Some Rickenbackers had a capacitor in series with the bridge pickup. For what I understand this pot has been wired in two different ways during the years. The mysterious fifth pot/knob, "blend control", is a second volume control for the neck-middle pickup combination. Switch in its down/Treble position: Bridge pickup only. Switch in its middle position: All three pickups.ģ. Switch in its up/Bass position: Neck and midle pickup.Ģ. I don't know how original Grecobackers with three pickups are wired. As I see it, you have to search for and learn the way to use it.
The sound of all three pickups togehter is special and different.
I also have a Gibson SG with three pickups and a blend pot so that all three pickups can be on at the sam time. For what I know, those songs are made with his Rick 325, and I suppose all three pickups are on.Īnd what looks best, two or three pickups? That?s a matter of taste, isn?t it? :wink:Ĭlick to expand.On one of my Strats I have a blend pot that gives the opportunity to use all pickup combinations, including all three. His playing and sound on ?I Put A Spell On You?, ?Working man?, ?Walking On The water?, ?Born On The Bayou? and ?Good Golly Miss Molly? still turns me on. The reason I wanted a Rickenbacker style guitar, is because it was John Fogerty who inspired me to start playing guitar 30 years ago or so. I will use it with the original pickups for a good while to see if I find it?s glory for what it is. I do love playing guitar and I kind of like the sound. In my opinion the money value of this guitar isn?t that much, so if it doesn?t increase very much in the future, that wouldn?t stop me? maybe? (But who knows wkat'll hapen to the value och Greco guitars?). I love original but I?m no original freak though, so if I really want three pickups, it will probably get it. You definitely have a good point in keeping the guitar original.
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