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Peavey Foundation in Pawn Shop

#61
Well I finally got around to fooling with it a little more. Apparently my neck pickup is dead for some reason. The bridge pickups read 5.16k ohms and the the neck reads nothing. I then rewired it to the bridge pickups pot after disconnecting the bridge pickup and got nothing that way either. So I guess I need a pickup. Anybody got one? I am going to re pot and wire the whole thing as discussed as the ever present hum is still there.
 
#62
The Super Ferrites are single coil pickups. If only one pickup is working, that is probably ordinary 60 cycle hum you're hearing. No amount of replacing parts or shielding is going eliminate that. You need to have two pickups set up like a jazz bass with both full on volume to eliminate the hum. Keep an eye out, those pickups show up on ebay occasionally. The four and 5 string pickups are the same size.

There's one on ebay right now http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1980s-P...5|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:1|293:1|294:50
 
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#66
I just checked a Super Ferrite from an early Fury (different base than Foundation SF or I would send it to you) and it measured around 5k on my cheesy old meter so you're probably in the ballpark. Also, have you taken out the pickup and checked if the wires are still connected at the pickup? This would be a cheaper fix than replacing it.
 
#72
baddarryl said:
Yeah it is epoxied. I went ahead and got one off ebay. I will let you know how it goes. :)
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That's definitely the easiest way. I've got 2 T-40 pups that lost a coil because the epoxy shrank and pulled the wire off the terminal. I thought it might be a simple repair where I could unwind the coil to the break and re-solder. Huh uh. That epoxy stuff is a mess. And the wires were extremely brittle. I cleaned the epoxy off both pups - it took hours to do without damaging the bobbins. I'm going rewind the pups and wax pot them. I'll wind them a bit hotter than stock, just for fun. I'll also rewire them with 4 wire conductors so that all coil switching can be properly done. If your pup is bad and you want to get rid of it, give a me a yell. I'm a glutton for punishment...
 
#73
Philbiker said:
The Super Ferrites are single coil pickups. If only one pickup is working, that is probably ordinary 60 cycle hum you're hearing. No amount of replacing parts or shielding is going eliminate that. You need to have two pickups set up like a jazz bass with both full on volume to eliminate the hum. Keep an eye out, those pickups show up on ebay occasionally. The four and 5 string pickups are the same size.

There's one on ebay right now http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1980s-P...5|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:1|293:1|294:50
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Ok so I got the pickup from Ebay (neck) now I have it wired up and that is exactly how it acts. With both volumes full it is silent, if I back off either one at all I get a hum. Are you telling me that is how these things normally act? If so, do Jazz basses do the same thing? No big deal I guess. Btw way, I am stoked with the tone and action and I still don't really have it set up yet. Beautiful punchy tone. Sounds old school. Nice. Thanks all.
 
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#74
baddarryl said:
Ok so I got the pickup from Ebay (neck) now I have it wired up and that is exactly how it acts. With both volumes full it is silent, if I back off either one at all I get a hum. Are you telling me that is how these things normally act? If so, do Jazz basses do the same thing? No big deal I guess. Btw way, I am stoked with the tone and action and I still don't really have it set up yet. Beautiful punchy tone. Sounds old school. Nice. Thanks all.
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Yes, Jazz pickups do the exact same thing. I just picked up a Foundation today and both pickups work but it has a noticeable hum. Other than that it is perfect. i guess I'll straighten the hum out sooner or later.:D
 
#77
For what it's worth, I hated half rounds when I tried them. They felt rough and sounded like dead roundwounds. I prefer the feel and sound of a true flatwound, or else a true roundwound. It's like the half wound takes the worst qualities of flats and rounds and puts them together in one yucky package. Apologies to half wound lovers out there! ;):D

Did you shield the pickup cavities and control cavity with copper foil yet?
 

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