Hi everyone i am building an Anzac biscuit for someone and i have fitted a fishman preamp a cbgitty humbucker pickup and a psycho knob along with volume and tone 500KOhm pots
I have changed out the stereo jack that comes with the preamp to a mono jack and I was wondering if anyone had any wiring diagrams or if there was any videos showing how to wire them all together.
I have changed out the stereo jack that comes with the preamp to a mono jack but I am stuck on how to wire it all together.
If anyone can help I will be eternally grateful and thankful. Thanks Mal
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Mal, for a Y- cable, basically you join two sets of wires down to one? (A) join positive wires from source 1/2 at one end (B) join negative wires from source 1/2 at one end (C) take the joined positive wires from source 1/2 & join them to the positive wire of the output wire (D) take the joined negative wires from source 1/2 & join them to the negative wire of the output wire
Awesome thankyou brianQ yes I understand this - i will get some male and a female output jack. I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge - thankyou
You could run them through a DPDT on/off/on toggle switch, you'll be able to switch between the two or both? Connect all grounds together?
Thankyou for that BrianQ - I think I have found my issue, the fishman preamp with rod piezo does not work at all. I'll have to get my client to contact cbgitty where he purchased it re the issue. I wired up the humbucker, a disc piezo I had in stock and the psycho knob, with volume and tone pots just out of curiosity, and it all works perfectly fine. I've been back and forth with this for days now and it took this long to find the problem - thankyou for sharing your valuable knowledge with me, I truly appreciate it cheers mal
Hi again Mal, the y cord I used I made up myself.
Taff
Mal, you didn't state which model Fishman preamp you're using? It could be that the one you're using is made for piezos, did it come with a piezo?
Hi Mal, I found photos of the guitar with two pickups and two Jacks.
Wow what a cool guitar Taff - if it can't be done i may have to go that way also.
The only worry I have is whether we can get a lead with the Y junction here in NZ or if I have to order overseas. Thankyou Taff
Hi Mal, yes the system worked well in two of the solid-body guitars I used it in. Sorry, I can't post a video. The magnetic pickup was used to just add a more robust bottom end to the thinner-sounding piezo pickup. Or of course, one could have full electric sound.
Taff.
Thanks BrianQ for your advise yes this was at the request of the client he purchased the preamp, humbucker, psycho knob and the Anzac biscuit tin and I supplied the neck material and other small parts and are building a 3 string for him with all those electronics in it. When I first wired it all up it wouldn't go at all then I read on another post here, that someone said that all the other parts wouldn't work with the output jack that came with the fishman preamp and to change it to a standard mono output jack.
So I did and it all worked but I'm having trouble with the volume sounding real scratchy and screeches when you turn the volume up and down, which is why I asked the question what am I doing wrong, and, was there anyone who had wired all these electronics my client wants on his guitar, with success and if they had a wiring diagram they would consider sharing.
This is the first time I have wired in so much in a guitar so i have always been able to work it out but this one has been challenging to say the least and I need some help. Thankyou BrianQ I appreciate your recommendations
Cheers Mal
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