Wiring help please guys

giggsy

Stuck with wiring again and would appreciate your help:

This is what I have got – in the simplest terms, would you be able to tell me what to connect to what... if you need more info, other photos, please let me know:

And here’s a close up of the pick-up selector switch.

Thanks!

AlanRatcliffe

Now you're being lazy ? - any number of sites have the exact diagram you need (two volume, 1 Tone, 3-way toggle). guitarelectronics.com, seymourduncan.com, etc..

In brief, connect pickups to volumes, volumes to switch, switch to tone to output jack. Extra black wire goes to brisge to earth the strings. Oh - and first remove the wires joining the two outer lugs of the volumes to the tone (it's not a Jazz bass and you have a toggle).

giggsy

Thanks Alan ? But you really do not understand how untechnically minded I am :-[ Which may be highlighted by my next question...

You say that I must remove the wires joining the two outer lugs of the volume's to the tone because I have the toggle switch... could I skip that part and skip the toggle switch altogether because its causing nightmares with channelling the wires? I'd then just control the volume of each pickup seperately with the volume knobs?

AlanRatcliffe

That's the real simple solution. Leave the wires as is and connect the neck pickup to the front volume pot (hot to the middle lug, ground to the back of the pot) and do the same for the bridge pickup to the second volume.

That's it!

giggsy

Alan Ratcliffe wrote That's the real simple solution. Leave the wires as is and connect the neck pickup to the front volume pot (hot to the middle lug, ground to the back of the pot) and do the same for the bridge pickup to the second volume.

That's it!

Awesome Alan - that's what I was hoping you would say!

slyd

hmmmm . . . . interesting 8)

AlanRatcliffe

Another option is to remove the neck volume pot completely, drill the hole in the plate to 12mm and fit the switch. Wire the pickups directly to the switch and the output of the switch to the bridge volume (which then becomes a master volume). Don't forget to add in a ground wire to the bridge for the strings though.

giggsy

Thanks Alan - definitely given me something to think about there...