v63. The only thing that drives me crazy is the combination volume/tone and volume/bass pots.
I use two guitars when I play. My strat has a seperate volume and I set my amp's volume once and I am done.
Is there a way to wire my RIC so I can control the volume like the Strat but not effect the great tone of my RIC? Please help.
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2002 11:18 am
by admin
Steve: My recommendation would be to use the fifth knob as a volume control for the middle pickup. I have made this modification and am very satisfied with the result. You can read about it
here.
Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2002 4:34 am
by steve350v63
Peter, is there a place I can find a wiring schematic of this guitar.
Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2002 5:31 am
by eatswodo
Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2002 1:28 pm
by steve350v63
O.K. what do you guys think of this? Take the wires off the R5 pot and connect them together.
Take the hot wire off the output jack and and now put the R5 pot in series with the output. I would keep the R1 Bass/Volume and the R2 Treble/Volume fully open and use R5 as a volume pot.
Wouldn't that work?
Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2002 7:30 pm
by tracy
Well, sounds okay, but Peter's suggestion using the blend pot for middle pickup volume is the real ticket. I've wired up several of my Ricks this way and you can get every conceiveable pickup variation plus total control of one pickup's influence over another. The combinations are endless. Certainly, single volume control has it's advantages, but so does single tone control. Maybe what you really need is a two control setup. Ricks used to come that way, once upon a time.