Quick post - we've had the odd question about which is the bridge / neck pickup. For most kits, the easiest way to work out which is which is the length of the wires. Given the extra length that the wire needs to run to get to the cavity from the neck, the neck pickup generally has a longer wire. Here the pickups from my SGB-34, the one with the yellow wire is the neck, red bridge.
good method Bman, most kits the neck pup wire is yellow and bridge pup red but don't rely on this, I've seen the colours reversed. Generally work on longest wire for neck pup as Bman points out.
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scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
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scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
The exception to this is the Jazz bass - the neck pickup is slightly smaller than the bridge - a couple of mm difference between them both.
nice looking JB Bman ! Entwistle upgrades. This model you can see the control plate is between the pups hence wire lengths being similar
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Stoked about the Entwistles. Just need to do the neck then I can put it together. Nice tasty Ash...
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You'll correct me if this is not true...but I think most kits have pickups that are the same in output. If you have a set with a bridge and neck that are matched you can tell which is which with an ohm meter. The bridge will have higher impedence.
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