Jerry_B

Thanks! Yep, everything is now back to normal. What a fun bass to play

Yep, all done and working fine now. Thanks for everyones' help!

Great, thanks!

The reason I asked here is because I don't know anyone who could help me out 😉 All I need to know really is where the aforementioned wire needs to go. Hopefully someone can explain that.

Here's a photo. I soldered the stray wire (the thin white one the right of the picture) from the jack to the middle lug of the tone pot, but that doesn't seem to be doing anything much apart from making things sound muddy and there's also no signal from the bridge pup. So that doesn't seem to be the correct connection.

Thanks very much for the pics guys! That said, I'm still a bit confused as to where this loose wire from the hot pole of the jack needs to go. Mine has a barrel jack like Bigguy's.

That's what I'm trying to figure out, I think. The stray wire isn't from a volume pot, as there's a second wire seems to be still connected and eventually runs to the jack, but not the hot pole. I think the tone pot is wired up a bit differently to a Jazz, but without seeing another B2 I'm not 100% sure what goes where. There are a lot of connections to the tone pot which all seem to join to one of the lugs via a big bit of solder on the top of the tone pot where various wires meet. So I'm wondering if the stray wire got broken off from there.

Thanks! I thought it was going to be a version of Jazz wiring too but I'm not sure it is.

Does anyone have one of these and could perhaps take some pics of the internals for me please? The one I have has one loose wire from what I think is the hot pole of the jack - one end is connected to the pole but the other end has come loose, and I'm not sure where it connects up to. Any help much appreciated!

Well, they weren't cheap at the time of their release, but not expensive either. Strange to hear that the electronics were not up to scratch. In all the Westones I own, they're pretty much bullet-proof and I've never had to change them. Ditto the pickups.

I dunno if it helps there's a basic wiring diagram here.

I have an '83 T-40: It's one of my favourite basses. I'd not put it through an amp for a while but got the chance to do so last weekend, after not having the chance for a few years. It's a nice rugged piece of engineering, and I don't mind it's weight (tbh, with a decent strap the weight isn't noticeable IMHO). I like all the different tones it can create, and sooner or later I've found myself gravitating to a few settings with the controls/switches that I use as a kind of default. I'm also interested in the 1000w MiniMega head, as my PF350 isn't really powerful enough any more in a band situation but I've not committed to that idea just yet. My only 'gripe' about the T-40 is that, now their price has ballooned, using one for gigs seems like a bit more of a risk...

I don't mind the weight of the T-40 - mind you, in the event of a nuclear war I'm going to use its hard case as a bunker 😁

Aha. I've not seen any since maybe 1990 or so. The three music shops in the little town where I was living at the time all stocked them, IIRC.

Strange. I've been using Elites for donkeys years and have never had any problems with them. In fact, they're the only strings I've used that don't go dead or muddy after a lot of playing and as I play with a plectrum I like the fact that they keep their sound well over time. I think one of my basses has a set that's about 3 years old and they're still perfectly useable. Their DBEs are good too. That said, their Detroit Flats are not my cup of tea as they do go muddy - I much prefer Chromes. I think in the late 80s I was using Labella Hard Rockin' Steel strings but I think they were rebadged some time ago(?).