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hey everyone,

how do I know if bart split p pickups will fit in the stew mac p-bass router templates? are all pickups always the same size? thanks.

hey,

can someone outline the finishing process for me? ive heard of grain filler and laquer and wood stain but dont really know how to apply it or the order of application or the drying time for them. I want to do a natural finish on my bass and maybe bring up the contrast in the wood a little and make it more vivid, and then make it shiny and mirror like.

im looking for this kind of shine: (not color though, im using bubinga)

ahaaa thank you

another question -

whats the best method to ensure that the pickup cavities and bridge are in perfect alignment with the neck? and how do you know exactly where to route the neck joint, and how do you make it tight without routing it too big?

hey,

im working on a guitar and i really have no idea how routing the pickup cavities works. how do you get the router to go in the right spot, when i see people using wooden templates and stuff. i used a router on the edges of my body to give it a curved smooth edge as opposed to a sharp one, but i dont understand the concept of routing when it comes to working in the middle of the piece of wood. please explain this for me

thanks

thanks.

ill check em out, where can i buy them and for how much do they usually go for?

So it's for bass, then.  Whoops.  I dunno about the Select bass pickups, but I suspect they're also mediocre.

If you have the dosh for a Dimarzio Split P, your budget isn't all THAT bad, opening up a world of options.  I have even less familiarity with bass pickups, but perhaps Bartolini has something at least close to your price range.  I hear nothing but good things about Bart bass pickups.

Greg

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yeah, sorry didnt clarify they are for bass. id just like to spend less than 100 bucks. the dimarzios i found at musiciansfriend.com for 70 bucks.

thanks. im looking for a lower sound so i guess these might not be the best choice. ive heard good things about the dimarzio split p...what do you think?

can someone describe to me the sound of emg select pickups? thanks. ive been trying to find mp3s of them but i cant.

thanks guys.

stageleft - thats good to hear they sound good. are they soft and bassy or do they have a sharper sound to them?

Hey,

I checked that section out and the closest thing i can find to what I want is this:

http://www.seymourduncan.com/website/suppo...one1switch.html

only difference is that mine are bass pickups, and im not sure if its treated as 1 or 2 pickups since each pickup does half the strings. And also, i couldnt find a diagram that is 2 pickups and a volume knob and tone knob, anything on that page with more than 1 pickup also has a switch which i dont want.

im guessing that if the 2 bass pickups are treated as one then i would use this diagram:

http://www.seymourduncan.com/website/suppo...1vol_1tone.html

please let me know

thanks

Hey,

I am planning on making a bass guitar. I have some pots (a 500 and a 250) and i plan on getting these pickups from stewmac:

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_p...ss_Pickups.html

I have a book on guitar building and it talks about bass pickups but has no wiring diagrams for the bass. I want to have a volume and tone knob and was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of the proper way to wire this thing. Thanks

i just noticed something

look at the tone pots, they are wired differently. which one should i use? im guessing the top one because thats the kind of switch that i have, but i just want to make sure.

this is probably important-

which way is that orianted? because the pots have 3 things to connect to, but am i looking at this diagram with the shafts on the pots pointing up or down?

also, could you explain the symbol for the output jack? which part on the jack is the box in the symbol and which is the squiggly line?

thanks!

i edited that diagram

is this correct?

i think i understand it all now. thank you all very much for your help

by mounting through holes in the top what do you mean? i think i understand that there are holes in the top that the pot things stick out of and you put a knob on, but how does it stay in place?

what kind of pots are in that schematic (the one you provided)? i was planning on using a 500k for volume and a 250k for tone, do i need different capacitors?

thank you for clarifying that. i just have one more question

do i need a different kind of switch since i have humbuckers? something like this: http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_p...p_Switches.html

(i ask this because it looks like the 3-way switch in the pickup schematics on projectguitar.com look different than the 3-way switch on the humbucker scmenatics.)

then i would use that switch in this schematic:

http://www.seymourduncan.com/website/suppo...1tone_3way.html and i would use my red wire as the wire in the schematic, my black wire as ground, and the white wire would just sit there. correct?

thanks

by the way, in the schematic that you provided, isnt that supposed to be regular pickups and not humbuckers? or am i completely wrong?

hi

this is a newbie question...

but how do i mount the electronics(pots+switch)? i'm making a guitar with no pickgaurd like a strat so i assume that they have to be mounted from the bottom...how do i do this? screws through the top or something? also how do i mount the humbuckers? i assume i rout on the top of the guitar but how does that work...do i rout a rectangular cavity or should the cavity have indents on the side for the screws? i am pretty lost, the book i bought was very vague.

hey

thanks for the response

the pickups have diagrams with them but i dont see a diagram to wire a switch to it. I did a search on the forums and someone else had 3-wire humbuckers and said that they soldered the red and white wires together and then grounded the black wire. should i do this? would i then wire them like regular pickups? like this? http://www.seymourduncan.com/website/suppo...one1switch.html

by the way, i have a 500k pot and a 250k pot, not sure if that matters. i was told i should get a 500k for volume and a 250k for tone. and doesnt that determine the capacitator?

ill look through that guitarnuts site. it looks confusing

thanks

hi

im new to this site and guitar making, and i need some help with how i should wire the electronics. I looked at the wiring diagrams on this site, and noticed that all of the humbucker diagrams have a green wire...my pickups have only a red, white, and black wire. they are golden age humbuckers that i bought from stewmac.com. i also have 2 pots (one for volume and one for tone) and this 3 way switch: http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_p...p_Switches.html

i think i also need to by a capacitor for the tone knob...which one do i get?

so how do i wire all of this together?

thanks