Learned a ton! Thanks! BTW... have a squire tele that I put humbs in using your Big Apple Circuit. No one believes its a squire anymore. Keep it coming please.
Many other videos ramble on without a clear explanation. This one shows you how to measure the difference between polarity resistance. Allowing you to remedy any issues. 👍🎶🎸
Well, that's going to depend on the wiring scheme. The wiring diagram you're working with will specify where the connections go. In the example guitar, the pickup was replacing another pickup, so the hot/ground locations were already known.
I am trying to restore an old Fender Jazz Bass Special with the help of a luthier. Some people on the web claim that the bass is wired in series in the J to P pickup route. But my luthier made a harness in parallel, aledging that a series connection would cause phase issues. Well, the original instrument used to be wired in series, so I wonder if anyone here has any thoughts on what could be done to fix the serial connection without phase issues? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!
There's no reason you cannot wire Jazz Bass pickups in series, unless you have shorts between the outer polepieces and the inner coil wraps (check for continuity between the outer polepieces and the pickup's black wire with a meter - if no continuity, then no shorts exist). Otherwise, the pickups can be wired in series like any other pickups, but not using the stock Jazz Bass wiring (obviously, since the jazz bass usually doesn't have its pickups wired in series). But there's nothing inherently different between Jazz Bass pickups and Strat or Tele pickups.
Yes, this trick will work regardless of the pickup brand. This method will always tell you if two pickups are in phase or out of phase with each other.
This video is fantastic in its instructional value. It’s criminal that it doesn’t have more views. Thanks for the info
Thanks, glad you found it helpful!
Learned a ton! Thanks! BTW... have a squire tele that I put humbs in using your Big Apple Circuit. No one believes its a squire anymore. Keep it coming please.
great video
Thnaks!
That is so helpful thanks a lot🙏🏼
Many other videos ramble on without a clear explanation. This one shows you how to measure the difference between polarity resistance.
Allowing you to remedy any issues. 👍🎶🎸
Now we know which coill is which and what wire is what but now we need to know.... which wire goes where?
Well, that's going to depend on the wiring scheme. The wiring diagram you're working with will specify where the connections go. In the example guitar, the pickup was replacing another pickup, so the hot/ground locations were already known.
I am trying to restore an old Fender Jazz Bass Special with the help of a luthier. Some people on the web claim that the bass is wired in series in the J to P pickup route. But my luthier made a harness in parallel, aledging that a series connection would cause phase issues. Well, the original instrument used to be wired in series, so I wonder if anyone here has any thoughts on what could be done to fix the serial connection without phase issues? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!
There's no reason you cannot wire Jazz Bass pickups in series, unless you have shorts between the outer polepieces and the inner coil wraps (check for continuity between the outer polepieces and the pickup's black wire with a meter - if no continuity, then no shorts exist). Otherwise, the pickups can be wired in series like any other pickups, but not using the stock Jazz Bass wiring (obviously, since the jazz bass usually doesn't have its pickups wired in series). But there's nothing inherently different between Jazz Bass pickups and Strat or Tele pickups.
Would it be the same if all the pickups were different?
Yes, this trick will work regardless of the pickup brand. This method will always tell you if two pickups are in phase or out of phase with each other.
If using the Duncan wires as black to ground and green to hot, wouldn't you get a 'hum' from it if your hand touches the pole pieces ??