Dudgeman

Hi New project but up and running..we have bass..drums...guitar and singer. Already rehearsing. Looking for a keyboard/ hammond style player. We are covering....SRV.....Bonamassa..Winery Dogs...Mr Big...Chickenfoot...Whitesnake (maybe) amongst others. Rehearsing in Swindon and Witney areas...will be gigging this as soon as we can... If you can play some guitar as well it would be a bonus but not a necessity. Pm me if your interested...easy going band but all committed...or perhaps need to be going on some of the stuff we are playing... lol Get in touch. Cheers Carl

Haha...yes was a touch happy about it...it sounded great...

If you were stood in front of me I could have kissed you for that logic link..wow..definitely a phase issue there...the bass sounds amazing now in DAW.. still yet to try on amps. Will do at next rehearsal... I am hoping this is a DAW/interface issue then and not the bass..although i have been loooking at wiring diagrams for 4 cable jazz PU's (there arent many) to make sure i havent missed something.. i have found some for hot stack PUs but then i need to know where the different coloured wires correspond too on the pick up! I only have one other issue that I am really struggling with and have done tons of research...at the moment it seems my m audio interface is direct minitoring and software monitoring at the same time causing the playing in a small room effect... It never used to do this and i cant seem to work out how to turn off direct monitoring...its all such fun...lol Thank you for all your help over these threads..been invaluable..... cant wait to try this beast of a bass out at next rehearsal.... snarly gnashy thing that it is....

Hi I have modded my precision bass to have a jazz pick at the neck ..both pick ups have their own jacks and independant wiring..right down to the grounds. The new install is volume only..no tone pot...the original wiring for the P bass PU, volume and tone is unchanged. My problem is if I run both PUs into logic (pro 8) on sepatate channels (m audio 410 firewire) i lose nearly all the bottom end..like there is a phasing issue. If i just have the volume up on the original PU i get the familiar P bass sound. If i just run the neck pickup there is plenty of low end from the jazz pickup. I have yet to try the set up with my amps (there may be no issue) I cant work out where the low end has gone using audio interface and logic....especially as both circuits on the bass are totally independant. I am trying to work out if there is an issue with the bass...the interface...my sound card...logic....anyone got any preliminary thoughts as to what may be occuring....thanks

Hi Happy to help out if i can. Now based just outside Swindon... I have done major and minor mods...I dont have a woodwork shop set up at the moment but do still have the gear so its worth asking. Happy to do various re finishes..some woodwork alterations.(sky would have been the limit if i still had my workshop) Wiring ...to a point...pick up replacements...soldering..set up...re fretting most necks...de fretting... fret dressing...re levelling...crowning..neck shimming..etc. I will be straight up and honest about my ability and comfort zone..have done loads of stuff for friends and myself. There are a couple of build diaries on here...candy tangerine jazz bass...les paul bass overhaul and re finish. I have just finished a complete overhaul refinish and upgrade of a dire Warwick streamer bass that I need to upload as well. Drop me a PM . Cheers Carl

Hi..thanks again I had already sorted it. I soldered ground to ground and hot to yellow at one end...this only gave me output to one side (which i still cant quite understand going on the way it is wired) so i fabricated a 4 wire loom..and hooked up all 4 corners..so 2 hot and 2 ground and its working a treat! It is now all back together and ready for melting some faces!!! This is not up to my usual high luthering standards (!) but i needed to get it up and running quick to see if the principle worked. Almost looks stock. First issue is that i will need to eq the jazz PU as it is very bright compared to the PBass PU despite its position next to the neck. It is only there for deepness...this all started as we are covering Mr Big and the Winery dogs in a new band..but i also need to be able to run it without Mr Sheehans rather good distortion pedal for the Bonamassa/SRV stuff we are also doing. It will be run biamped hence the 2 jacks.. Thanks for your help though...wouldnt have been brave enough to dive in with the wiring without your help...

Thanks for your quick response..much appreciated. That makes sense. The yellow wire links the 2 "Hots" so is it possible to run a 2 wire lead to the volume pot..1 ground and one hot...i presume this would be series and a 4 wire would allow for parralel? Sorry if i have this wrong...happy with a sodering but its years since i did any wiring theory...lol.. Cheers

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Hi I have a couple of 4 pole jazz PUs but they have no wires on the bottom...they came off a mexican jazz deluxe.. I am adding a neck pick up as an experiment to an old P bass and these were lying around. Dead simple wiring..it will be volume only and has its own jack. I just dont know where to solder hot and ground to the actual PU. The PU is wound in 2 sections..there is a solder tab on each corner...and a bridging plate that connects the 2 halves but both ends of the plate have solder points. Anyone know where i should be soldering ground and hot too?? Cheers

[quote name='roman_sub' timestamp='1506497565' post='3379083'] The volume pots don't look right to me in the diagram above. If you look at this diagram, you'll see the hot wire from each pickup coming to the central lug, with the outer left lug connected in series [url="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=two+volume+pot+wiring+jazz+bass&client=safari&rls=en&dcr=0&tbm=isch&imgil=JyNTy6Nixp8QFM%253A%253Bqa1Yhxmy6uQDfM%253Bhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.talkbass.com%25252Fthreads%25252Fjazz-bass-blend-pot-wiring-help.509762%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=JyNTy6Nixp8QFM%253A%252Cqa1Yhxmy6uQDfM%252C_&usg=__cmVYgOWHWlGjmruAUyZzZ6GGjBM%3D&biw=1440&bih=1019&ved=0ahUKEwi6k_SE7MTWAhUMD8AKHfFdCZUQyjcIMw&ei=WlPLWbr-E4yegAbxu6WoCQ#imgrc=8mY8YTIR4qUfsM:"]two volume pot wiring jazz bass[/url] I would try moving the white wire from the preamp onto the same to the left lug if that makes sense. [/quote] Done and nailed it..thats all it was...output has dropped which is interesting...but tone and seperate volumes now work a treat....thanks to everyone who chipped in...

Hi Thanks so much for the reply...i will give that a go..it didnt look right to me either...just wanted to save a lot of time and trial and error... Cheers

Anyone out there that can check through this wiring?? Thanks

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Sorted photos..I think

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1506007106' post='3375858'] I had one of these. The o/put was low on mine. If I still had it I'd change the pups to Wilkinsons. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/131962681756?chn=ps&dispItem=1&adgroupid=47678200030&rlsatarget=pla-326836957136&abcId=1058846&adtype=pla&merchantid=113577147&poi=&googleloc=1006528&device=c&campaignid=864189576&crdt=0"]http://www.ebay.co.u...64189576&crdt=0[/url] Your picture isn't showing. Suggest you change to Flickr to host them. [/quote] Hi That's annoying its showing on my thread. Think I will change to flickr. Not worried about the output...plenty of volume with the preamp and the way it is wired..it's just checking through my wiring to see where my mistake is. Thanks for the heads up about the pics.

Hi all So finally got round to wiring up the bass. Now I need some help as I am close but no cigar..lol. Essentially I am nearly there but I have clearly soldered something wrong somewhere. I have embeded a very sketchy diagram of the way I have aired it and a photo to show it. So my layout is VVT(Bass) T(Treble) I am happy that the wiring from pick ups to micro switches is ok. I am happy that the wiring from the pre amp to both treble and bass pots is good. I am pretty sure that I have wired the battery to the preamp and stereo jack correctly. It is just how I have connected the volume pots to the micro switches..to each other and to the pre amp I want someone to look at. So at the moment..the Volume pot nearest the preamp (so basically the bridge volume) works as in it turns up and down The micro switches change the tones of the pick up..bass and treble work all the time, and if this volume is turned up full on the bridge then the neck volume pot works as well, but not properly...i cant use them to individually alter the volume of their respective pick ups..The neck pick up volume control does nothing unless the bridge pick up is volume up....I am sure it is to do with the way I wired the 2 pots together but can someone take a look at my hotch potch and let me know which needs changing. The really good news is that even not working properly the sounds coming out of this bass are already really good. Cant wait to be able to isolate the pick ups as well. Cheers [url="http://s918.photobucket.com/user/bassmandudge/media/warwick%20wiring/20170903_180845.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s918.photobucket.com/user/bassmandudge/media/warwick%20wiring/bass%20wiring.jpg.html"][/url]

Vinegar and a swab/cotton bud will neutralise the damage caused by battery acid..(That horrible blue residue) I use 5 percent white vinegar...It won't damage the contacts... Well it didn't on my Sennheiser In ear receivers..(Stupidly left the batteries in them for 3 months post gig...idiot...idiot..idiot..). You can polish the contacts carefully after if you wish, but removing the residue allowed the contacts to work again. be careful on circuit boards and don't panic if it fizzes on the contacts..that's the chemical reaction..it also cleaned up the residue from the plastics a treat... I think there are youtube vids available for doing this...

[quote name='prowla' timestamp='1502991988' post='3354946'] +2 - every time I see a de-fretted bass for sale, I think "That'll cost extra to put the frets back on!". [/quote] hahaha Just did the very same to a Warwick Streamer...Put em back on! It was de fretted by a LGS luthier (Apparently... although in this case this would be a very lose term!) Wenge is so brittle the guy had butchered the neck so badly I actually had to plane it back before re fretting. Also be careful what you use to fill the fret slots..I always use veneer rather than filler....If you are going to hi gloss lacquer the neck you can get away with certain 2 part fillers but I wouldn't advise it...certainly don't use Polyfiller as the "Luthier" had done...the only saving grace was the filler was so easy to get out... If it is a maple neck there is more chance of it splintering when removing frets than a rosewood board...I echo the ground down nail pincers and soldering iron route, although potentially the easiest route is a neck swap for sure but don't be put off...Youtube and Basschat are your friends...it is not difficult it just requires a bit of patience... I don't let other Luthiers near my basses preferring to do them myself...but then I am a bit of a perfectionist as I have been a cabinet maker for years and have done a lot of guitar mods over the years ... Good luck and enjoy the process...I find it quite therapeutic!

Hi DB Appreciate the comments. So yes I am looking at the photos I took before dismantling and your right the original pots are stamped 25k..and yes...you clearly know your stuff as that is exactly how they were soldered together. green and white together and red black and shield together. So the plan was...lol..and hopefully still is to fit my EMG BTS system..this gives me bass boost/cut and treble boost/cut and dip switch on the separate circuit board (Mine is the older system. ) It looks like these run 25k pots as well but when I had this system attached to a PJ set up i never suffered with low output...maybe I will have to look at the MEC's...are they the same PU's on Rock bass and German Warwicks, and do you know if the alternative Bartolinis give better output? I will try and research...digging myself a hole here I feel.. Thanks Carl

[quote name='sprocketflup' timestamp='1501056786' post='3342036'] Boooo none of the pics work for me [/quote] Damn thought I had sorted that..will try and sort it tomorrow

[quote name='donslow' timestamp='1500614792' post='3339054'] That finish and the general restoration looks ink-redible! [/quote] Very gooood...😊

[quote name='scrumpymike' timestamp='1500234375' post='3336399'] Well done Dudgeman [/quote] Thanks

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1499766778' post='3333395'] They have 2 rows of contacts, so they're double-pole. If you find a nice supplier of cool, small ones, other than Warwick. Please do let me know, I need one too in Gold. [/quote] Thanks will do... TBH I was going to order a couple of bits from Warwick..but if I find a cheaper alternative I will let you know.

Just a quick one The 3 way switches on the Warwick $$ or double buck...does anyone know if they are single or double pole switches Thanks