Reb Beach pickups - need wiring diagram Log Out | Topics | Search
Moderators | Edit Profile

Ibanez Collectors World » Cool Contemporary Electrics (1980s and Later) » Reb Beach pickups - need wiring diagram « Previous Next »

Author Message
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Mickf
Username: Mickf

Registered: 09-2005
Posted on Sunday, October 16, 2005 - 4:30 am:   

I recently bought a set of pickups from a Reb Beach - model 1 (two SB1 and a HB 2) from 1993. I soldered them to my five-way switch and - surprise - the SB1s sound great, but the HB2 seems to be automatically splitted, since it not only sounds like a single coil but also has the distinctive single coil hum. So my question: is the white wire of the HB2 not a ground wire (like on the SB1s) but a coil tap and should be soldered to a mini switch to have the split-option? What does the mini switch on the RBM1 actually do - there is no such tap-option for the SB1s? Please help!
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Mickf
Username: Mickf

Registered: 09-2005
Posted on Friday, December 30, 2005 - 2:22 pm:   

Well, thanks for the plenty of advice on the Reb Beach PUs ...
What I did, and I think it 's a quite useful and versatile modification, is: I use a standard 5-way switch for a H-S-S configuration, but I soldered the coil-tap wire of the bridge Humbucker and the hot wire of the neck-SC to a DPDT mini-switch, which a) splits the bridge HB and b) links position 1 and 5, i.e. it adds the neck-SC to the bridge HB. So I have a Tele-type sound in positions 1 and 5 and all three pickpus in positions 2 and 4. Especially the "all three together"-sound is very funky and awsome through a cranked up clean channel of a valve amp.

Add Your Message Here
Post:
Bold text Italics Underline Create a hyperlink Insert a clipart image

Username: Posting Information:
This is a private posting area. Only registered users and moderators may post messages here.
Password:
Options: Enable HTML code in message
Automatically activate URLs in message
Action:


Thank you for supporting Ibanez Collectors Forum. Please help your favorite Ibanez guitar site as we endeavor to bring you the latest information about Ibanez custom vintage electric and acoustic guitars. Here you can discuss ibanez, guitars, basses, acoustics, acoustic, mandolins, electric guitar, electric bass, amplifiers, effect pedals, tuners, picks, pickups.