I have a 1982 fender precision walnut. Does any body have any wiring schematics for the original active pickups?
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Fender precision walnut
- Thread starter KLEIN
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They're passive pickups. It's got an active EQ, but the PUPs themselves are totally passive. Can't help you with a schematic however.
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I have a white '82 Precision Special. The walnut colored P Special was the same thing. Yes, passive pickup with an active preamp in the control cavity.
I haven't seen any wiring diagrams around for them.
I haven't seen any wiring diagrams around for them.
This bass is in the procsess of restoration and the electronics need to be repaird. I have not been able to find any oem replacement pickups on the fender web sight. So I am just going to have to rewire these myself
If the pickups are passive, then any Fender pickup will work in it. It sounds like you don't need the preamp, but in case you do there's one for sale on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=230334275373
The seller might even have a wiring diagram to go with it.....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=230334275373
The seller might even have a wiring diagram to go with it.....
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Serial number is g024489. I looked up the number on the fender web site, so thats the only information that I could get for it. I am going to keep this thing original when restoring it. All of you guys would s@$% a brick when I tell you how I got it. A few years ago I was playing in a hardcore thrash metal band. My guitarist had a bass in his closet that was left there by an old friend of his. He called me,and said that he had an old bass that he wanted me to destroy at our upcoming show. I said cool, I love being a little Sid Vicios like on stage. When he brought it to rehearsal, I looked at it and when I saw that it was an old fender special, I knew this thing was worth some money. There was no way in hell that I was going to destroy this bass. He was a punk guy from the streets so he really had no idea what a good instrument is worth. So I said that I would take it and restring it before the show.........I never did. I procrastinated for about 2 years. And after my stint with band, he asked for the bass back. So I told him that I would pay him $250 for it.......he accepted my offer. Now this baby is in the hands of someone who truly understand and respects vintage instruments.
Ok so I guess its not a walnut. But it is a fender special, and M5Yates explained to me that since it is transparent blue, it is a very rare bass. Does anybody know the value of this instrument? It has a white pick guard, but its pretty trashed with stickers and what nots. I want to put a crushed pearl pick guard on it to compliment the gold hardware. Or would this devalue the bass?
As long as you have the original pick guard when you sell it, the value won't change.
Try a some 3M adhesive remover to clean the stickers off, then use plastic polish to remove the scratches.
Value? Late 70's & 80's Fender values have dropped hard in the last 6 months. Last year, the trans colored P Specials were bringing $1300-$1500 on eBay (but those were all original and in excellent condition).
Im going to restore this thing to its former glory with out changing too much originality. If it needs new pickups, hardware etc then so be it. I will post some pictures of this bass as soon as possible. I am willing to part with it when its finished, only to another bassist who take good care of it.
As soon as I get some pics I will put them up. As of right now it has no electronics in it. But I do have strings on it so I can at least play it. The original pickups might be ok, but I think Im going to put some new stock pickups in it but retain the original white covers. I now have wiring diagrams for it so I can wire the preamp in correctly. The finish is still in pretty good shape other than a few nicks and blemishes, but nothing major. The head stock has cigaret burns on it, so that will have to be taken care of somehow. All the gold hardware needs to be polished and the pick guard is trashed with glue and stickers.
