So I've just managed to route out some holes in an old p bass copy that I have, and am putting a couple of spare J pickups in the neck and bridge positions as well. I need to wire all this up at some point once I have enough wire and all the pots, but have no idea what needs to go where. I do know which wires from the pickups are ground and which are hot though.
I'm planning on having all 3 pickups wired straight to jack, with an on/off switch as well as a tone pot for each one - I'm presuming that a normal, plain pot will become a tone pot once it has a drop cap added somewhere, although where it needs to go I have no idea! If anyone could draw me up a diagram of what this circuit would/needs to look like I'd really appreciate it. I've had a search through various previous threads and unfortunately couldn't find anything that helped specifically.
In terms of how the switches and pots would look on the (modified) pickguard I'd prefer that the 3 on/off switches for their respective pickups were placed side by side separately, jaguar-style, away from the tone pots, but if this would be too much of a hassle with trailing wires then a pot next to a switch, then pot then switch etc would also look okay.
As I said I'd really appreciate the help, because at the moment the bass is hanging stringless and unused as a project on my wall waiting to be finished, and I don't want to buy in parts like drop caps and the like until I know exactly what I need. Cheers in advance!
I'm planning on having all 3 pickups wired straight to jack, with an on/off switch as well as a tone pot for each one - I'm presuming that a normal, plain pot will become a tone pot once it has a drop cap added somewhere, although where it needs to go I have no idea! If anyone could draw me up a diagram of what this circuit would/needs to look like I'd really appreciate it. I've had a search through various previous threads and unfortunately couldn't find anything that helped specifically.
In terms of how the switches and pots would look on the (modified) pickguard I'd prefer that the 3 on/off switches for their respective pickups were placed side by side separately, jaguar-style, away from the tone pots, but if this would be too much of a hassle with trailing wires then a pot next to a switch, then pot then switch etc would also look okay.
As I said I'd really appreciate the help, because at the moment the bass is hanging stringless and unused as a project on my wall waiting to be finished, and I don't want to buy in parts like drop caps and the like until I know exactly what I need. Cheers in advance!
