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View Poll Results: What pickup layout[s] would be cool? | |
P/J with V-V-T
|    | 10 | 45.45% | |
P/J with V-V-T and a selector switch
|    | 5 | 22.73% | |
P/J with stacted V/T for each pickup and a switch
|    | 3 | 13.64% | |
P/J with stacked V/T for each, a switch, and a master volume
|    | 0 | 0% | |
P/J with a active bass cut/boost, treble cut/boost, blend, and master volume
|    | 4 | 18.18% | |
t/boostP/J with a V-V- stacked active bass cu and treble cut/boost - master volume
|    | 1 | 4.55% | |
P/J with a blend - stacked active bass cu and treble cut/boost - master volume
| | 1 | 4.55% | |
J/P/J with a stacked V/T and a on/off switch for each pickup
| | 0 | 0% | |
J/P/J with a stacked V/T and a on/off switch for each pickup and a master volume
| | 0 | 0% | |
Humbucker/P/J with a stacked V/T and a on/off switch for each pickup
| | 0 | 0% | |
Humbucker/P/J with a stacked V/T and a on/off switch for each pickup and a master volume
| | 0 | 0% | |
MM/P/J with a stacked V/T and a on/off switch for each pickup
| | 0 | 0% | |
MM/P/J with a stacked V/T and a on/off switch for each pickup and a master volume
| | 1 | 4.55% | |
Other [please enlighten me!]
| | 1 | 4.55% | |
fool, just slap in a barolini to your passive mexican fender P and learn to play!
| | 2 | 9.09% |
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09-28-2010, 08:35 PM
| | | | PJ wiring opinions [HUGE poll, help me narrow it down]
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Hey everyone, I've been doing some thinking on my bass wiring, I'm planning on a PJ, with maybe an extra J up in the telebass position [right up next to the fretboard] and I have a lot of ideas.
You can select multiple options, please vote in the poll and give some reasons why you gave that vote.
Last edited by billybassist : 09-28-2010 at 08:47 PM.
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09-28-2010, 08:52 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Close to Los Angeles, CA | | | I say no on ridiculous setups, unless you have the preference for the bass to function a certain way, because otherwise it will just be too complicated and difficult to use.
The standard VVT setup is great for most folks.
My PJ bass is VVT B/T with a 3 way switch.
When I get a PJ set with pickups that match better in volume, I'll probably switch to VT B/T with a 3 way switch.
Also, having passive tones on each pickup is not all that useful.
They interact and become masters when the volume controls are equal. |
09-28-2010, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by line6man  I say no on ridiculous setups, unless you have the preference for the bass to function a certain way, because otherwise it will just be too complicated and difficult to use.
The standard VVT setup is great for most folks.
My PJ bass is VVT B/T with a 3 way switch.
When I get a PJ set with pickups that match better in volume, I'll probably switch to VT B/T with a 3 way switch.
Also, having passive tones on each pickup is not all that useful.
They interact and become masters when the volume controls are equal. | Silly question, what does the B stand for? I'm having a hard time following your setups |
09-28-2010, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by billybassist Silly question, what does the B stand for? I'm having a hard time following your setups | Bass.
(Bass/Treble.) |
09-28-2010, 09:24 PM
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Endorsing Artist: J.C. Basses | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Phoenix, Arizona 85029 | | | Are you looking at purely passive setups?
MM/P Pickups and a 3-way selector for the MM pickup's coils. Two volumes, master tone.
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09-28-2010, 09:26 PM
|  | curiously looking back at what once was beautiful | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oregon | | | I voted "other" in order to mention series/parallel switching.
My Dingwall has a 4-way switch that goes: neck/series/parallel/bridge. Very fun AND useful. (I'm seriously thinking of wiring up my J-bass this way eventually.) Series mode punches through just about anything while parallel mode is more "juicy" (good for slapping).
I find I basically never use subtle blends of pickups so any 2-pickup axes I wire up in the future will always use a switch. YMMV.
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09-28-2010, 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Jefenator I voted "other" in order to mention series/parallel switching.
My Dingwall has a 4-way switch that goes: neck/series/parallel/bridge. Very fun AND useful. (I'm seriously thinking of wiring up my J-bass this way eventually.) Series mode punches through just about anything while parallel mode is more "juicy" (good for slapping).
I find I basically never use subtle blends of pickups so any 2-pickup axes I wire up in the future will always use a switch. YMMV. | Hmm, this interests me.
How about a MM/P/J with a stacked volume and tone for each, and instead of an on-off switch a 3 position: /series/parallel/off.
Could this be done? any idea how? |
09-28-2010, 09:54 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Close to Los Angeles, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by billybassist Hmm, this interests me.
How about a MM/P/J with a stacked volume and tone for each, and instead of an on-off switch a 3 position: /series/parallel/off.
Could this be done? any idea how? | Three tone controls is not a good idea, they will all interact.
If you want to do three volumes and a master tone with a series/single coil/parallel switch on the MM, that might be cool, but of course, you get no master volume. |
09-28-2010, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by line6man Three tone controls is not a good idea, they will all interact.
If you want to do three volumes and a master tone with a series/single coil/parallel switch on the MM, that might be cool, but of course, you get no master volume. | Okay, how about a MM/P/J with all 3 having a volume and a 3-way switch for series/parallel/off leading to a stacked master tone and volume?
My main question is how the switch would work, I'm imagining a 3-way toggle where the top is series, the bottom is parallel, and the middle is off [on-off-on switch being used] Can that even be done? Can it be done with 3 pickups? Or do I need to rotary switch/only 2 pickups? |
09-28-2010, 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by billybassist Okay, how about a MM/P/J with all 3 having a volume and a 3-way switch for series/parallel/off leading to a stacked master tone and volume?
My main question is how the switch would work, I'm imagining a 3-way toggle where the top is series, the bottom is parallel, and the middle is off [on-off-on switch being used] Can that even be done? Can it be done with 3 pickups? Or do I need to rotary switch/only 2 pickups? | So the series/parallel/off switch is for what? The MM pickup, or all three pickups to go series and parallel to each other?
It wouldn't be a good idea to have three pickups in series, I would imagine it would sound terrible and be ridiculously hot. |
09-29-2010, 05:27 AM
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Originally Posted by line6man Bass.
(Bass/Treble.) | Passive? If passive, how (if info is in public domain)?
edit: if you're that guy with 172 wiring diagrams on flickr, I've found something that fits description.
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09-29-2010, 06:59 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Winnipeg | | | For me personally, I would do a passive P/J with a hum cancelling J pickup, V-V-T controls, and a series/parallel switch.
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09-29-2010, 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by recnsci Passive? If passive, how (if info is in public domain)?
edit: if you're that guy with 172 wiring diagrams on flickr, I've found something that fits description. | Bass and treble controls would be active. |
09-29-2010, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by recnsci Passive? If passive, how (if info is in public domain)?
edit: if you're that guy with 172 wiring diagrams on flickr, I've found something that fits description. | Your tone knob is a passive treble cut (boosting isn't possible without a battery for supplied voltage). If you wire up a tone knob with the capacitor in series, you have a passive bass cut.
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Originally Posted by McThumpenstein I don't think the wife would buy the "I need to take off this knob and put a whole new bass under it" story. | |
09-30-2010, 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by FunkMetalBass Your tone knob is a passive treble cut (boosting isn't possible without a battery for supplied voltage). If you wire up a tone knob with the capacitor in series, you have a passive bass cut. | Really? I didn't know that. Could you draw me a diagram of it?
Also, new idea for signal path:
V-selector switch-V-super switch-T-Jack
super switch is an on-off-on toggle
top = to tone knob
middle = kill switch [thus eliminating the need for a master volume, as that's what I use it for anyways]
bottom = to jack [as a tone knob bypass, but now I may make top wired treble cut and bottom wired bass cut, idk]
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