Pow_22 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Im trying to authenticate my 70's cij with some real '75 pups and harness. However, wiring wise im at a loss as to how this diagram would work (i want to include the copper/brass shielding plate in my harness). The pic shows only one wire coming from the pups to the pots with the other coming from the brass plate. Surely there should be a lead coming from each pup to the pots, a lead connecting each pup to each other and finally a lead from one pup to the plate? [url="http://griffin738.smugmug.com/Other/P-Bass-Pickups/i-GMCB2Lh/0/M/pbass-pickups-labeled-M.jpg"]http://griffin738.smugmug.com/Other/P-Bass-Pickups/i-GMCB2Lh/0/M/pbass-pickups-labeled-M.jpg[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 The picture is fine, that's how it is, white from the pickup is the 'hot' the other side - black is ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protium Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 As long as the wire from the brass plate is connected to the other ground points on the pots/bridge/socket it'll work fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow_22 Posted October 18, 2012 Author Share Posted October 18, 2012 (edited) So just ONE wire from pup to the connection on the pot and the rest is all earth? if i just solder that black wire from the plate to the back of a pot im good go to? The harness already has a wire to go to the bridge for earthing too. Never knew that, everyday is a school day on BC Cheers guys Edited October 18, 2012 by Pow_22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow_22 Posted October 27, 2012 Author Share Posted October 27, 2012 (edited) Need a bit more help on this due to being an absolute doofus. I wanted to swap out the wires for cloth covered ones (just to match my harness). But being a amateur of epic propertions i forgot to not which hook up wire does what. However, i do know that when i got them they were NOT wired as above. Putting the pups down with the bottoms up from left to right they seemed to be wired : wire to other pup Earth wire to other pup Hot. Pics on the web seem to differ:- [url="http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=std_pbass"]http://www.seymourdu...matic=std_pbass[/url] for example. Is there anyway of looking at the coils or anything to see which eyelet should connect to which hook up wire? Edited October 27, 2012 by Pow_22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protium Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 [quote name='Pow_22' timestamp='1351330074' post='1850100'] Need a bit more help on this due to being an absolute doofus. I wanted to swap out the wires for cloth covered ones (just to match my harness). But being a amateur of epic propertions i forgot to not which hook up wire does what. However, i do know that when i got them they were NOT wired as above. Putting the pups down with the bottoms up from left to right they seemed to be wired : wire to other pup Earth wire to other pup Hot. Pics on the web seem to differ:- [url="http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=std_pbass"]http://www.seymourdu...matic=std_pbass[/url] for example. Is there anyway of looking at the coils or anything to see which eyelet should connect to which hook up wire? [/quote] From what I can gather they are wired the same as in that seymour duncan pic, it doesn't really matter which way round the wires are as the two pickups are in phase - you'll be able to tell if they're not right because the output will be very thin sounding, if this is the case just swap the wires on one half around Hope that makes sense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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