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Topic: Rickenbacker D-8 wiring diagrams? |
Tommy Cass
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Baldwinville, Ma. U.S.A.
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Posted 4 Feb 2024 11:47 am |
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Anybody have a wiring diagram/schematic for this old Rick?
It has 2 off/on switches, 2 volume pots, and 1 tone pot.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance, Tommy
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Jeff Highland
From:
New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 4 Feb 2024 2:02 pm
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I don't have a diagram but that would be pretty simple.
Looking from the rear of the pots
Volumes ccw lug to earth on back of pot, cw lug hot from pickup ground from pu to back of pot, centre lug to switch input switch outputs to ccw lug on tone pot, then to centre terminal on jack.
Tone pot centre lug capacitor to ground on back of pot try .047
Ground wire back of all pots to ground tab on jack
cw clockwise
ccw counterclockwise
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2024 3:20 pm
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I don't have a double neck on here ... but these are the various wiring schemes that Rickenbacher employed over the years ...
https://www.horseshoemagnets.net/home/rickenbacher/wiring-schemes
They used a two lug "rheostat" configuration that acts as a varying load on the coil ... works great with the volume only models ... roll off the volume and the tone darkens ... kinda overkill with a tone ...
Most folks opt for the "Modern" wiring that I put at the bottom for comparison ... no interaction between vol and tone |
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Tommy Cass
From:
Baldwinville, Ma. U.S.A.
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Posted 5 Feb 2024 4:30 am
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Thanks Rick And Jeff. The info should help.
Rick, where would you wire in the off/on switches in the Modern scheme? |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2024 7:29 am
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| The "hots" from the middle lug of both volume pots ... to the switch. |
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