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ok so I just used this bad boy on the gig last night. But I have to admit the controls had me a bit confused. Can anyone give me an overview of what they are SUPPOSED to do? I don't know if the wireings been jimmied! BTW it sounded amazing thru my Blackstar Artisan 30

The selector switch function depends on how the p/ups are wired. 3-way selector switch should go 1. (down) bridge pup, 2.(middle position) all 3 pups, and 3. (up) top two pups, neck and mid. Treble V and T knobs should control bridge pup, Bass V and T control neck and mid pups. Blend knob (the small one on bottom) puts out more bass counter-clockwise, more treble clockwise, depending on the pickup selection.

But that's assuming it's all wired up stock inside, which is perhaps a big assumption. If you post a photo of the innards, you will surely get some opinions on the wiring.

The other thing is that lil' knob is just an ungrounded volume for the Neck/Middle pups.
Since the pot does not short the signal to ground, it only bleeds off about half of the output.
When the selector is in the middle position(all three pu's), the effect is to blend the output of the
Neck/Mid, with the Bridge pup. If the in line .0047 "strangle" cap is still in the treble pup's circuit,
the blend is very effective in creating the classic Rick tone.

Of course that is iff(as Ron says) you guitar is still all stock.

Pretty guitar BTW

thanks guys....

Welcome. Cool guitar. Is your real name Billy D Light? That's wild!

Stunning fireglo on that guitar!

Yeah my name is really Billy D. Light. I am named Billy Darnell Light Jr. It has served me well in the entertainment field with my band

The Billy D Light Trio http://www.billydlight.com

I bought that guitar because I though it was one of the best FG I'd seen. Plus the wood has some really great figure.

Great looking FG, similar to that on my '67 330.

thats pretty!

Yes it is! Nice guitars guys!

billydlight wrote:Yeah my name is really Billy D. Light. I am named Billy Darnell Light Jr. It has served me well in the entertainment field with my band

Nice! I have to also admit--- you have a really cool name, my friend.

What a D lightful guitar...

An early example of the usual 67 FG, with, I'm betting, a late 66 serial #...

66 yes...I was under the impression it was 66. Is it a 67?

Here's where you can check the serial:

http://www.rickenbacker.com/service_serials.asp

FL 4351

Ric Says "Your guitar was manufactured in December of 1966"

YAY!