Jathan Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Hi all, I am going to be wiring a jazz bass pretty soon but it will be the first time I have ever tried anything like this. I have all the pots etc and will be using either Fender SCN or Vint Noiseless pickups. I wondered though if anyone has any really good pics of exactly how a US jazz bass is wired? I have the wiring diagrams but as I havent done it before, I think it would really help to see a good picture of the actual wiring on a guitar. I have searched on the net and had some luck with pics but even these are not very clear and so I thought I would ask here just in case! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalmoore Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Diagrams will be the best aid for you i reckon. Sometimes the actual wiring can look messy as hell and can sometimes confuse you more... Good luck with it though, i will be doing some wiring tonight on my OLP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 [quote name='Jathan' post='1058740' date='Dec 14 2010, 05:16 PM']Hi all, I am going to be wiring a jazz bass pretty soon but it will be the first time I have ever tried anything like this. I have all the pots etc and will be using either Fender SCN or Vint Noiseless pickups. I wondered though if anyone has any really good pics of exactly how a US jazz bass is wired? I have the wiring diagrams but as I havent done it before, I think it would really help to see a good picture of the actual wiring on a guitar. I have searched on the net and had some luck with pics but even these are not very clear and so I thought I would ask here just in case! Thanks.[/quote] This is probably about as clear as you can hope for... [url="http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=std_jazz_bass"]http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wirin...c=std_jazz_bass[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circle_of_Fifths Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Consider whether you are going to float the ground on the TONE pot and the Bridge p'up before you do any wiring. If you co-ground all the pots and both p'ups, you can have a loss of volume when both p'ups are hot and the TONE knob is anywhere but to either end of it's travel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jathan Posted December 15, 2010 Author Share Posted December 15, 2010 Thanks all, much appreciated. I will bear it all in mind when I try this over Christmas. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Jazz bass wiring ... and much, much more. [url="http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-depot/169606-1960-jazzbass-build.html"]http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-depot...bass-build.html[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 [quote name='Happy Jack' post='1059343' date='Dec 15 2010, 10:04 AM']Jazz bass wiring ... and much, much more. [url="http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-depot/169606-1960-jazzbass-build.html"]http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-depot...bass-build.html[/url][/quote] Wow, that was an interesting read. A Jazz Bass made from scratch - very impressive. I wonder how much one of his Basses goes for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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