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Jeremy Steele


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Princeton, NJ USA
Post  Posted 16 Dec 2015 10:37 am    
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Just received my new (to me) Rickenbacker lap steel and neither the volume nor tone pots work..can anyone tell me what value to replace them with?
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John Limbach

 

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Billings, Montana, USA
Post  Posted 16 Dec 2015 5:51 pm    
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Rick Aiello is the expert and will probably see this and respond.
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Scott Thomas

 
Post  Posted 16 Dec 2015 6:50 pm    
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According to Rick Aiello's website, the original two knob guitars used 250K audio taper for both volume and tone and a .05uf capacitor.

Modern wiring scheme uses 250K or 500K for volume and tone and a 0.05uf or 0.1uf capacitor.

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