Newbie seeks repair help

[flikenoir]

Hi guys n gals, been given an active bass guitar (Vintage brand) and the wiring is a total mess!! i have a soldering kit and happy to give it a go, looked at soo many wiring diagrams only to be left more confused than when i started.
images attached are not the best so i do apologise but any help would be fantastic!

[Pete1967]

I think you're really going to really struggle without the exact diagram for that board and identifying the pin outs of the connectors, but I'd hazard a guess that the spare yellow is battery negative and red is battery positive, and the blues are for the 'hot' from the pickups (probably the centre wire of the two grey and black coax cables). The Earth from the pickups (the screen of the coaxes) probably joins a yellow. But don't blame me if you fry the board following my advice

Alternatively bin the whole board and fit new pots and an Aguilar OBP 2!!!

P

[ikay]

Might be worth contacting Vintage (JHS) to see if they can help:

John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd.,
Salem House,
Parkinson Approach,
Garforth,
Leeds LS25 2HR,
United Kingdom.

Tel: +44 (0) 1132 865 381
Fax: +44 (0) 1132 868 515

email: [email="[email protected]"][email protected][/email].

[flikenoir]

Cheers guys, will have another look at it but contacting Vintage or just sending it into a shop is probably the most likely solution. Ta

[Mr. Foxen]

Fairly likely the pickups are standard and you can just lose the preamp and do a simple passive wiring job.