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Hi-Gains - neck and bridge differences?
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:58 pm
by aristeas
Is there any difference between neck and bridge Hi-Gains?
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:59 pm
by doctorwho
I'm not sure for that era, but my 2003 620 MID has 11.45 kW[/size] neck and 11.02 kW[/size] bridge hi-gains.
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:47 pm
by tony_carey
Also, the pole pieces are spaced differently.....
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:14 am
by admin
In my 1974 Model 480, the high gain at the neck was around 11 KOhms while the high gain at the bridge was around 5 KOhms. I had the latter rewound to 13!
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:49 am
by beatcomber
I've never measured the ohms on my '84 higains, but I can tell you that the polepieces are taller on the bridge pickup.
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:49 pm
by aristeas
That's some big variations between different pups of the same ilk! How did the rewind work out on your '5kohm' bridge pup, Peter?
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:52 pm
by aristeas
BTW - I wasn't asking specific to this era, just had a brainfade about the right place to post this question.
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:16 am
by milo
I just went about the task of putting my horribly re-wired 1978 450/12 back to the factory schematic. My neck pup read 14.1k and the bridge pickup came in at 6.6k. Like every Rickenbacker I've owned the neck setting is louder but I expected a much bigger difference given the huge variation between the pickups.