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Kalamazoo KB wiring question

Discussion in 'Pickups & Electronics [BG]' started by fretlessman71, Jun 23, 2019.

  1. Jun 23, 2019 #1
    fretlessman71

    fretlessman71 Still beats havin' a job Supporting Member

    Aug 8, 2005
    FoCo, NoCo
    Found a '66 KB earlier this year. Very cool bass! Just a tad on the darker side for me. Without changing much on it (or in it), is there anything I can do to bring out a bit more top end? Maybe changing some of the caps, or where they go? Here's the info I found online, and my phone takes crappy pictures but I think that the innards of my particular bass have been left intact:

    Gibson EB0 bass circuitry and wiring information >> FlyGuitars
     

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  2. Jun 24, 2019 #2
    cataract

    cataract Supporting Member

    Feb 14, 2007
    Birmingham AL
    Do you have any pics of your KB? I have one as well and it seems they don’t pop up very often.
    I’ve gotten some decent bitey hi-gain tones out of mine but no luck in getting the very resonant unamplified tone to translate well through the stock mudbucker.
    I’ve given some thought to having a second pickup installed in a more standard position and replacing the stock pickup with something a bit more modern. There’s a whole lot of routing under the guard already so it would be a fairly simple task to undertake. I’d probably have a new custom pickguard made to accommodate the new pickup & control configuration.
     
  3. Jun 24, 2019 #3
    Crater

    Crater

    Oct 12, 2011
    Dallas, TX area
    Assuming it's wired exactly the same as the diagram you posted, I'd remove the 0.01 capacitor; it's acting as a second "always on" tone control. Just snip it off.
     
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  4. Jun 24, 2019 #4
    fretlessman71

    fretlessman71 Still beats havin' a job Supporting Member

    Aug 8, 2005
    FoCo, NoCo
    Always on, and unnecessarily darkening the tone?