Stingray II Mod Constraints w/PCB?

[Jim Jim Jeree]

I have the Stingray II guitar, and I’m planning to do some basic electronics modding with it. Opened it up and noticed that it had a circuit board, even with the simple control layout. Can I get some hot take thoughts on what I can and can’t do if I leave that board in place?

1) Add a treble bleed (I can see the lugs, so seems straight forward.
2) Change the pickups (cool, clearly labeled solder points)
3) Put an OEM push / push tone control for coil splits?

 

[DrKev]

Welcome to the forum and congrats on a great guitar! Unoffical forum rule - guitar does not exist without pictures

I have yet to see inside one, can you post some photos of the control cavity please?

 

[Jim Jim Jeree]

Here are the photos. Ooh, I wonder what the SH connections are for. Maybe Split Humbucker?

 

[DrKev]

Beautiful! Thanks for the cavity photo, that helps! I'll save that for future reference. To answer your questions...

I'd bet the SH connection is just a shield. Test with a multimeter and it should be pretty clear.

Putting other pickups in there will be very easy. Music Man usually use the same HB color code as DiMarzio: north coil is Red-black, south coil is white-green. In standard series connection red is hot, green is ground. If you put other pickups in there you'll have to 'translate' to other manufacturer's color codes but otherwise it's an easy job.

If you can find an appropriate push-pull or push-push pot that with the PCB legs instead of thru-hole legs, the right leg spacing and shaft length, you can absolutely wire a coil split or parallel that way.

There is treble bleed already there, it's marked BRT. See the hexagonal pad right under the BRT label? It has two halves bridged with a drop of solder. Remove the solder and it will disable the treble bleed. You can then add your own preferred values across the volume pot if you wish.