Re: rewire my jazz bass

Stevie;

You were misinformed. See my comments below.

--Steve

Stevie wrote:
"Axtman" <daxt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:13ks198jbd78c1a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I love jazz basses except for the volume/volume/tone control. I want to rewire it to volume/pan/tone. Anybody know where I can find a wiring diagram? Also I would like wire them so that the tone is not sucked out of them when you turn down the volume.

Thanks!
DA

I was looking into that and I read that the pan pot prevents you from being able to have both pickups played at once at full volume - the only time any pickup is at full volume is when the blend pot is turned all the way left or right. This made sense to me since the pan pot is actually two stacked variable resistors which are mechanically opposite of each other. As one pickup is turned up, the other is turned down and although the knob when set in the middle has both pickups at equal volume with each other, they are not at full hilt.


Not correct, unless it's an improperly-designed blend pot. The blend pot is designed so that both pickups are at full volume at the center position.

Can anyone here who has a jazz with a blend pot confirm what I read? Is the volume difference noticable?

I chose to leave mine alone because I love the thunk sound when both pickups are full on. That's the Fender Jazz mojo! But installing a series/parallel switch (using a push/pull pot) is very worthwhile and adds another type of sound. That's what the S1 switch does on the American Jazzes.



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