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audere preamp installation, need quick help!

BrandonBass

BrandonBass

May 29, 2006
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#1
Prior to this mod, I have sent it to a pro to swap my stock jazz PUs for model Js, so I have no idea how the insides of a stock jazz plate would look like.

1st hole(near bridge): black wire( i assume its the bridge ground)

2nd hole(middle): black and white wire crimped together
green wire(bridge PU common)
red wire(bridge PU hot)

3rd hole(near neck): black and white wire crimped together
green wire(neck PU common)
red wire(neck PU hot)

Ive stripped the red and green wires, and i figured i jus hav to slot them into the audere and screw accordingly, but what should I do to the pair of white and black wires? thanks
 
#3
Ok. So that just leaves me with the bridge ground wire, so I will just crimp it together with the audere's ground wire.

This is going to sound stupid, but am I supposed to strip the wires before I crimp them together and heat it up?
 
#4
Ok. I jus crimped the bridge wire to the ground wire of audere and it worked! but sadly while burning the black rubber for the crimp, i think i overburnt it and it split open.... Will it have any effect on the performance of the preamp???

Also, I notice the bridge blend is significantly louder than the neck pickup. any idea why>?
 
#6
bassbenj said:
Yes, you strip before crimp! Am I too late?
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haha kinda, but i chanced upon a vid teaching people how to install the audere(thanks youtube) which prevented me from makin a dumb mistake.

I think I now hold the the record for 'longest time taken to install the audere preamp'. Clocking near to 2 hours :eek:

Did I mention, in the process of burning the rubber i overheated it and it was thorn....it wont affect my performance rite?
 
#7
BrandonBass said:
haha kinda, but i chanced upon a vid teaching people how to install the audere(thanks youtube) which prevented me from makin a dumb mistake.

I think I now hold the the record for 'longest time taken to install the audere preamp'. Clocking near to 2 hours :eek:

Did I mention, in the process of burning the rubber i overheated it and it was thorn....it wont affect my performance rite?
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put some electrical tape on it
 
#8
That's a good question. I did not strip either my bridge ground nor the wire off the Audere. Just to make sure, are those wires supposed to be stripped? Maybe that's why my LED sequence doesn't flash. The LED just burns brightly for a few seconds and then goes off. For what it's worth, the directions don't say to strip those wires nor the video tutorial.
 
#9
Making any electrical connection, the ends of the wires should be stripped of the insulator. If solder is to be used to make the connection, the ends should be thinned. I usually will thin the ends also if I twist the ends, solder, then use heat shrink to protect.
 
#12
If you look at the video again, after cutting all the wires away from the original plate, it says to strip all the wires. It is kind of a given in all electronic work, all solder or crimp connections need to be using stripped and thinned wires.

Hope ya'll get your basses wired and working properly, as you are getting to use one of the best pre around. I really like mine in my Nordy/pre jazz bass
 
#13
Lon said:
If you look at the video again, after cutting all the wires away from the original plate, it says to strip all the wires. It is kind of a given in all electronic work, all solder or crimp connections need to be using stripped and thinned wires.

Hope ya'll get your basses wired and working properly, as you are getting to use one of the best pre around. I really like mine in my Nordy/pre jazz bass
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I ended up going back to the bass last night and stripping both wires and re-doing the crimp and rubber seal. Bass was working fine before but I figured I'd go back and do it right. I'm still not getting the LED sequence like my other Audere but it's working fine.
 
#14
DWBass said:
Bass was working fine before but I figured I'd go back and do it right. I'm still not getting the LED sequence like my other Audere but it's working fine.
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From the Audre site:
If the battery gets to low, you will get a 5 second flashing LED.

If the battery voltage is more than about 7.0 volts, the LED will flash in a 3 step sequence. Bright, dimmer, back to bright.

If the battery voltage is more than 9.2 volts then the pattern would appear to be one 3 second flash. This would mean you have either a new 9 volt battery or are running an 18 volt (two batteries) setup.

So, in reading this, your other basses may have battery levels different than the one you are concerned about.
 
#15
Thanks for the info. I thought it was odd because I just put a new battery in my other bass (with an Audere) and it showed the 3 step sequence. So I guess that battery isn't as 'new' (or a full 9v) as I thought!

Wondering where you found the above info as I searched that site through and through and could not find anything with the above explanation.
 
#17
Guys, could you tell me the exact procedure to install Model J's with Audere JZ3?

Red wires go to the hot preamp inputs. Green ones go to common inputs.
Each black wire is soldered together with the white one of the same pickup? And then those four are soldered together with the preamp's grey ground wire? Or I am missing sth...
 

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