Recent content by motterpaul

Thanks

I don't seem to have continuity between any of the wire in solder pints (black red white green) to the coils. Pics are below:

Thanks, getting pics is always kind of a hassle so I will take a look and see if I can find it first. That was what I suspected anyway.

You are right, it is an open short between the other wires, no connection. I figured the 6K could be one coil and maybe the other coil died. The pickups are out of the socket and are not potted, they just have some foil tape to hold the copper down on the coil.

Yes, you may be right, The bass is in the outdoor shop and I was focused on trying to remember the other colors and readings as I came back here to post. I had better double-check (edited)

Okay disconnected from controls and disconnecting green & white Red + Green = 6K ohms Red + white = 10M (shifts between 8M and 14M) all other wire combos I get dead short Note, the other pickup is about 14k

I just read this about Jazz pickups... does this change anything I need to do? "Here’s where we find a significant difference compared to guitar single-coils. The two pickups are wired in reverse to each other so that, like a humbucker, noise-cancellation occurs."

OK - I will do it later today, and also measure across the other wires for resistance as suggested above. Thanks for your suggestions. BTW: is the Jazz pickup a humbucker?

I am getting no sound at all from the pickup, and I am reading continuity between red and black. I am measuring right on the pickup (although it was still connected to the pot and might have been wide open). If I put one lead on the metal tape over the coils and touch either the red or black...

Thanks for the reply. I didn't know to test across red & green, or white & black. But what you said is how both pickups (there is a Precision also with four wires also and it is working) are connected to the pots; red hot, black ground, green & white connected together. But if it isn't a pickup...

If you test a Jazz pickup with a multimeter and get no ohms - just continuity, is the pickup dead? This is a 4 conductor pickup (Peavey Bass) and I am using the red & black wires. Is it worthwhile to try the green and white wires instead?