zulu
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Okay thanks for looking! Here again is my 1970 Starfire II bass. It has been hot mess modded, el kabonged, and de fretted! I bought it with the hot mess mods to the electronics. I sold it once. I found it again in another pawn shop a few years later and bought it again! Then I El Kabonged it. Headstock break! Found a nice local luthier who did a good repair and a nice fret pull and fill. I love it.
So. I have never addressed the lame electronics mods. Can I find some help here figuring out a simple enough wiring diagram?
I believe I have all the original wiring components with the addition of
1. guitar pickup in the middle (I want to take this pickup out. I'll cover the hole. This bass is not picky about cosmetics.)
2. a mini three way toggle that works in unexplainable ways with the original three way toggle to make the pickup selections.
3. an (additional?) small master volume knob.
So, here is the silver lining about this ill conceived and poorly executed modification: they cut a huge hole in the back of the bass. It makes the wiring access easy, and they actually did a decent job with the hackery on the back.
When I play my bass, I fiddle with the toggles and tap the pickups until I have only bisonic active, tone and volume maxed, and suck switch in non suck mode. The bridge pickup has its own sound, not bad, but the bass is magic with the bisonic, so the bridge pickup never really gets used.
I am tempted to strip the circuit down to a single pickup volume and tone. I could leave all the other knobs and switches there, just disconnected.
Maybe I should just remove the center pickup, and revert the wiring to stock layout - retaining the rare usefulness of the bridge pickup and the never usefulness of the suck switch.
My favorite control setup for a two pickup guitar is Master volume, Master tone, and pickup 'pan' knob with center detent.
I am seeking opinions, what would you do? I am also seeking probably a little extra help ie 'guitar wiring for dummies'
Thanks for looking
So. I have never addressed the lame electronics mods. Can I find some help here figuring out a simple enough wiring diagram?
I believe I have all the original wiring components with the addition of
1. guitar pickup in the middle (I want to take this pickup out. I'll cover the hole. This bass is not picky about cosmetics.)
2. a mini three way toggle that works in unexplainable ways with the original three way toggle to make the pickup selections.
3. an (additional?) small master volume knob.
So, here is the silver lining about this ill conceived and poorly executed modification: they cut a huge hole in the back of the bass. It makes the wiring access easy, and they actually did a decent job with the hackery on the back.
When I play my bass, I fiddle with the toggles and tap the pickups until I have only bisonic active, tone and volume maxed, and suck switch in non suck mode. The bridge pickup has its own sound, not bad, but the bass is magic with the bisonic, so the bridge pickup never really gets used.
I am tempted to strip the circuit down to a single pickup volume and tone. I could leave all the other knobs and switches there, just disconnected.
Maybe I should just remove the center pickup, and revert the wiring to stock layout - retaining the rare usefulness of the bridge pickup and the never usefulness of the suck switch.
My favorite control setup for a two pickup guitar is Master volume, Master tone, and pickup 'pan' knob with center detent.
I am seeking opinions, what would you do? I am also seeking probably a little extra help ie 'guitar wiring for dummies'
Thanks for looking