Installing Precision Bass Pickups
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Re: Installing Precision Bass Pickups
I orient the coils so that all of the output conductor solder joints are towards the control cavity.
I orient the coils so that all of the output conductor solder joints are towards the control cavity.
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Funkfingers
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The coil with the white output conductor beneath the D and G strings.
The coil with the white output conductor beneath the D and G strings.
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That is a possible concern of mine. I have a drawing that says Seymour Duncan on it, and it appears to place the white-wire pickup under the low-pitched strings, but ambiguously such that it looks wrong. I would instinctively do what you do, but the drawing suggests otherwise. If they went to the trouble to generate this drawing but couldn't tell which pickup goes where, or to say that it doesn't matter, that seems like a regrettable omission.
Does anyone from Duncan monitor these threads? Might they care to pipe in?
That is a possible concern of mine. I have a drawing that says Seymour Duncan on it, and it appears to place the white-wire pickup under the low-pitched strings, but ambiguously such that it looks wrong. I would instinctively do what you do, but the drawing suggests otherwise. If they went to the trouble to generate this drawing but couldn't tell which pickup goes where, or to say that it doesn't matter, that seems like a regrettable omission.
Does anyone from Duncan monitor these threads? Might they care to pipe in?
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Funkfingers
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Pipe could be the operative word! :flush:
The reason why I position the pickup coil with the white conductor nearer the control cavity is to minimise the cable run to the volume pot. Whilst the coils of the pickup may cancel each other's hum, they do nothing to assist the unscreened, cloth insulated conductor cable.
Pipe could be the operative word! :flush:
The reason why I position the pickup coil with the white conductor nearer the control cavity is to minimise the cable run to the volume pot. Whilst the coils of the pickup may cancel each other's hum, they do nothing to assist the unscreened, cloth insulated conductor cable.
ItsaBass
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Re: Installing Precision Bass Pickups
Electronically speaking, you can just "slap them in any old way and go." The magnetic polarities and winding directions of the coils are set during manufacturing; they cannot be altered during installation. Physically speaking, you do of course want to keep them right side up, and you should install the pickups in such a way that the lead wires and the jumper wire end up routed neatly and unobtrusively through the pickup cavity.
Electronically speaking, you can just "slap them in any old way and go." The magnetic polarities and winding directions of the coils are set during manufacturing; they cannot be altered during installation. Physically speaking, you do of course want to keep them right side up, and you should install the pickups in such a way that the lead wires and the jumper wire end up routed neatly and unobtrusively through the pickup cavity.
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Funkfingers
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Leo Fender was a minimalist. The split coils Precision Bass guitar pickup is a prime example of this. Functional. No fancy tricks. No unnecessary complications.
Which coil goes beneath which strings only matters if two signals are going to be combined. Then, electrical phase and magnetic polarity become significant, especially on 4-con + shield pickups.
Leo Fender was a minimalist. The split coils Precision Bass guitar pickup is a prime example of this. Functional. No fancy tricks. No unnecessary complications.
Which coil goes beneath which strings only matters if two signals are going to be combined. Then, electrical phase and magnetic polarity become significant, especially on 4-con + shield pickups.
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Funkfingers
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Everything is in the right place BUT that cannot be an original Fender drawing.
On a vintage Fender bass guitar, there is no need for a ground link wire between the pots. The metal shielding plate completes the ground path.
Everything is in the right place BUT that cannot be an original Fender drawing.
On a vintage Fender bass guitar, there is no need for a ground link wire between the pots. The metal shielding plate completes the ground path.
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In this context, the word "pot" is an abbreviation of potentiometer. (As used for the volume and tone controls.)
In this context, the word "pot" is an abbreviation of potentiometer. (As used for the volume and tone controls.)
