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A picture of the pots and loom might help?

Darkstar's would be amazing, but are overkill for a cheap bass (rock n roll) project.

Thanks, I know the Epi EB-0 mudbuckers are super lower output (which is the opposite to what I'm looking for!), is the EB-3 pup higher (Artec is 30k)? Wanting to get something like this sound... tonnes of bottom end with a deep, warm tone...

I picked up a cheap p bass to mod, and found the routing under the pickguard to be really large, easily big enough me thinks for a BIG pickup to be dropped into the P position to replace the standard split coils. I'm looking for a high output, nasty, dirty rock sound, and came up with the idea to maybe put an Artec EBC4 mudbucker in there. Which should overdrive my amp, and at the same time I will run it through my sansamp to make a huge, overdriven sound (especially as I play with a pick). Also, thinking i should put some 500k pots and a 0.022 cap to squeeze out a little high end. What are people's thoughts?

None of those are HOT. I'm specifically looking for a HOT pickup.

Never seen one under my budget!

Using that diagram, how do I tell which wire is positive and which is negative? When I have one black and red wires on one pup, and black and white on the other.

Acquired some 90's p (passive) pups but am confused by both of the split coils having 2 wires coming from each. I'm used to p pups having a wire connecting the two together, then a black (ground) and a white or red (live) going to the volume pot. Here, i have one with a black and white wires, and the other has black and red wires. Do I solder the two black wires together, then is the white the ground to the volume pot and the red the live to volume pot?

Mark out the holes with a pencil onto some masking tape, use a bradawl tool to make initial holes, then screw in the screws. Simple.

John is a top guy. Thanks again.

Click on Online-shop in menu on left hand side of website... They make rounds, half-rounds and flats... http://www.status-graphite.com/status/frames/index_home.html

If Batman played bass.

Fender don't do short scale flats, but Daddario do flats for all sizes. If you want decent and inexpensive flats in any size then Status Hotwire's might be a good option! You can get short scale Hotwire's for less than £17 posted (UK).

If you have some strong mates, then a Peavey Databass is killer. Can be picked up for £100-200 these days and you wont ever turn the volume past 4! THIS THING IS LOUD.

I'm wanting to test/experiment several different p bass pickups (passive), but don't want to solder each one everytime. Its a "play at home" bass, so doesn't need robust fixings, which is why I thought if I run ground and live wires from volume pot into a 2-pin terminal, and then run the ground and live wires from the pickup(s) into that it should make it an easy change each time. Only problem is I don't know which 2-pin terminal I might need, or where to buy them?

Will be interested in your build, lots of quality parts. I've read good things about Nash 51 P's. If you have a dark body then you want to contrast it, so an off white or cream pickguard would be my choice.

The blue finish looks odd also, looks pretty poorly done.

Thanks everyone, nice to see creativity and ingenuity at work.

Welcome to short scale-dom. I recently switched to shorts and enjoy playing again.