Chivs Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 (edited) Spoiler building a bass I'm building a bass for the first time. Does anyone know how i wire these pick-ups. How Many pots ect. It will be a passive bass Edited June 2, 2018 by Chivs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 You want to wire all 3 pickups? Active or passive? The simplest would be volume 3x plus a tone, but I personally would only use the P and MM pickup. The jazz will have a weaker output than the P or MM, so might as well leave. A VVT wiring diagram you can easily find on Bestbassgear.com, an excellent wiring diagram resource. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 (edited) Are you going with a 7 way switch to maximise (I think) all the permutations? Active/Passive? Personally I think that Andyjr1515 or JabbaTheGut are probably your best bet for advice but there is a builders forum that they use which may be (even?) better - if that's possible. Look forward to following the build progress. Edited June 2, 2018 by TheGreek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 This is an amazing resource for different set ups- http://www.ak-line.com/medium/Bassschaltungen.pdf There are all sorts of options/ standard wiring diagrams in there. It’s worth taking the time to look through and there is a translation section at the end (but it’s mostly obvious) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 I think you are asking the question backwards. You have to really decide what controls you want before anyone can say how to wire it. Volumes, pans, switched, coil taps, switched? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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