Need help with wireing

[unix]

Hi

I have an American Fender P-bass with S1-switch and want to change the standard pickup with a SPB-3 that i already have. The problem is the S1-switch. I know i need to split the wire between the two split pickups on the SPB-3 so i have 4 wires from the pickup, but I have no idea witch wire going where...

S1-switch wireing:
http://www.fender.com/support/diagrams/pdfs/APBASS_UPGRADE/SD0193260APg2.pdf

Non S1-switch wireing:

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/schematics/standard_pbass.html

Can someone help?

Axel.

 

[Scott Miller]

Re: Need help with wireing

Okay......these S-1 things are killing me these days.
Here is what you do:

Before you cut the wire between the two coils on the SPB-3, there are two available wires---black & white. Put the black wire to ground, and connect the white wire to the volume pot input (where it would go on a normal P-bass set-up).

Then, cut the wire that joins the two coils---this makes it two separate wires, on e coming from each coil. These go where the remaiining two wires are going from the Fender S-1 diagram.

The S-1 diagram shows a BLACK pickup wire going to the S-1 switch. Replace this with the wire from the SBP-3 that comes from the same coil that has the WHITE wire going to the volume pot input. (does that make sense?).

Put the remaining SPB-3 wire where the S-1 diagram shows a YELLOW wire going.

That should do it.

 

[unix]

Re: Need help with wireing

Hi,

Thanx for helping me out!


So it will be like this?



1. Before you cut the wire between the two coils on the SPB-3, there are two available wires---black & white.
Put the black wire to ground

Black on SPB-3 -> Ground on S-1 diagram



2. and connect the white wire to the volume pot input

White on SPB-3 -> White on S-1 diagram (Volume pot)



3. The S-1 diagram shows a BLACK pickup wire going to the S-1 switch. Replace this with the wire from the SBP-3 that comes from the same coil that has the WHITE wire going to the volume pot input.

Blak wire on the same coil as white wire on SPB-3 -> Black on top of S-1. (Between yellow and grond on top of the switch, where the arrow named "12" on the S-1 diagram points?)



4. Remaining wire -> Yellow on S-1 diagram




Am i right?


Axel.

 

[octavedoctor]

Re: Need help with wireing

Okay......these S-1 things are killing me these days.

Damn straight!

What is it with Fender and their gimmicky liitle switches, TBX pots, Lace sensors (ugh!) ....

 

[SpiderVenom]

Re: Need help with wireing

Lace sensors

But Fender hasn't been using Lace sensors for quite some time, afaik. What's the problem with them, anyway?