fat p/j config.

[Asa Samuel]

rRght, just bought a squire p/j special.

Obviously it has the p pickup and the j pickup.

But i want it to sound a bit fatter, not extremely fat but reasonably.

What pickups to people reccomend?

[ibz]

Try wiring the P and J in series.

[Asa Samuel]

and that means? *is a bit nooby when it comes to the electronics part of guitars*

[ibz]

series vs. parallel

This might help some, basically paralell (what you have now) uses two volume knobs (one for each pickup), to give you different combinations of blending between the two different pickups tones.

Series means that you have one volume knob for both pickups, and get increases output and more lows/booty ect.

[Asa Samuel]

ahh right, so they're basically wired to the same pot?

[ibz]

Here's an oversimplified diagram, minus the switching and control pots. Seeing the signal path this way ought to make it easier. The pickups are literally either wired one after another (in series with each other) or both positive and negative leads going to the same respective points at the same time (parallel to one another).



Check the FAQ part at the top of the electronics forum for links to more thread on this..

[PilbaraBass]

Originally Posted by ibz

Try wiring the P and J in series.

+1...can be done for about $10 for the push-pull pot...

did it to my yamaha early last year....no gig goes by where I don't use in that mode at least some.