Rickebacher B6 tone pot advice
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David Hayes
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Rickebacher B6 tone pot advice
Hi Fellas: I have acquired a prewar string thru body B6 (with white knobs) the tone pot (Stackpole 250M) does not seem to alter the tone as I turn it. However, I LOVE THE WAY IT SOUNDS. I would like to have the ability to use the tone knob but not at the expense of losing how great it sounds now. I worry that if I change the tone pot to get the ability to change the tone that I will lose the current sound. This is my first 1.5" prewar Ric so maybe they always sound this great and I have nothing to fear - advice?
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Ray Montee
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About TONE pots...........
You might wish to look into JERRY's GUITAR section of the JerryByrd-FanClub.com web site.
I switched mine out and it only improved what was there when I purchased it.
The guitar is 'the voice'. Just don't mess with the pickups..........would be my advice.
I switched mine out and it only improved what was there when I purchased it.
The guitar is 'the voice'. Just don't mess with the pickups..........would be my advice.
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Stephen Cowell
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I'd say that it might not be the pot... it could be the capacitor, or a broken connection.
Since we know you don't have a short, I'm betting on an open circuit. If you fix things, it could change the sound (slightly), even with the pot all the way down. Folks have been known to cut the carbon track inside the pot so that when it's at zero it's *really* at zero (infinity). Fender has a stock part like this, you can feel the detent when you go to all bass tone.
The good thing is that you can always put it back where you found it by un-fixing it... but if you don't use tone controls then by all means forget it's there.
Since we know you don't have a short, I'm betting on an open circuit. If you fix things, it could change the sound (slightly), even with the pot all the way down. Folks have been known to cut the carbon track inside the pot so that when it's at zero it's *really* at zero (infinity). Fender has a stock part like this, you can feel the detent when you go to all bass tone.
The good thing is that you can always put it back where you found it by un-fixing it... but if you don't use tone controls then by all means forget it's there.