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Topic: Rickenbacher B6 with unoriginal tone control |
Tore Blestrud
From:
Oslo, Norway
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Posted 10 Jul 2017 11:42 pm |
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I have a nice B6, probably 1936. It has a tone control, but that must be a unoriginal pot, right? Should be a volume control?
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Noah Miller
From:
Rocky Hill, CT
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Posted 11 Jul 2017 2:02 am
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| It's very easy to re-wire a volume pot into a tone pot with the addition of a capacitor. |
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Jim Newberry
From:
Seattle, Upper Left America
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Posted 11 Jul 2017 3:42 pm
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Rick Aiello has a nice figure (he does?) to describe the wiring over the years (now I see what you mean):
http://www.horseshoemagnets.com/userfiles/rickwiring.jpg
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-~1940 National New Yorker
-~1936 Rickenbacher B6
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 11 Jul 2017 7:25 pm
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I thought that the '36 was the year they added a tone control on the player's side (?) Maybe just in that time era...
I set my amp to run the guitar volume all the way up, which seems to me to have a more solid response (?)...Probably my bad hearing is what it's about !  |
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Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 15 Jul 2017 9:35 am What capacitor is best?
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Anyone know what capacitor is best to get that extreme swing like some kind of mini Wha Wha?
I have a couple of steels I'd like to have that on.
Think I'll also post this on the electronics thread page.
Thanks if you know?
Andy
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