Suggest a wiring for my bass

[Bass1218]

If built a full scale,walnut version of my Warwick rock bass kinda I’m routed and have a set of dimarzio will power P-bass pickups and a Mec humbucker from the rock bass.it likely I could have a pretty complex wiring but not sure how I should do it?,,I’d like to stick to three knobs,and passive

 

[sikamikanico]

Complex is not necessarily better, and if you don’t have specific goals, I’d try VVT...

or, you could experiment with a few options, see what you like, then hardwire it...

 

[Bassist30]

Do you mean like 2 volumes and a tone ... Like a Jazz setup? That would be simple.

 

[1218bass]

I’d like to get as much variety out of it as possible,wether it be cool splitting or series parallel switches or blend knobs or even phase,I do a lot of looping and more variety of tones is the goal

 

[fermata]

OK, how about this for variety in a three-knob format:

P goes to a push-pull volume pot that lets you switch between series and parallel wiring. On its own, a P in parallel is underwhelming, but it's good for blending with the bridge pickup (in either parallel or single coil mode).

Humbucker goes to a push-pull volume control, also switching between series and parallel. (Alternatively, if you're OK with some hum, you could switch between single coil and one of the humbucking modes.)

That gives you quite a few soloed and blended pickup options: solo P (series or parallel), solo H (series or parallel), blended P + H (series + series, series + parallel, parallel + series, parallel + parallel).

I would recommend using 500K linear taper pots for the volume controls: they'll offer fine control over blending (and remember that pickups blend best when the dominant pickup's volume is dialed back a bit). For the tone control, use a 250K audio taper pot.

That can either be a standard tone pot, or use a push-pull pot for two types of tone control: standard treble cut and a mid-scoop control using a Wilde Q-filter (note the Bass version).

Here's how someone described the Q-filter in another thread:

I don't particularly like the sound of a P pickup when playing solo and practicing although it cuts perfectly in a band mix. The Q filter makes me LOVE to practice on my Precision. It sounds really good on a P or PJ bass. The resistor will determine what type of scoop you get so I recommend just getting a 50k trim pot and dialing in the perfect value. Lawrence recommends 5k-25k but that's just a suggestion. For my Precision, I settled on 10k and for my SB-2T, I rigged it up with an on/off/on 3-way switch instead of a pot. So it's set up as 25k/original unaltered tone/40k. One of the two Q settings leaves a bit more high mids. So it really depends on your pickups what values you'll find practical. I really like how it makes those 2 basses sound.

 

[1218bass]

OK, how about this for variety in a three-knob format:

P goes to a push-pull volume pot that lets you switch between series and parallel wiring. On its own, a P in parallel is underwhelming, but it's good for blending with the bridge pickup (in either parallel or single coil mode).

Humbucker goes to a push-pull volume control, also switching between series and parallel. (Alternatively, if you're OK with some hum, you could switch between single coil and one of the humbucking modes.)

That gives you quite a few soloed and blended pickup options: solo P (series or parallel), solo H (series or parallel), blended P + H (series + series, series + parallel, parallel + series, parallel + parallel).

I would recommend using 500K linear taper pots for the volume controls: they'll offer fine control over blending (and remember that pickups blend best when the dominant pickup's volume is dialed back a bit). For the tone control, use a 250K audio taper pot.

That can either be a standard tone pot, or use a push-pull pot for two types of tone control: standard treble cut and a mid-scoop control using a Wilde Q-filter (note the Bass version).

Here's how someone described the Q-filter in another thread:

 

[1218bass]

Thx a lot,that’s sounds like a great set up.i think I’ll use a lot of what you suggested and am going to look into Q filter thing,first I’ve heard o it

 

[fermata]

Cool. You could also use a 500K stacked audio taper pot so treble cut and mid scoop are available at the same time (as on a Gibson Ripper). Or ditch the normal tone control in favor of the Q filter.

Options, options...looking forward to seeing what you end up doing.

 

[1218bass]

Thx again,appreciate the info,I wouldn’t have thought of it that way