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Topic: Rewiring a Rickenbacker B-6 |
Joe Savage
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St. Paul, MN
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Posted 29 Oct 2010 10:20 am |
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I've done an hour of archive searches concerning this, found some info about pot and cap values, rewired per Rick Aiello's recommendations and find that the pots are interactive. I can completely shut down the volume with the tone pot. I've checked and rechecked the schematic and it all seems correct.
What's the deal?
Thanks.
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Joe Savage
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Peter den Hartogh
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Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted 30 Oct 2010 2:56 am
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Hi Joe,
if you can shut down the volume with the tone pot, it might be a faulty capacitor with an internal short.
Or maybe the capacitor wires are somehow shorted out when you push the wiring into the control cavity?
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1977 Sho~Bud D10 ProIII Custom; Sho~Bud SD10 The Professional ; ETS S10 5x5;
Fender 1000; 1993 Remington U12; 1978 Emmons S10 P/P; GeorgeB Weissenborn;
Fluger Cat-Can; Asher Electro Hawaiian; Gibson BR4; Fender FS52; Guyatone 8str;
Fender Resonator ; Epiphone Coronet 1937; Rickenbacher Ace; Rickenbacher NS;
Dynalap 8string; Harbor Lights 8string; Aiersi Tri-Cone; Fender Stringmaster |
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Michael Brebes
From:
Northridge CA
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Posted 30 Oct 2010 10:41 am
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Without knowing exactly how you wired it, it's hard to say what the problem is. It could be a bad capacitor or a miswired pot or?
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Michael Brebes
Instrument/amp/ pickup repair
MSA D10 Classic/Rickenbacher B6/
Dickerson MOTS/Dobro D32 Hawaiian/
Goldtone Paul Beard Reso
Mesa Boogie Studio Pre/Hafler 3000
RP1/MPX100 |
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Peter den Hartogh
From:
Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted 30 Oct 2010 1:04 pm
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Rick Aiello's recommendations :
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Brad Sarno
From:
St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2010 1:56 pm
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Sounds like Peter is right. Likely an old, shorted capacitor. Try another and see what happens.
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Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 31 Oct 2010 6:58 am
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| Inquiring minds want to know. |
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Michael Brebes
From:
Northridge CA
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Posted 1 Nov 2010 11:13 am
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From your drawing, it would have to be the capacitor.
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Michael Brebes
Instrument/amp/ pickup repair
MSA D10 Classic/Rickenbacher B6/
Dickerson MOTS/Dobro D32 Hawaiian/
Goldtone Paul Beard Reso
Mesa Boogie Studio Pre/Hafler 3000
RP1/MPX100 |
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A. J. Martinez
From:
Ca.
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Posted 1 Nov 2010 7:33 pm
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| Joe...Google vintage fender pickups(I know your guitar is not a fender) click on the ...vintage guitars info-fender vintage guitar pickup specs. info ...when you get to that site,scan down to ...why do vintage fender pickups die? read the part when you turn your tone down the volume goes down. this is what happened to my supro pickup ...Jared Brandon is rewiring it for me. Hope this helps A.J. |
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Joe Savage
From:
St. Paul, MN
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Posted 2 Nov 2010 9:41 am
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Is one type of capacitor recommended over another for this application?
Thx.
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Joe Savage
www.savagejoe.com |
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A. J. Martinez
From:
Ca.
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Posted 7 Nov 2010 6:22 pm
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| Joe...did you get your electronics working ? |
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Joe Savage
From:
St. Paul, MN
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Posted 8 Nov 2010 1:51 pm
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Haven't had time to get a new cap, with gigs and trying to get some outdoor home improvement projects done before the snow flies. I'll let 'cha know. Maybe this week.
Thanks for the suggestions, everyone.
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Joe Savage
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Peter den Hartogh
From:
Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted 9 Nov 2010 3:10 pm
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These capacitors are good enough for Vintage Vibes.
Buy a couple and you can connect them in series or parallel to test different values.
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1977 Sho~Bud D10 ProIII Custom; Sho~Bud SD10 The Professional ; ETS S10 5x5;
Fender 1000; 1993 Remington U12; 1978 Emmons S10 P/P; GeorgeB Weissenborn;
Fluger Cat-Can; Asher Electro Hawaiian; Gibson BR4; Fender FS52; Guyatone 8str;
Fender Resonator ; Epiphone Coronet 1937; Rickenbacher Ace; Rickenbacher NS;
Dynalap 8string; Harbor Lights 8string; Aiersi Tri-Cone; Fender Stringmaster |
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Joe Savage
From:
St. Paul, MN
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Posted 18 Nov 2010 8:38 pm
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I don't get it, but no matter what I do, I get the same results. I've redone this several times with different caps and pots, looked at multiple schematics and still no change. Frustrating.....such a simple circuit....oh well, I've got volume control anyway!
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Joe Savage
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Blake Hawkins
From:
Florida
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Posted 18 Nov 2010 10:15 pm
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Joe,
Maybe you could post a picture of your wiring? |
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Peter den Hartogh
From:
Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted 21 Nov 2010 9:57 am
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Joe, if you can't get it right, I am happy to swap my Rickenbacher Ace for your B6.  |
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