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The Rickenbacker Club! (part 2)

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#421
Here's my new Jet Glo, the deer like it too!


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I received my a few days ago and have been reading up on it. Took the pickup cover off and did some adjustments to the pickup height and put on new strings. The E-string doesn't seem to be quite as lively as the others. The pickups, especially with the tone knobs turned up, seem to pickup a lot of noise (more than my other passive basses). I have to find a certain place in the room where they are quiet.

Must look strange to you righties. ;)
 

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#427
The "noise" you hear is not uncommon. Single coils do make noise, Ric single coils are notorious for it. You can quiet it down by adding some sheilding in the inner cavity. Also, make sure there's not a loose groundwire in there somewhere. But, your bass is backwards(?)
 
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rcubed said:
I received my a few days ago and have been reading up on it. Took the pickup cover off and did some adjustments to the pickup height and put on new strings. The E-string doesn't seem to be quite as lively as the others. The pickups, especially with the tone knobs turned up, seem to pickup a lot of noise (more than my other passive basses). I have to find a certain place in the room where they are quiet.

Must look strange to you righties. ;)
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Your problem is not with single coils or any other electrical problem,that is a defective bass---looks like everything was put on backwards. Get your money back!:)
 
#429
Heh, makes noise either way. ;)

Yeah, I'm going to double check the wiring on it. Shielding on the other hand... I've been reading about it on rickresource.com and there's folks that have success and failure doing it. Problems with creating ground loops or just making it an even bigger antenna. But others have had success. It's noisiest when I turn up either of the tone knobs.

Once I find my spot, it's rather quiet even with the tone turned up all the way on both p-ups.
 
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rcubed said:
Heh, makes noise either way. ;)

Yeah, I'm going to double check the wiring on it. Shielding on the other hand... I've been reading about it on rickresource.com and there's folks that have success and failure doing it. Problems with creating ground loops or just making it an even bigger antenna. But others have had success. It's noisiest when I turn up either of the tone knobs.

Once I find my spot, it's rather quiet even with the tone turned up all the way on both p-ups.
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I'm having the same humm problems you are. I tried shutting off all the electrical circuits except for the amp it still does it. changed amps it still does it. used the ground lift on the amp and it still does it. I never had this problem when I owned my old 82'. I'm to the point that it might be heading to evil bay.
 
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rcubed said:
Heh, makes noise either way. ;)

Yeah, I'm going to double check the wiring on it. Shielding on the other hand... I've been reading about it on rickresource.com and there's folks that have success and failure doing it. Problems with creating ground loops or just making it an even bigger antenna. But others have had success. It's noisiest when I turn up either of the tone knobs.

Once I find my spot, it's rather quiet even with the tone turned up all the way on both p-ups.
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Just remember if you shield, to think of a completely enclosed box shield, except where the pickups are. Done properly, you will get rid of most all the noise. Huge magnetic fields (like tube amp trannies) will affect any bass, and interference directly in front of the pickups will still get in.
 
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2nd Wind said:
Just remember if you shield, to think of a completely enclosed box shield, except where the pickups are. Done properly, you will get rid of most all the noise. Huge magnetic fields (like tube amp trannies) will affect any bass, and interference directly in front of the pickups will still get in.
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+1

It took me nearly two hours to properly shield my '06 4003. Everything little surface under the pickguard (control cavity, pickup wire routes, output jack cavities, pickup cavities, under the bridge) and even the underside of the pickguard was shielded.

My 4003 used to be so incredibly noisy that I couldn't play it at gigs. Now, it is as dead quiet as EMG-loaded basses that I've owned! It really does work wonders.
 
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Warpeg said:
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It took me nearly two hours to properly shield my '06 4003. Everything little surface under the pickguard (control cavity, pickup wire routes, output jack cavities, pickup cavities, under the bridge) and even the underside of the pickguard was shielded.

My 4003 used to be so incredibly noisy that I couldn't play it at gigs. Now, it is as dead quiet as EMG-loaded basses that I've owned! It really does work wonders.
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What did you use and where'd you buy it?
 
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