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This is a fantastic piece of gear

love the pliers and rubber band!! Genius

So I'm well into my bass renovation. It is the first bass I ever owned costing about £50. I've installed the active pickups and preamp as well as a new jack but my god iI hate soldering. Does anyone have any tips on how to make this easier/more fun? Even just a suggestion how to hold parts to stop them moving while soldering them? 🥴

On the old wiring the red and white on 1 of the pickups are soldered together so I'll try the Seymour Duncan wiring and see how I get on 🤗

Heres the pic of the wires. Doesn't add much waiting for the wiring diagram from ESP

Yes Hubrad the pickups were from an ESP Bass! I can't find any wiring info for them anywhere though 😤

GREAT I WILL DO THANKS

Thanks for the response. That's what the seller advertised them as. Guess I'll have to consult a guitar tech.

Hi all This is my first post. I'm hoping for some help in converting my passive bass to an active. Its the first bass I ever owned which I am upgrading. I have purchased some SB-4B pickups and an active preamp. The preamp is already wired up but I am at a loss as to how to configure the 5 wires coming from the pickup. I've searched on the web and its suggesting the following:- Bare wire – this is the overall earth wire and needs to be connected to a common ground / earth point. The earth loop on the guitar can be connected into on the back of one of the potentiometers. Black wire – this is the negative / start of coil 1 White wire – this is the positive / finish / hot out of coil 1 Red wire – this is the negative / start of coil 2 Green wire – this is the positive / finish / hot out of coil 2 It goes on to say white and red wires should be joined together. Before I go wiring this up incorrectly I would be grateful if anyone could advise me if this is correct? Any advise would be greatly appreciated.