MikeS
Bengalsologist
Gents, I'm finally ready to wire up my 5 string bass project, but I am concerned that what I've drawn up may be loading the pots in an undesirable way.
The bass uses a single Music Man pickup (Duncan SMB-5D). The diagram illustrates the following:
I'm pretty certain the drawing does what I want it to, though I am a little curious as to how the capacitor values and loading of the pickups might play together. Series mode could get pretty thick (low B, humbucking pickup in series, and a 250K volume pot) and might require a lot of tone pot gymnastics.
Any help is appreciated. I'm looking forward to getting this project done so I can start playing it!
The bass uses a single Music Man pickup (Duncan SMB-5D). The diagram illustrates the following:
- a DPDT switch to put the pickup's coils in series or parallel
- individual volume controls for each coil ("neck" volume controls in series mode)
- passive treble and bass cut (not interested in active preamp at this time, and the PTB circuit has treated me well on two guitars)
I'm pretty certain the drawing does what I want it to, though I am a little curious as to how the capacitor values and loading of the pickups might play together. Series mode could get pretty thick (low B, humbucking pickup in series, and a 250K volume pot) and might require a lot of tone pot gymnastics.
Any help is appreciated. I'm looking forward to getting this project done so I can start playing it!