Building our first Bass Guitar

[Fatman]

1. Bridge ground wire - doesn't matter where it comes from - just needs to end at the bridge and form a connection (but not a loop) with all pots, the jack and the bridge.
2. Prewire should be fine - same as cats - many ways to skin a wiring diagram.

Colours of the wires change over time - the diagrams are indicative and I've coloured them to make the wires easier to follow. Otherwise we are playing with lots of grey and black lines that overlap.

Hope that helps.

B

Thanks Brendan. Sorry to be such a pain. so, for connecting the bridge hot wire I should connect that to the unused (left) terminal of the bridge pot and not the already used center pot. Is that correct?

[Brendan]

You're not a pain mate - all have been through this stage

I think I understand what you're asking, but to confirm - any chance of a photo?

B

[Fatman]

You're not a pain mate - all have been through this stage

I think I understand what you're asking, but to confirm - any chance of a photo?

B

I think I uploaded the pix--struggling a bit with the site protocal

[Fatman]

You're not a pain mate - all have been through this stage

I think I understand what you're asking, but to confirm - any chance of a photo?

B

Brendan

If I am doing the pix upload correctly, here is a closer picture of the volume pots. Hard to see, but the yellow wire goes from the middle post on the tone pot to the middle post on the bridge pick-up pot to the left post on the neck pick-up pot.

Thanks--don't get old.