Rickenbacker idea. will it work?
 

hello everybody
i am seriously considering building a rick clone (sort of). I am thinking all maple construction just like the original ones, wenge or maybe ebony fretboard (bubinga cannot be found here...) and i have already bought the hb-2 pickups from the rickenbacker boutique. Will it sound like a rick if i put the hb-2 in the rickenbacker positions? Also is there a way to split the hb-2 pickups with push/pull pots to also get a single coil tone close to a 4001/3. Thank you