wiring help

Hi all. New to the instrument, picked up a beautiful Ibanez DT600 (this is the model, as far as I can tell. Serial number L82322). at a flea market for free, the guy just gave it to me. That probably should have been a sign for me that something was wrong with it. Plugged into my Scarlett...

So I have a newly assembled parts P. It has standard-wind Fralins, roasted swamp ash body, roasted maple neck. I put DR Sunbeams on it, but they seemed polite and a little scooped so swapped them for nickel lo-riders which sound better. My issue is that the tone seems sort of anemic compared to...

I know this is a stupid question but i am a stupid person, and I'm completely incapable of figuring out even something as simple as this. I have spent HOURS testing and researching to try to figure out where the ground is so i can actually start learning how to make pedals, but it seems i am the...

(My first post) I recently acquired an E-II ap5 bass, which uses two musicman pickups with a three way switch that goes - Low = series Middle = single coil High = parallel Well, a big issue is that it came modded so instead it goes - Low = passive series Middle = Cuts out to nothing, no...

So, I recently bought and installed the EMG GZR PJ set for an Ibanez TMB-100 along with a Seymour Duncan blackouts preamp, specifically the STC-2C-BO because I felt the stock electronics weren't really doing it for me and wanted to do something nice for what was my first electric bass without...

It seems like quite a few people here own one of these, so I am hoping you can help me where everywhere else has not. Can you help me figure out how to rewire this? I have it working in a passive configuration, but I can't figure out where to solder the battery positive at. I'm also not sure...

As many others said, the Bertolini BH2 are very muddy, and that's why I wanted to wire them in parallel, but I'm confused with their wiring. So, as you can see on this picture, the black and bare are on cold(Yellow colored), and the white is on hot(Orange colored). And as you can see here, the...

Hello everyone; dear friends: I recently acquired a Washburn Bantam XB-500 5-string bass with no wires connected to the potentiometers inside the body. I'm asking for your kind help. The bass is already restored and partially finished. But I can't continue with the remaining part (The...

I have been designing an onboard preamp for an active bass design and have been running into issues with the filter. I am modeling the portion after the fender bassman and have created a breadboard model of the schematic. I have entered all my exact component values into the Ducan TSC model for...

I have been designing an active bass preamp and I decided to use the fender Bassman tone stack for the filter. Using Duncan's TSC I worked out component values for an output level that I like and went to recreate it on a breadboard and test it on audio precision software. However, when I plugged...

I already have what i need for the pickup cavity and the pickups, but I'm mainly concerned with stuff for painting and electronics. What should i buy for repainting a bass, and what should i get for soldering and stuff? Specific products would be really helpful; ideally not too expensive, but...

Hey all, I've been working on a passive P/MM project for a while, and I'm finally in the wiring faze. I took a 2003 Squire Precision V Standard and routed it for a P/MM setup with pickups in the proper spots. Pickups are off a Fender VModII 5 string and MM is Nordstrand 5.2 with Alnico3 magnets...

Can anyone help me out with a wiring diagram? I’m attempting to rewire my PJ bass and I want it to be master volume, 3 way switch (LP style), master tone. The more detail the better because I’m definitely new to soldering.

I recently came across a cool mod that combines a series/parallel switch with a blower bypass switch on a Jazz Bass. The mod also makes the bass stereo-compatible, where the pickups can output to separate channels. Here’s the gear I’ll be using: 2x Bourns push/pull 250k pots CTS 250k pot...

Hello. I'm fairly inexperienced with wiring -- I've done some repairs and I've done a passive P bass on my own, but I wanted to get some more experience and maybe set up a bass to something I like more than a stock sound. To that end, I picked up a neck-through body, with pickup and control...

Hello, I was recently shopping for a pre-CBS Precision bass and received some pictures of the pickups and the control cavity. There is a brass plate in the control cavity (which I assume is a grounding plate?). Obviously, this is not original, but I was wondering if anyone could help me out. The...

Hi, i´m currently designing a bass that will use a jazz bass wiring, but I want it to have on/off switches for each pickup, a series/parallel switch and a push pull tone pot to switch between 0.22 and 0.47 caps, im aware that i could replace the on/off switches with a regular pickup slector, but...

Hello folks! Just wiring up my first bass and came across this link detailing how to set up a 3 way switch with a blend knob in the middle position - I've tried it out using the specific MEC On/On/On 4PDT and while there is signal coming from the bass when in the middle position, it doesn't...

Hey y'all! I'm working on a project bass, and I was recently gifted a Guild humbucker (silver face) that I assume is from the 70s. I am comfortable enough soldering and doing the wiring myself, but I need help with planning. I am not finding info online about how to wire this as a single pickup...

So I've been building guitars and basses for years now but this is my first time trying to wire up anything that is active and I'm super stumped. I'm building a stingray style bass and I decided to try and save myself some headache by using the Seymore Duncan STC-3M3 prewired harness with...

Hi all. I’ve managed to wire a jazz bass to one volume pot in the past. I’ve got a project which needs wiring from scratch. I’m not the biggest fan of this but it suits the project. Can any of you genius’s tell me what the f I need to do I’ve got a white wire and black wire from each pup. I’ve...

Hello! It's been a few years that i'm wondering if it's possible to have the signal of the 2 pickups of my jaguar bass in one jack TRS. I don't see why not but i'm not an electronic engineer. Do you think some ground issues will happened ?

So i gutted my ibanez btb eq-2b ? To paint and sand and clean up the bass (just bought it). It worked before…it’s silent now! I need help with running the internals! This bass has a volume pot, balance pot, and a ring /center pot (treble & bass)! It’s got the individual string mounts one the...

Howdy all, I feel there are going to be some people who may upset with my latest project. I have a 2004 Ricky 4003. I love the feel but I wanted to play with the sound so I decided to change some stuff (everything) out. Here is the end goal: Nordstrand Big Blade 4's Series/parallel switch...

Hello everyone, I need some wiring help. I am building an EVH Style Bass from scratch. I had custom pickups wound for this build. I have a single coil (8.6 DCR) in the neck pos. and a Humbucker (29 DCR) in the bridge pos. I have a 250k/500k Stacked Pot, .047uf Tone Cap and a Gretch Style 3 Pos...

Preface, I'm making a 4 string bass that has two outputs, E-A to one side, D-G to the other. That's for effect for when I wanna get weird with it. The main pickup will be a standard Dark Star pickup. So ignoring the D/G pickup, I have the Dark Star and E/A wired to a 2 way On/On switch that...

Ok, since my Ampeg BA115 HP blew up at tryout/audition. Which is currently being repaired. Never had an issue in 5yrs so never thought about a backup. Only other amp I have is a Peavey Micro-Bass 20-watt Micro Bass. Which in my opinion sucks no low unless i cut highs and mids to zero. Was good...

Hi everyone! A few weeks ago I started a project about rewiring completely my Fender Jaguar Bass, as it happens some times, I ended up trying to make everything as clean, good and electronically efficient as I can, being that one of the goals of the project so I can learn more about...

Ok so, i have this crazy idea that i want to see if it’s possible. Basically i want to get a new bass head (like an old 70s svt, b-25, or a v-4b) and when looking for cabs i stumbled across the ampeg iso vent cab. Its a set of 2 10s on top and in the bottom 2 15s facing each other, very unique...

I am trying to install a coil split switch in my newly made PJ Bass. The Middle Pickup is an Aguilar 4P-60 and the Bridge Pickup is an Aguilar Super Double. My Pots are all 250k Vol/Vol/Tone with a 0.047 uf Tone Cap. The switch would only apply to the 2 coils in the Super Double. North Coil and...

Hey, new here. I have a Fernandez J bass with DP123 pups. They worked perfectly when I first put them in. I took the bass apart to have it painted and when I put it all back together, the output was never the same. I've been over the diagram and the actual harness several times and everything...

I’m currently replacing a broken preamp in a Parker NiteFly with a Fishman Powerchip, and I’d like to connect my guitar’s Magnetic / Piezo three-way selector switch to the Powerchip. Need a little advice on the proper connection to make! There are currently three wires running between my...

I'm just about at wit's end here, and I'm hoping somebody can help me figure out what I'm doing wrong. I've been trying to rewire my 5-string fretless for a while now — I made a thread a few years ago asking about the specs/wiring diagram for it. Brice has since discontinued this bass (I've had...

TLDR; how do I disconnect the wires from the preamp of an Ibanez SRF705 bass? First post so thanks in advance for taking a look. I have an Ibanez SRF705 fretless. If you search the forum, you'll see a lot of complains about those single coil pickups and the hum. It sounded fine at home but...

Hey guys, I just got a replacement body for my jazz bass and when I transferred everything I have a static noise only from the bridge pickup. The neck pickup is quiet at all times but the moment the bridge pickup volume is raised the static comes in. The static is present regardless of if the...

Hey all! I'm going to treat this one like the help requests I get here at work :) Problem: Very loud hum (often louder than noise when playing) coming from guitars plugged into my bass rig along with occasional popping when I touch the metal. Sound dampens alot when i touch a metallic piece on...

Hi all :) I've searched the forums for quite a while and I can't seem to find the answer I'm looking for so here I am, yet again adding to the pile of pre-amp wiring questions... Sorry! Here's my query: My current bass build has Aguilar 4 string PJ passive pickups. I'm going to install the...