Question about installing pickups

[xb100]

I've got an old washburn with a set of p-bass pickups in it and was tinkering around the idea of replacing them with something else.

I opened up the electrical cavity and all's that is in it are a few wires soldered to the 2 pots, one volume and one tone

I did a quick search and read a few threads, but didn't find anything about installing em.

I did read the "how-to" for soldering, and I'm going to assume that that's all there is to installing a new set of pickups, maybe I'm wrong.

I was looking at the seymore duncan bassline SPB-3, I'm wanting to install passive p-ups and am going to assumer that those are passive, I havn't read anywhere saying they are active.

I was also wondering about installing a new bridge, do I have to get a specific bridge to fit my bass or can I just get a Gotoh 201 from Warmoth, slap that on and play?

Thanks alot

-Rob

[i_got_a_mohawk]

It depends if its 4 wires or 2 wires on the ones you stick in

If you want to keep the wiring the same, and its a 4 wire, all you do is solder 2 of the wires together (will say with the pickups instructions)

after that, all you do is solder the live wire to the pots and the other to the ground, red is typically live and black is typically the ground

[thebassclef]

You can replace the bridge with any other brand, but if it does not have the same dimensions and screw hole placement, I would suggest taking it to a repair Guy and have them do this so that the scale length and neck alignment stays in place. Also, some bridges require you to route part of the body for placement.

[xb100]

Sounds pretty easy.

I think I'm gonna hold off on it for now and save up some more $$ get an SX P and just upgrade that.

Thanks for the input!