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The Mixer pot avoids this because by adding a variable series resistance between the neck pickup and the volume control, it behaves more like a volume control wired the normal way round, where the series resistance is added BEFORE the pot contact, effectively - so it doesn't kill the neck pickup in the mix. You will also notice that it makes the guitar hum when the volume is all the way down, which the 'normal' way doesn't. The only advantage of this system is that when the switch is in the middle position, turning either of the volumes right off does not mute the output, as it does on a Gibson, so it's sometimes called 'independent' volume controls. This means that if you back off either of the volume controls even slightly while the other one is up full, you lose that pickup from the mix almost entirely, because you are also effectively adding series resistance AFTER the pot contact so it gets swamped by the low impedance of the other pickup. I don't have much need to use the regular volume knobs on my Rick though, I just have them all the way up.I agree, and it's because the standard volume controls are wired 'backwards' - the pickup is connected to the rotor (center terminal) of the pot, not the top terminal. I like it, it seems to be easier to "fine-tune" the sound than with the normal volume knobs (on a Rick or other guitar). When I use the middle position of the selection switch, I usually put the blend knob right in the middle or thereabouts to get a 50/50 blend of each pickup. I do like to use the blend knob in the neck position on occasion, moving it 1/4 turn off the completely counterclockwise position to make the bass less "boomy" when using the neck pickup, but that's about it. With the blend knob completely clockwise, the volume and tone are significantly muted. With the switch in the neck position, the blend knob acts almost like a gain and tone switch together counterclockwise give more volume and tone out of the neck pickup, clockwise gives less. With the pickup in the middle postion, turning the knob counterclockwise yields more of the neck pickup signal, while turning it clockwise yields more of the bridge pickup signal. To my mind, the blend knob should logically only work with the pickup selector in the middle position, as its purpose is to blend the mix of signal between the two pickups, but that's not the case. I've always thought that it was odd that the blend knob worked in the neck position at all.
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The blend knob only works in the middle(both), and bass (neck) positions.
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Your perception is correct the blend knob does not work at all when the pickup selector is in the bridge/treble position. The double bound models are my favoite-all my Ricks are bouble bound models.