How to wire an MFD pickup in my Zon

[Mental Octopus]

I have an old Zon Legacy standard that I am going to put a G&L MFD pickup into. There is a Q-Tuner in there right now but I think I want something a little more traditional sounding.

I am not very good with the technical aspects of a bass. I was wondering if anybody familiar with the MFD pickup can help me out. I basically just want to know what my options are in terms of wiring up the pickup and what the effect on sound will be. The bass is routed for 2 knob holes. Would there be anyway I could use a single volume knob and a stacked treble/bass knob? I just want to get whatever versatility I can out of this one pickup bass, so I was thinking of putting in an aguilar obp-2 preamp to give more of an active/stingrayish sound. Good idea? Thoughts?

[luknfur]

Originally Posted by Mental Octopus

I have an old Zon Legacy standard that I am going to put a G&L MFD pickup into. There is a Q-Tuner in there right now but I think I want something a little more traditional sounding.

I am not very good with the technical aspects of a bass. I was wondering if anybody familiar with the MFD pickup can help me out. I basically just want to know what my options are in terms of wiring up the pickup and what the effect on sound will be. The bass is routed for 2 knob holes. Would there be anyway I could use a single volume knob and a stacked treble/bass knob? I just want to get whatever versatility I can out of this one pickup bass, so I was thinking of putting in an aguilar obp-2 preamp to give more of an active/stingrayish sound. Good idea? Thoughts?

FWIW:

not familiar with the pup but if it has 4 leads you've got series/parallel and single coil options (may may not be humbucking depending). If it has two leads (and no terminals to connect to otherwise), there are no other options. V b/t is no problem with a two band with two potholes.

Personally I would wire the pup straight to the jack first to see what just the pup sounds like - and would do the same with the Q-tuner before getting rid of it (or buying the other pup).

You can always add a preamp.

[sunbeast]

Posting this question in the G&L Forum might be a good idea!
With a MFD humbucker you can wire for series/parallel and single coil (either coil you choose). Series is very high output with deeper lows and heavy low-mids + very aggressive sounding in nature- kinda like a huge sounding P pickup. Parallel is more tame with more high end and slightly less output, like a huge sounding Jazz pickup. Single coil is very much like a standard Jazz pickup...

As far as wiring options- I would put in the Aguilar with stacked knobs and have a push/pull volume pot so that you could choose between series and parallel for the pickup. The single coil sounds good, but has hum like any single coil- you should get plently versatility with just the series and parallel options and EQ...

Karl