Thanks, the same ballpark... if possible, I prefer a pound less.Ha, I think two's enough for me
The both weigh about 3.8kg, quite weighty for short scales I guess, but not too heavy for me
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Hi, hope you are doing well, I need your help, please; I just purchased a 1997 squier musicmaster vista bass, and it was so dirty, gunk, rust...that I had to take it apart, but now checking the wiring, there is no capacitor soldered, allegedly it sounded fine four months ago, (there is a video from it), but what cap should I solder to it, .02, .05 or .047, is it needed or it came stock as in the picture? What do you recomend?
It needed a proper care, clean, setup, and use, that hopefully I will provide to it, It seems such a very good instrument.
Thank you, take care.
It needed a proper care, clean, setup, and use, that hopefully I will provide to it, It seems such a very good instrument.
Thank you, take care.
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One schematic collection shows a 68n cap. I can check mine later. 47n is a standard value.
Great work on the bass!
The wiring is pretty odd. It seems like it is wired with the two pots in series: the vol pot controls the black wire and the tone pot controls the white wire. The pickup sees both pots in series, so the max value is 500k. With this high value and no cap at all in the way, the bass should sound pretty punchy and bright.
here is the standard schematic:
here is the standard schematic:
A german guy took the effort to compile hundreds of schematics:
there is a thread from 2013 here on TB Cadfael's Collection of bass wiring diagrams and a current proper link to the pdf is in #116 of that thread : #116
He also wrote a history of the mustang bass and much more:
Cadfaels Basstelecke - Schaltungen für Bass und Gitarre, Reviews und mehr
there is a thread from 2013 here on TB Cadfael's Collection of bass wiring diagrams and a current proper link to the pdf is in #116 of that thread : #116
He also wrote a history of the mustang bass and much more:
Cadfaels Basstelecke - Schaltungen für Bass und Gitarre, Reviews und mehr
Wow, Hi, thank you very much indeed for your help, and your support, which one do you prefer 68n or 47n? Or do you agree to keep it like that?
as well I read that basses should use a .02 or .05 for electrocution protection, do you know about it, is it needed?
A lot of work, but I enjoy, to see those instruments being used and in a proper care, knowing that, are not museum pieces, but at least if you own it, play it and enjoy, and as long as you can, clean it and take care of it, so it can take care of you, when needed. Take care.
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... it's always good to be careful...
my preference depends on the basses and the sound I am aiming for, I even have one Musicmaster Bass with a 100n cap but usually 68n is fine.
Thank you very much, so 68n will be, but still, do you use the .02 or .05 somewhere to add protection, or not needed?
There's no need to protect anything. The capacitor is simply there to filter out the high end. The higher the value, the tubbier the sound.
Just make sure everything is grounded and shielded and you'll have a safe, silent bass.
No. I read about these protection caps between ground and bridge wire, but never used them. Maybe it's from the times of the 50s or 60s, when electrical installation in venues was a life risk...
Not sure if this is helpful anymore. This is a photo of my Squier MM wiring. The only change to mine was the body refinished since it was in pretty bad shape when I got it.
Interesting, yours is a 47n cap. I will check mine as well.
PS: mine has a 47n as well. same flimsy wiring as yours...
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On the photo I posted, you can hold down CTRL key and then scroll on your mouse to make the photo larger and you can read it.
Funny how despite the terrible condition mine was in when I bought it off CL, then the handling while I dismantled it and had the body refinished, and the reassembly, plus all the gigs I played it over the years never had an issue with it.
Doesn't work on my Mac, that's why I was surprised someone could read the code off the cap.
Ah, well, sorry I'm not up to date on anything Apple related. But matt-o already typed it in too, 2A473K = 47n
Hi, thank you for your help. Take care.
Hi, of course it helps, thank you very much, and interesting none of the pickguards I've seen have shielding surrounding the coil space, n or all of the cavities.
Work continues, setback, with a screw, broke 2 times, so now flushed to the neck, I believe that it's glued, but still in process:
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