G&L MFD wiring / series/parallel for the P-style pickup

[fishdreams]

I am putting a G&L P-style MFD pickup in a BB300, to see how much I like the MFD style pup. Trying figure out the wiring, and given the images I found , I need a little confirmation:

-Is the neck pickup of the SB2 as depicted in series wiring (as opposed to parallel)?
-Is the L1500 wiring as shown the correct way to wire a parallel/series switch for this type pickup?

Thanks!!

 

[fishdreams]

Nobody....?

 

[lug]

-Is the neck pickup of the SB2 as depicted in series wiring (as opposed to parallel)?

This is the "normal" way to wire any P bass pup.

 

[bhunt1]

You could ask this on bassesbyleo.com there are G&L experts there who could answer this

 

[tomd999]

Second the visit to bassesbyleo, specifically the "Experimental Bass Association" section has most of the wiring and pickup mod discussions.

 

[quickervicar]

I'm a bit confused by the question. Are you wanting to run the SB-2 pickup as series/parallel?

Any P-style split coil pickup from an SB-1/SB-2 should work fine in any P-type configuration (such as yours) but they only have 2 leads, as shown in the SB-2 schematic. Only the soapbar MFDs from the L-series have multiple leads, which give you the option of series/parallel wiring.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

series/parallel with a split-coil pickup:

https://www.seymourduncan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Pbass_1V_1T_mtSP.pdf

The switch could also be a push/pull pot, & I recommend using 500k Ohm pots with MFD pickups!

 

[TrustRod]

-Is the neck pickup of the SB2 as depicted in series wiring (as opposed to parallel)?

Yes.

1 +, 1 - lead with the two other leads joined.

Parallel would show 2 joined pairs of leads with 1 pair being +, the other -.

 

[fishdreams]

Thank you everybody for your contributions. I hooked it up last night and it's a huge sounding pickup.

 

[sheltjo6]

series/parallel with a split-coil pickup:

https://www.seymourduncan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Pbass_1V_1T_mtSP.pdf

The switch could also be a push/pull pot, & I recommend using 500k Ohm pots with MFD

Why do you recommend 500k pots? To brighten up the tone?

 

[Killed_by_Death]

 

[jaroh24]

Check out the latest post in this thread if you want a single MFD pickup wired like a pbass with the ability to have it be running in series/parallel/single coil:

Wiring Diagram for Custom G&L MFD Humbucker Setup