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[Geekydad]

Just finished wiring my bass. EMG 40P5-X, EMG 40CSX, and an ABCX for balance, plus tone and volume. Running 18v on a two-battery box. Would have shortened up the wire connecting the two sides of the box, but the rout is really tight, so I just threaded it through the hole, soldered it, and wrapped it up in a little coil. The only other soldering was the battery box leads; the rest is EMG plug'n'play. A test (by holding my old bass over the new one and plucking the strings) worked; can't wait to hear it with actual strings on.

It's a little messier than I'd like- some of those connectors are a bit stiff- but, hey, it works. And with the battery box and cover, I should never have to open it up and see the mess again.

 

[sixstringsamurai]

Just finished wiring my bass. EMG 40P5-X, EMG 40CSX, and an ABCX for balance, plus tone and volume. Running 18v on a two-battery box. Would have shortened up the wire connecting the two sides of the box, but the rout is really tight, so I just threaded it through the hole, soldered it, and wrapped it up in a little coil. The only other soldering was the battery box leads; the rest is EMG plug'n'play. A test (by holding my old bass over the new one and plucking the strings) worked; can't wait to hear it with actual strings on.

It's a little messier than I'd like- some of those connectors are a bit stiff- but, hey, it works. And with the battery box and cover, I should never have to open it up and see the mess again.

Solderless harnesses....
How do I put it.....I am not a fan.

One of my more successful luthier friends did some work for the Guitar player from Sick Of It All.
Dude rocks EMG's, and sweats like a PIG.... I mean BUCKETS....
and we ALL know what that can do to open air connections.
now all his wiring is hard soldered, and epoxied over when it's built.

I know this is an extreme case, but it is something to consider.
Plus as a guitar player, it's good to know how to solder, and service your own gear.

 

[GearBoxTy]

Not super clean, not very complicated, but it works!  This is a single Seymour Duncan Distortion Trembucker (TR-5) wired to a single 500k DiMarzio volume pot in my poplar Soloist build.  I coated the pickup cavity and the control cavity with conductive shielding paint and the back of the control plate has aluminum shielding tape on it.

Another view:

Top view showing the pickup and recessed tremolo route painted with conductive shielding paint.  Keeping with the "blackout" theme of this guitar...

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

It's pretty tight in there.  I've shortened up the wires since this pic was taken - wanted to leave the length there at first until I was sure everything was good.  This is a custom harness that I bought from TFN Technologies (no longer in business) and then I wired in the pickups and the passing lane switch.

Has an S1 switch that has been rewired for this:

S1 switch (from american deluxe) in volume w/custom wiring allowing the following pickup options with the 5 way:

S1 Up:
1 - Bridge
2 - Bridge & middle in parallel
3 - Middle
4 - Middle & neck in parallel
5 - Neck

S1 Down:
1 - Bridge & middle in series
2 - Bridge & middle & neck in parallel
3 - Bridge & neck in parallel
4 - Bridge & neck in series plus middle in parallel
5 - Neck & middle in series

a TBX tone wired up as a master tone

the bottom tone is a variable coil split with a push pull - with it down it adjust the volume of the silver side of the bridge humbucker, with it up it adjusts the volume of the red side of the humbucker

The passing lane switch bypasses the volume and tone controls and goes straight to the bridge at full volume (coil split still functions)

pickups are Lace Holy Grail in the neck and middle and a Lace Dually red/silver humbucker in the bridge.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

WOW Steve!

For as much as is crammed in there, that's quite an impressively clean job.

Sounds like an all around great studio work horse axe!