Ok, i just sent him the payment, so i am going to just have to hope that this pickup turns out good.
For anyone who likes long and complicated stuff, here is a copy of the specifications i sent him for the pickup he will make me.
Curtis,
Here are the details regarding the pickup that you will be making for me:
The pickup will be comprised of 2 Jazz Bass style pickups.One pickup will be a full sized Jazz Bass pickup, with a coil tap. This pickup should have the properties and construction of a good vintage Jazz Bass bridge pickup. If it helps, my current pickup is a Seymour Duncan Antiquity II Jazz Bass bridge pickup. Its specifications, if needed, can be found here:
http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/antiquity/bass/1104405_06_149/
(This pickup will herein after be referred to as “full size pickup”)
The second Pickup will be similar to the first, but only half as high, so that when combined with the tapped section of the first pickup, the output should be approximately equal to that of the full coil of the first pickup.
(This pickup will herein after be referred to as “half size pickup”)
Both pickups should be “bridge size”, as they will be mounted in the bridge position of the instrument.
To my knowledge, a humbucker should have coils of opposite phases, in order to cancel hum. I am not sure whether its simply a matter of connecting the + of one pickup to the – of the other, or if one coil should be wound backwards and such, but I trust that you should be familiar with how to configure the pickups…
Included is a copy of my schematic for your reference:
From the – terminal to the coil tap on the full sized pickup, will be the top coil, and from the + terminal to the coil tap will be the bottom coil.
The – terminal from the full sized pickup will function as a ground wire. The coil tap will be wired to the – terminal on the half sized pickup. The two + terminals (One from the full sized coil, and one from the half sized coil) will go to a toggle switch that allows me to select to either the series humbucker mode (top coil from full sized pickup in series with the half size pickup) or single coil mode ( full coil from the full size pickup).
I would like the following color code:
- Terminal from full size pickup Green
+ Terminal from full size pickup Yellow
Coil tap from full size pickup Blue
- Terminal from half size pickup Blue
+ Terminal from half size pickup Red
I would like the connection of the two blue wires to be done at the pickup, rather than from the control cavity… Please connect the coil tap and the – terminal from the half size pickup using a short piece of blue wire. Be sure to leave enough slack in the wire so that one pickup can be rotated to fit above the other, so that I can flip the two pickups around if I so choose.
If it is possible, I would like the wires to exit the pickup in the following manner:
For the cover: As we have discussed, you will be taking 2 Jazz Bass covers and gluing them together.
Please take 2 bridge sized Jazz Bass pickup covers (Black gloss plastic), and saw or sand off the the two nubs from one side of each pickup, and then glue them together. Please ensure that the two covers are as close together as possible, and that there is no excess glue at the edges.
Please ensure that the two pickups are removable from the cover.
Also, please be sure that the 2 pickups are entirely separate from each other (i.e. not joined at the base) so that I can flip the two pickups around if I so choose.
I have tried to be as detailed as possible regarding this, however, if you are unsure of anything, please contact me before you proceed any further.
Thank you.
