#029 Question

[oaklanda]

Hey Rices....on a whim I opened the hood on the 029 and the wiring is a little different. Did Chris do the wiring and does he remember what all he did on this one? I know it's been a few years.

The neck P90 has a bit of 60 cycle hum so I'm considering swapping it out for one of the new Fralin hum cancelling p90's. But a big part of me doesn't want to fix what really isn't broken. I really don't want to alter the tone.

I suppose I could try shielding it first.

Anyway, still loving the RCG.

[chris]

If I remember correctly, I ran a filter system on the P-90 to bring down the volume a touch and remove some of the excessive bass of the Gibson P-90. There is another circuit in there to change the volume pot's value to 250K when just the bridge pickup is selected, the other two positions have a 500K load.

I rewired that guitar many times before settling on what is in there. They were a tough pickup set to match.

An underwound Fralin probably wouldn't need the filter network.

[oaklanda]

Thanks, Chris...did you shield the leads of the P-90 or do anything else to them? They look different from the pickup and then further down at the pot.

Maybe I should snap a few picks if I can. not a big thing, just curious of what you did.

[chris]

I don't remember exactly, but I may have changed the lead partway through to keep the shielded cable from shorting out the switch.

[oaklanda]

kind of an update...sort of.

After some thought I've decided this guitar is perfect as is and not to be messed with or do a pickup change...60 cycle hum and all. I played for a long time this weekend through my Winfield and it was perfection.

Since i'm a pickup change junkie, I reserve the right to change my mind at a later date. ;D

[chris]

If you want to try something, we're doing pickups for a while now.
A set of Rice pickups in your Rice...hmmm...last guy to try that had this to say:

Chris- I finally got the pickups installed without burns or electric shocks( batting a thousand), and they work.Man do they work. That is the sound I was after!