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Jazz Bass series with blend
- Thread starter FArfel
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Blend won't work in series. You can switch between series and parallel and use a blend in parallel.
Blend will work in series.
This is a V/V/T layout. It doesn't use an extra switch - instead, the switching is done by a push-pull or push-push pot that's in the tone pot position.
For V/B/T, treat the top two volumes as being two decks of a blend pot, but swap #1 and #3 on the bottom one. The blue dot connected to the tone pot leg #2 is the blend output - instead of having it on the tone pot, connect that to lug #1 of the volume pot, connect #3 of the volume pot to ground and connect #2 of the volume pot to the tone pot leg #2 (the one where you took it from). Then connect another wire from #2 of the tone pot to the output, and add a capacitor. That should be it.
If it's not clear, give me a day to redraw.
This is a V/V/T layout. It doesn't use an extra switch - instead, the switching is done by a push-pull or push-push pot that's in the tone pot position.
For V/B/T, treat the top two volumes as being two decks of a blend pot, but swap #1 and #3 on the bottom one. The blue dot connected to the tone pot leg #2 is the blend output - instead of having it on the tone pot, connect that to lug #1 of the volume pot, connect #3 of the volume pot to ground and connect #2 of the volume pot to the tone pot leg #2 (the one where you took it from). Then connect another wire from #2 of the tone pot to the output, and add a capacitor. That should be it.
If it's not clear, give me a day to redraw.
Yes they will. You have to wire them to vary the impedance across each pickup, rather than as a voltage divider that adds the signals in parallel.
The problem is, the volume will decrease as you move away from the center detent.
Here's my predicament:
I'm a P Bass guy, and like to have only 1 volume control. I have a 5 string P Bass with Jazz Bass pickups. Series wiring gives me enough P Bass sound to keep me happy, but I've been having trouble ever since I installed the push/pull. I installed a blend control earlier this year and it worked fine, but it was in parallel, and wasn't what I was looking for sound-wise. When I installed the push/pull my bass developed a seemingly unfixable static problem, and other problems followed. What I was hoping for was to remove the push/pull (I never use parallel anyway), and put a regular volume in it's place. If I remove the blend (which wouldn't work anyway) I would have an extra knob that I wouldn't know what to do with. I'm in a pickle, and need some creative minds to get me out.
I'm a P Bass guy, and like to have only 1 volume control. I have a 5 string P Bass with Jazz Bass pickups. Series wiring gives me enough P Bass sound to keep me happy, but I've been having trouble ever since I installed the push/pull. I installed a blend control earlier this year and it worked fine, but it was in parallel, and wasn't what I was looking for sound-wise. When I installed the push/pull my bass developed a seemingly unfixable static problem, and other problems followed. What I was hoping for was to remove the push/pull (I never use parallel anyway), and put a regular volume in it's place. If I remove the blend (which wouldn't work anyway) I would have an extra knob that I wouldn't know what to do with. I'm in a pickle, and need some creative minds to get me out.
Blend will work in series.
This is a V/V/T layout. It doesn't use an extra switch - instead, the switching is done by a push-pull or push-push pot that's in the tone pot position.
For V/B/T, treat the top two volumes as being two decks of a blend pot, but swap #1 and #3 on the bottom one. The blue dot connected to the tone pot leg #2 is the blend output - instead of having it on the tone pot, connect that to lug #1 of the volume pot, connect #3 of the volume pot to ground and connect #2 of the volume pot to the tone pot leg #2 (the one where you took it from). Then connect another wire from #2 of the tone pot to the output, and add a capacitor. That should be it.
If it's not clear, give me a day to redraw.
I want to use a push/pull switch to act like an s1. I tried using this diagram but it doesn't work. Is this diagram usable for what I want? When I tried this, the neck pot does cut out and the bridge pot does become the volume. But pulling the switch doesn't sound any different than using the bridge pickup.
Thanks
One option would be to add a passive bass cut of the type used on G&L L2000 and L1000 basses. It would give you some interesting sounds to play with that would be different than the normal J-bass/P-bass pallette. Another option, albeit a bit of a copout, would be to save that extra knob as a "producer switch", a la Lee Sklar's famous trick. For years, Leland Sklar had a switch on his bass that didn't do anything and was just used as a placebo for producers in the studio. "Lee, can you get me a slightly darker, moodier sound?" "Sure (adjusting the 'producer switch'), how's this?" "Oh, that's much better!"
