Clifton wrote:
Mindhive--you can buy replacement pickups directly from Rickenbacker (or through a Rickenbacker dealer). It sounds like what you need are the Toaster pickups. I have a mid-80s 330/12 which had high gain pickups on it. I replaced them with Toaster pickups several years ago and it sounds great--really has the Rickenbacker jangle I was looking for. Look at the Boutique here on the website and you should be able to find them pretty easily.
Clifton - the pickups on a 481 are completely different from either toasters or highgains. They share nothing in common: different footprint; different bobbins; different frames; different mounting hardware.