I just replaced the pickups on my 6 string Rogue LX406 bass with a set of ASB-6's and STC-3 electronics. The configuration of the pots that came pre-wired for the electronics (stacked bass/treble pots) did not work for the way my guitar was set up, so I completely rewired the electronics with new pots (split shaft rather than solid to accommodate my knobs that came on my guitar).
My first attempt yielded a grounding issue where the bridge pickup would hum. As far as I could tell, I had made all the ground connections properly and every connection point was conducting a signal according to my multimeter. In addition to this hum, my bridge pickup was significantly quieter than the neck pickup. I figured this issue would be resolved once I had everything grounded properly.
I couldn't figure out what I had missed and was finding the mess of wires difficult to work through, so I rewired a whole new set of pots. This time, when I went to test my bass, I had resolved the grounding issue and there is no more hum. I am still having an issue with the bridge pickup being much quieter than the neck pickup. Is there some sort of trick to getting the volume levels to be equal between the two pickups? I checked the string height over each pickup and they are set at the same height.
My first attempt yielded a grounding issue where the bridge pickup would hum. As far as I could tell, I had made all the ground connections properly and every connection point was conducting a signal according to my multimeter. In addition to this hum, my bridge pickup was significantly quieter than the neck pickup. I figured this issue would be resolved once I had everything grounded properly.
I couldn't figure out what I had missed and was finding the mess of wires difficult to work through, so I rewired a whole new set of pots. This time, when I went to test my bass, I had resolved the grounding issue and there is no more hum. I am still having an issue with the bridge pickup being much quieter than the neck pickup. Is there some sort of trick to getting the volume levels to be equal between the two pickups? I checked the string height over each pickup and they are set at the same height.