Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

I really need some help here! I am the proud owner of a 4004L, I like the softer styling and simple layout of the 4004L but much perfer the classic Rickenbacher single coil tone. With that in mind I've purchased two guitar bridge position hi-gains, two 330K pots and a vintage tone pull pot with .0047 cap. I would like to wire then in a Vol, Vol, Tone configuration after I have cooper foil shielded the pup and control routs. I had thought that the pull pot was on a vol knob of a 4003 (dont ask me why) but the drawing provided by Mike Parks shows that, in fact, the pull pot is on the treble tone knob and that there is A LOT going on in there. At this point I am wondering if it will be possible to use this pot in a V V T configuration for its intended use: on demand vintage wiring for the treble pickup. Please Help! In fact I would appreciate ANY thoughts one might have regarding this bass, shielding, uses for a pull pot, wiring, hi-gains etc. Ive got a fellow ric player waiting on the HB's and I only wish to take string tention off the neck once for the work. Thanx, Emanuel-Bassist Los Angeles CA.

I replied in length to your post in the Bass forum, but I will repeat here breifly that you will wire the bass like a Fender Jazz. Then lift the lead from the bridge pup from the treble volume pot tab and solder the .0047uF cap in between. Then the switch on the tone pot has two wires that go to the ends of that cap, one each end. That is my drawing Mike distributes, if he is still using it.