Golchen Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 My sons pal bought a DIY bass from guitar-kits.co.uk, and asked me to put it together for him. It's all done except the wiring. He has no wiring sheet and claims he wasn't sent one. I emailed the company asking for a pdf, or just a bit of email info (basically which of the 5 wires from the humbucker pup is which), but they have not replied over 5 days. The website claims to respond in 24-48hrs! Long shot, but I was wondering if anyone here has made one? This is the model in question: [url="http://www.guitar-kits.co.uk/products/bass-guitar-kits/m-s-style-bass-guitar/"]http://www.guitar-kits.co.uk/products/bass-guitar-kits/m-s-style-bass-guitar/[/url] I have a plan for the rest (thanks seymour duncan!), but I just need to know which colour wire is which on the pup!?!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 If written info is not forthcoming then use a multimeter to identify the wires for each coil. This should sort out 4 of the 5 wires therefore the fifth is probably an earth. Confirm with the meter. Next step is to connect one pair to a cable and plug it into an amp. Tap the pole pieces with a screwdriver to ascertain which row of pole pieces that coil is under. Logically the other pair is the other row. If you don't have meter then I recommmend getting one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Heeley Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=color_codes Did you check this guide also from SD? The most common wiring for no-name pickups is red and white joined together, green and bare to earth, black is live, as per standard SD colour codes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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