Wiring help please. Sorta Fixed

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:38 pm

Hey guys. I'm trying to fix the problem in the Ripper copy bass I've got, and can't find the right schematic for two pickups, three pots, and a four-way chicken head switch.

I'm pretty bad at this. Tried to fix the problem about a month ago and killed one of the positions on the four-way.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:47 pm

This might not be of any use to you or me, but maybe someone better at schematics can work out how this relates to your chickenhead knob:

http://ripperbass.com/ripschm.html

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:02 pm

The ripper copy doesn't have the "choke" thingy that the original has. Aside from the fact I have no idea how to read this, the guts are totally different.

Thanks though.

Here's a real ripper:

Here's mine:

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:15 pm

The choke I'd imagine is part of a varitone style circuit which I think can be ignored (is that it in series with the second pot?) . I think the 4-way chicken head is the 3P4T mentioned in that schematic.

Dunno though. I'm not good with schematics and this one looks like something taken out of a textbook from the fifties or something. I can't understand it if it's not colourful with literal drawings.

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:26 pm

I've got a really weird looking four way switch. Looks nothing like any of the others I've seen online.

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:11 am

I ended up just pulling the rotary switch out and wiring it up vol, vol, tone. More trouble than it's worth, that rotary (and also the bass. Sheesh).