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Hello,i need to repair a yamaha 5 string bass which has the BB414 pickups plus a large bridge pickup,but i can't find a wiring diagram which includes 1 master pot,1 blend(or 6 leg)pot and 1 tone pot.it should be easy with no selector switch...diagram greatly appreciated.
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It's a balancing act between volume and string pull. Generally I raise the treble pickup as close to the strings as possible without the strings hitting it while playing hard. Then play sustained notes and see if the pitch wavers from magnet pull. If so, lower the pickup a bit until the waver stops. Then ring up the bass pickup until the output matches the treble pickup. If that doesn't cause waver, your set. If it does, lower the bass pickup until it stops.
You didn't say what make and model of the guitar or the pickup, so this is just a generic answer.
Remove the strings and saddle. center the picup in the bridge slot noting where the wire is located and mark where it needs to exit. drill a hole just large enough for the wire to pass through. Check where you want to install the output jack. If in the side, drill a mounting hole. If you're using an endpin jack, drill the appropriate pass through hole..
place the pickup in the slot pushing the wire though the hole, then out though the ezit hole. press the pick up in place with a q-tip, toothpick or some other nonmetalic probe. re-install the saddle and string the guitar. temporary solder an output jack to the wire and try it out before permenently installing the out put jack as you may need to reposition the pickup right to left in the slot to get the strings balanced. once it sounds right, install the output jack
Replace it with the same size as the original and the original type. The 100 sounds right for the E. Make sure it is the SAME type string as there are non magnetic for some guitars and if you have magnetic pickups the bronze types won't work. There are also round wound, flat wound and some are flattened on one side. You need to make sure the replacement is exact type. Take sample of old to show store clerk.
If you have a metal bridge, then install a jumper from a convenient point to the rest of the grounds. These grounds help reduce hum pickup. If the guitar is working with no hum while using and handling it, don't sweat grounding the bridge... The purpose is REALLY to ground the strings which is where you will likely pick up hum when you touch them... you are an "antenna" picking up the noise from all the power lines, etc around you.
You might find it at http://www.mediawebsource.com/guitar/pickup.htm If you can figure out what brand the pickup is you could check the manufacturers site. http://www.guitarelectronics.com/category/wiringresources/ has original factory wiring diagrams for guitar and bass for various pickup manufacturers. Hope this helps.
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