hi from geelong

[some.guy]

howdy everyone, recently purchased an IB-6S kit so naturally found my way here. unfortunately i don't own much in the ways of a camera at the moment, so i can't take any progress pics, but i'll try borrow one for a few pics of the finished build.

i have a bit of a background in electrotechnology, wood working and guitar / bass playing so i thought it was high-time to combine those three and make an instrument.

everything's going well with my build, i do have one question though. can anyone point me toward a wiring diagram for this bass (2 pickups 5 pots)? i can't seem to find a similar arrangement anywhere without being attached to a pricey preamp. if anyone can point me in the right direction i'll be quite pleased.

thanks,

some guy

[stan]

welcome some guy, I am in Geelong as well!


member Weirdbits is a wiring guru and could help you with this

[WeirdBits]

Welcome SG.

Most people seem to have gone with preamps on their builds. I don't have an IB-6 here to check the parts list but if you can post what's included in the kit (pot and cap values and type, 2 or 4 wire pickups etc) I'll try and draw up a couple of options for you.

[some.guy]

hi weirdbits,

i was going to go with a preamp, but inconveniently i was laid off the day after i recieved my kit lol. i will look at the exact values soon, but from memory the pickups are 2 wire, there is 2 (b500k) volume pots, and 3 tone pots (a500k) with 0.068 micro farrat capacitors to a standard output jack.

if this theoretically means i can set the level of both pickups on the fly with a passive 3 band eq, i'd like to know how to wire it up as such lol. before asking for help i was considering just going with a standard 4 pot solution and 1 extra knob that did nothing haha, so thanks heaps.

[Fretworn]

Welcome Some guy!