Pickup Wiring (Again)!!!

[BombTheBass]

How do I wire a musicman pickup passivley? Does it have to be just Vol/Tone if it's passive? Are there any other options? Ideally I'd like to use three controls. Can it be wired Vol/Vol/Tone? As in volume of the first coil, volume of the second coil and a master tone? Or maybe Master volume/ Blend / Master tone?

 

[tommyindelaware]

most of the above are possible ......assuming the resistance of the coils is high enough to give you enough gain to run the preamp section of yer amp........

for blend/master volume/tone.....youd need a pan pot.

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

A schematic for a SUB4 will prob get you in the ball park. SUB4 options are either active or passive with vol treble and bass. I think pot values will be different though.

Of course, if you tinker with the electronics you void the warranty.

Ernie Ball customer service is excellent. Go to their main website.

 

[sultrabass]

The pickup only has 2 conductors coming from it. If you want splitting options, you'll have to cut the wires that connect the 2 halves of the pickup. Wiring each coil with a separate volumes will provide minimal changes in tone. You're better off adding a series/parallel/single coil switch for the widest variety of tones IMO. You can use a large switch to fill the third hole.

 

[BombTheBass]

I should have said that it's actually a Seymour Duncan SMB4A not a musicman pickup. It has four wires.

 

[jongitarz]

Sorry, but customer service can't help you with this one...Maybe the Seymour Duncan website