Nick Lucas 13 fret
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Newbie here, hoping someone can provide insight, if not a solution to my problem.
Will a Seymour Duncan SRB1-n, intended as a replacement for a Rickenbacker bass neck pickup, also work in a Rickenbacker 650? Both instruments are built with the same humbucker, Ric's HB1. So if it drops into the bass, shouldn't it drop into the guitar as well? Or would there be a sonic incompatibility?
Here's why I'm asking. The neck pickup in my 650 Colorado all but died. Even in my loudest amp, cranked to 10, it was barely audible. Bridge pickup, also an HB1, sounds fine.
Easiest fix, I figured, was to buy a new HB1. I found about a dozen online dealers of Ric parts, all of whom are out of stock. Rickenbacker itself is also out of stock. The best Ric corporate can tell me is to check back mid-July, when everybody returns from summer break. No guarantees, however, that the HB1 will be in stock then. Other online parts dealers say the same thing -- maybe mid-July, maybe not, we'll see.
In case that doesn't pan out, I see three viable options:
1) Replace the HB1 with another Ric pup. They're all interchangeable, and the other models are readily available. Some 650 players have subbed toasters for the HB1s.
2) Replace it with a a non-Ric pup. However, the only HB1 replacements I found are intended for basses -- Duncan and Joe Barden, namely.
3) Have the bad pup rewound.
I have ruled out eBay/Craigslist/etc. -- one too many bad experiences.
Any experience with either of these scenarios? All insight appreciated.
Will a Seymour Duncan SRB1-n, intended as a replacement for a Rickenbacker bass neck pickup, also work in a Rickenbacker 650? Both instruments are built with the same humbucker, Ric's HB1. So if it drops into the bass, shouldn't it drop into the guitar as well? Or would there be a sonic incompatibility?
Here's why I'm asking. The neck pickup in my 650 Colorado all but died. Even in my loudest amp, cranked to 10, it was barely audible. Bridge pickup, also an HB1, sounds fine.
Easiest fix, I figured, was to buy a new HB1. I found about a dozen online dealers of Ric parts, all of whom are out of stock. Rickenbacker itself is also out of stock. The best Ric corporate can tell me is to check back mid-July, when everybody returns from summer break. No guarantees, however, that the HB1 will be in stock then. Other online parts dealers say the same thing -- maybe mid-July, maybe not, we'll see.
In case that doesn't pan out, I see three viable options:
1) Replace the HB1 with another Ric pup. They're all interchangeable, and the other models are readily available. Some 650 players have subbed toasters for the HB1s.
2) Replace it with a a non-Ric pup. However, the only HB1 replacements I found are intended for basses -- Duncan and Joe Barden, namely.
3) Have the bad pup rewound.
I have ruled out eBay/Craigslist/etc. -- one too many bad experiences.
Any experience with either of these scenarios? All insight appreciated.
