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Posted (edited)

Hello,

 

I have a stacked Seymour Duncan Bass Lines STK - J2B Pick up that I want to replace the existing J bass pick up with at the bridge, I have no idea what I'm supposed to be soldering where, anybody with a bass collection active know what to do?

The circled yellow wire is I assume the J bass pick up wiring.  But the J2B has completely different looking wires so I've no idea what I'm doing !

Cheers.

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Edited by aquiel
Posted
3 minutes ago, BassBunny said:

I would say the red on on the SD goes where the white of the Bass Collection goes and the screen is the same in both cases.

So the ones that are sealed leave as is?

Posted
2 minutes ago, BassBunny said:

Yes, I assume they are joined for a reason. Did you not buy it new?'

No, It's a used one.     Thanks for the help!

Posted (edited)

Well if that is how it was wired previously, I'd give it a go.

Do you know it will actually fit as I didn't think they were standard Fender size. Only reason I ask is I've got 3 Bass Collection 5 strings and want to change the pickups on one and the only pickups I can find that fit are Delano, which I don't particularly like.

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Posted
5 minutes ago, BassBunny said:

Well if that is how it was wired previously, I'd give it a go.

Do you know it will actually fit as I don't didn't think they were standard Fender size. Only reason I ask is I've got 3 Bass Collection 5 strings and want to change the pickups on one and the only pickups I can find that fit are Delano, which I don't particularly like.

Yes, they fit fine, I know someone who has put these in to their Bass Collection as well. :)

Posted
13 hours ago, aquiel said:

The circled yellow wire is I assume the J bass pick up wiring.  But the J2B has completely different looking wires so I've no idea what I'm doing !

The Duncan is basically a humbucker ,they say "hum-cancelling". The 2 joined wires mean it's wired in series,stacked pickups tend to lose a bit output and series wired stops it losing more.

 

@BassBunny is correct red is hot.

Posted
6 hours ago, kodiakblair said:

The Duncan is basically a humbucker ,they say "hum-cancelling". The 2 joined wires mean it's wired in series,stacked pickups tend to lose a bit output and series wired stops it losing more.

 

@BassBunny is correct red is hot.

OK, thanks, gonna do it today, let you know if it's a success!

Posted
On 19/04/2019 at 19:56, BassBunny said:

Well if that is how it was wired previously, I'd give it a go.

Do you know it will actually fit as I didn't think they were standard Fender size. Only reason I ask is I've got 3 Bass Collection 5 strings and want to change the pickups on one and the only pickups I can find that fit are Delano, which I don't particularly like.

Bartolini make a set which will fit the Bass Collection 5s, it's something like 94mm long and bridge and neck are the same size. I think Sadowsky also use the same size.

Apologies for the thread hi-jack, I think BassBunny has it right wiring-wise.

Posted
2 hours ago, pete.young said:

Bartolini make a set which will fit the Bass Collection 5s, it's something like 94mm long and bridge and neck are the same size. I think Sadowsky also use the same size.

Apologies for the thread hi-jack, I think BassBunny has it right wiring-wise.

Thanks Pete. I know Delano make a set as well.

Posted

Yesterday a fella on the FB owners page had a post about Fender MB-5 pickups. Says they drop in no problem.

 

Course a google search shows the MB-5 was discontinued years back😢

Posted
4 hours ago, BassBunny said:

Thanks Pete. I know Delano make a set as well.

I have Delano stacked humbuckers in my SB465. I like them, but I can see that they wouldn't suit everyone.

Posted
6 hours ago, kodiakblair said:

Yesterday a fella on the FB owners page had a post about Fender MB-5 pickups. Says they drop in no problem.

 

Course a google search shows the MB-5 was discontinued years back😢

I spotted that but the impression I got was that he has just bought them, so maybe they are available. 

I'm not a massive fan of Delanos but I do have a Bart pre-map on one of my Bass Collections and that might be nice with Bart pickups.

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