Neck>2wire, Bridg>3wire????

[Rockbobmel]

I am putting a parts bass together and just notived this. I have Nordstrand NJ4SV pups and the neck has 2 wires and the bridge 3?
Can someone make some sense out of this for me? Thanks, Bob

 

[aquateen]

I think the 3 wire configuration allows you to wire the pickups out of phase, if desired.

 

[Jamie_Funk]

Hi all - the extra wire is not related to phasing at all.

The third thinner black wire is a ground wire attached to shielding foil underneath the polepieces, primarily for use with certain buffer preamps (i.e. audere) that require grounds to be separated (my SV came with a small note detailing this, which said most of the time, such as passive, just sodler it to the same location as the thicker ground wire)

I believe this is a recent change and it would appear you neck pickup is older than the bridge.

For further clarification, email Nordstrand - they are VERY responsive to emails (say hi to Stu).

Jamie