Wiring help

[bottomfeeder.on.fire]

I want to put new passive pickups in my 5 string Ibby and swap out the active preamp with a passive. I have 4 holes so I would like 1 master volume for both pups, 1 master tone for both, a 3 way pickup selector and a mini toggle killswitch. I suck at wiring stuff like this up and getting a killswitch that doesn't make an popping noise thru the amp is kinda hard from what I understand. I would like the killswitch in the front then vol, tone, pick up selector in the back if that matters.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[One Bad Monkey]

Re: Wiring help

Just as a thought, but it seems redundant to have a master volume for each separate pickup AND a pickup selector switch. If you only want one of the pickups, roll the volume off the other. At that point, you can use the schematic from the 1962 Fender Jazz Control and, instead of using two stacked pots, use four separate ones (it's pretty easy). From there, the kill switch would need to be the last thing in the chain, prior to going to the output jack, from how the pickups and control is wired.

 

[bottomfeeder.on.fire]

Re: Wiring help

I'm sorry for the confusion but I just want 1 master volume that controls both pickups and the same for tone. I either have the pickups on or off now so I don't really even need that but would like to have it just in case.

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[bottomfeeder.on.fire]

Re: Wiring help

But I did need to switch pickups quickly mid song

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[One Bad Monkey]

Re: Wiring help

In that case, I would use this schematic, which the blend knob would act as your pickup selector and give you a lot more tonal options than just a pickup selector switch.

Jazz Bass w/Blend Control

 

[bottomfeeder.on.fire]

Re: Wiring help

Yep I think that's got it, thanks.

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