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Charvel wiring help

Hey team,

So I re-wired my San Dimas pro mod 4 string PJ to passive and have lost the photo of the wiring set-up I took before cutting it to pieces.

I now want to re-wire it back up, but am stuck with 3 missing wires/where they connect.

I am not familiar with active systems, so it might be obvious to some.

I'll attach some photos - any help greatly appreciated. I emailed charvel/fender to ask and they declined to help the effers.

If you have the same bass and could send a pick of your wiring - even better!

The setup is a V -PP, Blend, B-M-T setup with battery.

Thank you!
 
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I assume the 2 black wires in the large photo are grounds....but what are the green?

And is the red wire that should be attached to the purple one a hot lead (red) or from the battery?

This hooks up to the dimarzio model PJ - red and green wires but I assume these just get grounded and go to the blend pot.
 
I assume the 2 black wires in the large photo are grounds....but what are the green?

And is the red wire that should be attached to the purple one a hot lead (red) or from the battery?

This hooks up to the dimarzio model PJ - red and green wires but I assume these just get grounded and go to the blend pot.
This is what I would assume: Dimarzio is usually green grounds (at the pot bodies here) and red hots to the blend pot.
The red/purple is for the battery clip and the blacks are grounds.
 
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