Epiphone black bird bass controls

The Epiphone site says the only control is the on/off switch so my SWAG is there is no way to select pickups and both are used whenever the switch is on.

Edit: I searched for a wiring diagram to see if the pickups are wired in series or parallel but I couldn't find one.

 

Can you post a link to the clip?

Yes it would be unusual and it begs the question, why would the Epiphone site say the only control is an On/Off switch? A wiring diagram/schematic or picture of the inside of the control cavity could provide a definitive answer but I couldn't find one.

 

My understanding is this bass is basically setup with a fixed tone based on motley crue/nikki sixx sound. So, yea, no controls to adjust (other than your amp) - just toggle on/off. Hard rock and metal players can just plug and rock!

 

Yep - definitely a mod. Does sound good!

 

Thanks.

Based on the first minute and a half of that video his switch functions like a normal pickup selector. I suspect it was modded to do so.

 

The now discontinued Timothy B. Schmitt jazz had no facility to switch pickup, so it's not the first, but I'd put a selector on it.

 

He modded it with 3-way switch pick...neck only, neck-bridge, bridge only.

 

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