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Humbucker wiring w/ Glockenklang pre

Discussion in 'Pickups & Electronics [BG]' started by strappa, Jun 6, 2019.

  1. Jun 6, 2019 #1
    strappa

    strappa Gold Supporting Member

    Jun 9, 2009
    Philadelphia, PA
    i am installing a Glockenklang 2 band preamp in a bass with 2 humbucker pickups
    The pickups have a ground wire and a set of 2 hot wires
    The 2 hots are wrapped in one sleeve with one wire being the main wire and the other looks to be secondary
    They were wired , one to volume , the other to the blend pot
    ( I’m guessing this is parallel mode)

    The preamp has circuit boards attached to the pots
    and the wires are supposed to be soldered to the boards
    But there is no place to attach the secondary hot wire

    How should I wire the pickups?

    Wiring diagram
    https://www.bestbassgear.com/wiring-diagrams/GlockenklangOnboard2.pdf
     
  2. Jun 7, 2019 #2
    ctmullins

    ctmullins Dominated Gold Supporting Member

    Apr 18, 2008
    MS Gulf Coast
    I'm highly opinionated and extremely self-assured
    That doesn’t sound right. Parallel wiring needs two hots and two grounds, unless it’s hardwired in parallel, in which case there would only be one hot and one ground.

    Post a photo?

    Put a meter on the leads and take resistance readings across each possible pair?
     
  3. Jun 7, 2019 #3
    strappa

    strappa Gold Supporting Member

    Jun 9, 2009
    Philadelphia, PA
    Thanks for the reply!
    I dont have a meter
    Here is the pickup leads
    20190607_100429.jpg
     
  4. Jun 7, 2019 #4
    ctmullins

    ctmullins Dominated Gold Supporting Member

    Apr 18, 2008
    MS Gulf Coast
    I'm highly opinionated and extremely self-assured
    Thanks for the photo!

    Another possibility is one hot and two grounds. The thick white wire could contain the signal hot from the pickup on the inner insulated wire, the signal ground on the shorter uninsulated wire, with the black wire used for connecting pickup shielding to ground. If that’s the case, then the black and the bare both go to ground, and the inner white goes to “In1” or “In2” on the Glockenklang balance control.

    Won’t know for sure without a meter though. Or some trial and error perhaps.
     
  5. Jun 7, 2019 #5
    strappa

    strappa Gold Supporting Member

    Jun 9, 2009
    Philadelphia, PA
    That makes sense
    Have to get a meter and find out
    Thanks for the reply!
     
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  6. Jun 7, 2019 #6
    strappa

    strappa Gold Supporting Member

    Jun 9, 2009
    Philadelphia, PA
    Looks like you are right about those being ground wires
    I found this wiring diagram for the bass, does that confirm they are grounds?


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  7. Jun 7, 2019 #7
    ctmullins

    ctmullins Dominated Gold Supporting Member

    Apr 18, 2008
    MS Gulf Coast
    I'm highly opinionated and extremely self-assured
    Not really. That diagram only shows two wires per pickup.
     
  8. Jun 8, 2019 #8
    ex-tension

    ex-tension

    Jun 11, 2009
    Are you sure those black wires are from the pickups?
    See this post: NTMB Wiring Issues
     
  9. Jun 8, 2019 #9
    strappa

    strappa Gold Supporting Member

    Jun 9, 2009
    Philadelphia, PA
    The wiring diagram for the bass doesn't show the black wires so that would make sense that they from a grounding plate

    Which means I can solder them together with the other grounds

    Thanks