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5-wire HB wiring into bridge position

Discussion in 'Pickups & Electronics [BG]' started by Tsal, Dec 23, 2020.

  1. Dec 23, 2020 #1
    Tsal

    Tsal

    Jan 28, 2000
    Finland
    I have an EB-0 where I'm adding a cheap MM-style humbucker into bridge position. Trying to do essentially jazz bass with blend -wiring.

    jazz-bass-blend.jpg

    However, I have no idea how to wire the HB. It has 5 wires, where red+white are soldered together, green+bare are soldered together, and black is separate.

    Do I think this correctly that it's now wired in parallel, and I should treat (red+white) as hot and (green+bare)+black as ground?

    Black + (white+red) says 5,7k
    Black + (green+bare) says 10,9k
    (white+red) + (green+bare) says 5,2k
     
  2. Dec 23, 2020 #2
    Matt Liebenau

    Matt Liebenau

    Jul 7, 2013
    Ogden, Utah
    That sounds like series which is how most humbuckers are going to be wired for the “traditional” set up. If you don’t want to do any switching then black is hot and green and bare are ground. Tape or shrink tube the red and white.
     
  3. Dec 24, 2020 #3
    Tsal

    Tsal

    Jan 28, 2000
    Finland
    Thanks, I was thinking series wiring would make more sense.

    Can anyone explain me why are there 5 wires instead of 4, by the way?
     
  4. Dec 24, 2020 #4
    Matt Liebenau

    Matt Liebenau

    Jul 7, 2013
    Ogden, Utah
    The bare wire is a separate ground. That way you can do some wiring without having to worry about one of the wires being connected to any other part of the pickup besides the coils.
     
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