knifegeezer

Oddly enough, it was right thereon Rickenbacker's site, under Service -hoodathunkit? 

http://www.rickenbacker.com/pdf/19512.pdf

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Thanks Lovekraft,

Well, I did say I had a tiny mind!

I've now sent this pdf file to the Korean makers and should get a sample guitar in about 3 months time.

Lets hope I don't get sued when/if it comes into production. And if it dosn't I'll always have a very nice one off guitar!

I've also got a tasty hollow steel telecaster coming into production soon (Think Korean brushed steel Trussart).

Thanks again,

Roy

you might want to look for a some rickenbacker boards for some advice.  because unless someone here has that bass i doubt anyone will be able to come up with a scheme for you---theres a lot of possibilities with that configuaration

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Hi,

Good advice but I'm afraid I don't know any guitar based chatboards (only this one) and can't find any links on Rickenbacker.com?

Anyway, I'm talking about a John Lennon style black and white 325 3/4 scale 6 string electric guitar, not the bass version (I didn't even know a bass version existed).

Thanks,

Roy

Hi,

I am the owner of the upcoming website www.guitarbasement.co.uk and would like some advice on how a 3 pickup Rickenbacker 325 is wired?

I have a photo which shows 5 knobs and a selector switch controlling 3 pickups. Can someone put my tiny mind at ease. I know this is probably a very easy question.

Any advice I get WILL be used in the creation of a Korean made sample guitar and maybe brought into production if it pasts the test.

I would appreciate any information.

Thanks in advance,

Roy

PS. My thanks to lovekraft and donbenji for thier advice on my last idea. But I don't think a blowswitch filter would be financially feasable on a production guitar.

Can it be done? Yes, without question - how much money and time are you willing to invest in it? Since you basically want to crossfade between the selector switch and all three pickups in parallel with no switching, you'll have to isolate the individual pickup outputs going to the blower fade, or you'll get no results from the selector switch ( since all the inputs will be shorted together before the switch). That means that each pickup will have to have its own splitter to isolate the selector switch outputs from the blower outputs, and you'll have to have some kind of panpot setup to sweep between the blower output and the selector switch output. I'm sure that Danelectro simply uses a 3 pole switch, but that won't work if you want to crossfade, for the reason(s) stated earlier. It sounds like a great deal of work unless you plan on making it an integral part of your signature sound.

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Hi,

I'm brand new to this site and know nothing about wiring. I can just about manage a dodgey burnt looking solder joint!

Is there anyone out there that can tell me wether it's possible to fit a knob or slider type control to replace a blowswitch?

I've just bought a Danelectro U56 reissue which has the normal 3 pickup strat configuration with a 5 way pickup selector. But also has an on/off blowswitch that turns on all 3 pickups (it sounds fat).

What I would like todo is to have a knob or slider control so I could blend the level from each pickup to my liking.

For instance, If I had the 5 way switch on the bridge pickup only and was then to turn the 'blowknob' to 5 it would make the bridge pickup go into overdrive and at the same time turn the middle and neck pickup to a medium volume/output.

Can someone please let me know if I'm living Disneyland or if this is really possible? And if it is possible what would be involved?

I would appreciate anything.

Cheers,

Roy