OLP pickup query

[Mumbles87]

I'm planning on wiring a olp musicman pickup into a standard tone volume setup, but the pickup has two sets of black and white wires, would i be right in assuming that to wire it in series i just wire one of the grounds to the other sets live and then proceed as normal?
Cheers

[neepheid]

Yes, that sounds about right.

[robert43]

You can go parraell as we or put a push pull pot in go go series / paralell

[mrcrow]

normal mm is parallel
good to have both

[Mumbles87]

I think i read somewhere that series gives a higher output? Or does it just change the sound?
Cheers

[budget bassist]

my corvette has a series/parallel switch, i forget which is which but one of them does sound a lot growlier and does have a higher output. I think it's series as i recall someone telling me that it's not the way MM pickups are wired.

[mrcrow]

series is a bit darker and bassier because you are pusing around 15 ohms of wire
parallel resolves to 3.75 ohms but gives a clearer sound imho
thats why they are usually wired parallel

if you want volume there are some knobs to do that...dont spoil the tone and clean harmonics unless neede
thats why a little switch is the answer
on/on/on switch

Edited August 18, 2009 by mrcrow

[Mumbles87]

Fair enough, how do you i go about wiring in parallel then, im guessing its not as easy as soldering white to white and black to black of the two outputs?

[robert43]

You have got it in 1 2 whites go to gether & 2 balck together very easy.
My Casino Stingray knock off with 2 SD 1/4 pounders (A) they are wire up parrellel .
It came with 1 pickup & 2v &1t .I installed a SD MM preamp I have a mid bass & treble with 2 on off switchs to turn on each pickup.

[mrcrow]

[quote name='robert43' post='572666' date='Aug 18 2009, 10:15 AM']You have got it in 1 2 whites go to gether & 2 balck together very easy.
My Casino Stingray knock off with 2 SD 1/4 pounders (A) they are wire up parrellel .
It came with 1 pickup & 2v &1t .I installed a SD MM preamp I have a mid bass & treble with 2 on off switchs to turn on each pickup.[/quote]

white is hot...but does it matter

[robert43]

Hi yes if you make black postive it will be thin sounding

[mrcrow]

[quote name='robert43' post='573963' date='Aug 19 2009, 12:07 PM']Hi yes if you make black postive it will be thin sounding[/quote]

why? its just a circuit... the wires dont know what colour insulation they have on them??