fleabag Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Just about to slot a pair of the passive MEC ( humbucker size ) pups into my bass, but they have the least amount of wires on a humbucker i've ever seen One white wire surrounded by some braiding . White is hot and braid is ground, presumably ? Seems weird for a humbucker. Of all the hummies i've ever owned, there's always been a pair that needs twisting together ( presumably for series output ? ) plus one hot and one ground Unless of course, despite looking like , and the size of a humbucker, its just a single coil ? arggg... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brensabre79 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 It could be a humbucker, sometimes the 2 coils are wired internally. Musicman pickups used to be the same. It just means you can't coil tap with a switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted July 3, 2015 Author Share Posted July 3, 2015 Sounds reasonable ! If its any help, they came out of a twin pup german Streamer Standard, pre Rockbass streamer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verb Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Warwick describe the Streamer standard pickups as vintage style humbuckers. I would think that you are correct with white hot braid ground, this is how it is on MEC passive J pickups. This is the wiring schematic http://www.warwick.de/warwick/data/Warwick.de/Technical%20PDF/Scematic/Discontinued%20WW/60062.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted July 3, 2015 Author Share Posted July 3, 2015 Couldn't be simpler - ta job done ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.