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2 hours ago, Blalpher said:

keep the Alpher exactly the way it is. But put rickenbacker pickups on it with a ric bridge. Done. 

Ah, a bit more like this then? Slightly less nauseating I have to admit!

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On 28/08/2019 at 00:26, 12stringbassist said:

That Ric is plugged into the wrong jack socket.
Just saying...

 

On 28/08/2019 at 02:01, bigsmokebass said:

Not really... Could be a stereo cable 🤷🏼‍♂️

 

20 hours ago, Blalpher said:

Think again. Rick-o-sound. Stereo cable. Two amps. 

 

Well, there are two amps there.

Alternatively, if it is a mono cable, then perhaps the owner only likes the treble pickup and uses the selector as a kill switch!

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15 hours ago, 12stringbassist said:

I stand corrected. Ta.
I thought you had to plug into both jacks for RicOSound to work.
Never tried it with any of mine. :)

Nope - if you plug into both, you may get no output:

  1. Plugging a jack into the mono output connects both channels together.
  2. Plugging a mono jack into the stereo socket connects the jack socket ring to the sleeve of the jack, which is gnd.
  3. Therefore everything is connected to ground.

Incidentally, Ric did do one model of guitar with dual-mono outputs rather than the normal mono/stereo; I think it was a 620 variant.

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On 29/08/2019 at 08:37, CameronJ said:

Does anyone have any idea why Rickenbacker’s rear pickup housing is so absurdly large? 

The assembly originally came from a lap steel guitar and the cover was actually a pair of horseshoe pickups which also formed a wrist rest. 

In the 70s the horseshoe pickup was replaced, but the surround was retained. 

Rickenbacker teleased a subsequent model, the 4004, which had no surround, but customers kept buying the 4003. 

So, the reason it is so big is because that is what customers want!

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