Gaolee Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 My 'Bird is fretless, and it's time for more alterations. I'm looking for a wiring diagram that eliminates the preamp. I want it to be a passive bass, but I'm not sure how to wire it up without a diagram. Insights into whether the pots should be 500k, 250k or something else would be good. Same with tone caps. I can probably figure the rest out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramone57 Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 usually 500k pots and .047 caps are used with humbuckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaolee Posted April 20, 2013 Author Share Posted April 20, 2013 It is getting Lace Bass Bars. They take 250k pots and a .022 cap. I put similar pickups in a guitar and they work very well. They are dead silent in the guitar and sound like a cross between soapbars and Fender single coils, only without the noise. I expect the 'Bird will sound a bit like a Jazz bass with the new pickups, only with the kind of power and low end that a Thunderbird should have. I hope to finish wiring it up this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramone57 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 nice! do the Lace Bass Bars drop in or will you have to route? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaolee Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 Sorry to be so long to answer - they drop right in. I have a little more wiring to do, since the way I wired it didn't work quite like I expected. The pickups are a little different from what I was expecting, but they are fantastic. The bass sounds a whole lot like an upright now - warm, woody, and midrangey without the kind of twang a bass guitar often gets when it has a lot of midrange. It isn't growly or thumpy. If that makes sense, great, because it makes no sense to me reading it if I didn't already know what it sounds like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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