Im new to the project bass and wiring for bass. I know how to solder. But heres were i need help. ans should be simple for you guys. I have three pickups. three pots. need to know how to wire them up. you if there is a website that is instructual. thanks brice
Seymour Duncan has wiring diagrams here: http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/ I can draw you a diagram for anything you want if you don't see what you want there. What did you have in mind for the wiring though? Three volumes? Any pickup selectors or series/parallel switches?
i was wanting to just do three volumes. since this is my for electronic project i wanted to do something easy. I am a noob when it comes to this. I am willing to do anything it just needs to be explained to me so i understand. I have 3 250k pots. two jass pups and a pbass pup. and i am wanting it to be passive. I do want to add a tone pot sat some pot. but i need to order a nother one. and a cap.
Three volumes, that should be pretty easy to do. I'll draw you a diagram 3 250K pots? That adds up to 166.667K. You won't get very much output/treble that way compared to a normal P or J bass. I would go with 500K pots for this type of setup.
ok. so if i get 3 500k pots. that should do it. What about a tone pot. what kind of capacitor? obviously i need another pot so 4 500k pots total. If you dont mind me asking whats the 166.667k for? what is the ideal nuber for that and how do you figure it out? Thanks for the diagram. Ill try it out and see how i like it. then or would it be best to just wait and do all 500k pots and a tone pot?
There is no "ideal number" really. I use the actual resistance values as a reference versus a more traditional setup. When you put volume pots in parallel the resistance is decreased and your output/treble is cut a bit. With 3 volumes, I would stick to 500K to keep a strong signal.
line6man is always generous with his diagrams - listen to him. However, I don't see anything about what kind of bass this is going into, so it may or may not have a control plate. I personally daisy chain the pot grounds (pot 1 to 2 to 3, then to the same point as the pickup grounds). If on a jazz, the control plate should provide the connection but you have to wire them together if your bass doesn't use a control plate. Same deal with the output jack; if not on the control plate, you also need to hard wire it to the ground.
its going in an old ibanez i ve had laying around, i bought for a project So slyjoe.. you are saying to dasiy chain the gronds together then go to the ground on the jack? like i said im a complete noob for this kind of stuff.
Correct - I don't know about the Ibanez, but if it doesn't have the pots on a control plate you have to connect the grounds as I described.
yeah it does not have a control plate. im still waiting for my copper shielding and stuff to show up to finish up. im gona try the 250k pots if i dont like em im gonna get 500k pots.
well here she is sounds pretty good for what it is. yea and this is my first time messing with a project. definatley learned how to do things better
Hey -- this setup is what I've been looking for! -- I think. Do the volume controls act independently, i.e., blend the signal from their respective pickups without acting as a master volume?