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How to install
Helpful Instruction info
To ensure everything makes sense once we begin the installation, we want to introduce you to the essential wires and their names. Please keep in mind that your guitar may not have some of the shielding wires and that wire colors—particularly those for the pickups—can vary, so it is always best to verify the specific color code with your manufacturer.
- Output wire: Hot "White"
- Output wire: Ground "Orange"
- Bridge Pickup: Hot wire "White"
- Bridge Pickup: Ground wire Black"
- Pickup Cavity Ground wire
- Main cavity Sheilding Ground wire
Fitting the kit to your control plate.
Adjusting Potentiometer Spacing
Utilizing a pair of pliers, a ratchet, or a wrench, gently loosen the nuts securing the potentiometers to the PCB. You may then adjust the pots to ensure the kit aligns perfectly with your control plate. During this process, please be mindful to retain the spacer nuts and take care to avoid:
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Damaging the solder joints
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Overtightening the nuts.
Bridge Pickup's install
Install your Bridge Pickups "Hot" to the "B+" hole
Install your Bridge Pickups "Ground" to the "B-" hole
Output Jack install
Install your Output jacks white "Hot" wire to the "O+" hole
Install the orange "Ground" wire from your output jack, along with any additional shielding ground wires, into the designated "O-" terminal.
Before we finish the install
Adjusting VVC
All our Solderless kits include our VVC. (Volume voicing circuit) This switch allows you to switch between 2 voicings.
- Down: Your Volume retains more low end as you use the Volume
- Up:(towards "on") Your Volume retains more High end as you use the Volume
And thats it!
Test the controls before restringing the bass by lightly taping the pickups with a metal object.
Need help or have a question?
feel free to contact us [link at the bottom of this page] But here are some common issues you might run into
Need help with your pickup?
"My pickup(s) sounds weak"
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- This is fairly common when one or more of your pickup wires is not properly seated, or can not make a proper connection. Make sure there is enough exposed wire and that the wire is properly seated in the terminal block.
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"My pickup(s) wires are too small"
- If your pickup wires are too small for the terminal block we recommend bending the exposed wire over the covered wire, or wrapping it a few times to create more surface area.
It's not working or doesn't sound right?
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The controls are scratchy when i use them"
- This usually happens when you have a wire(s) not making a proper connection in the terminal block. Make sure there is enough exposed wire and that the wire is properly seated in the terminal block.
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"There is a bad hum that goes away if i touch the knobs."
- This usually happens when your tailpiece ground is not properly seated or missing.
- This can also happen if your guitar has sheilding in the cavity. You will went to add the wires attached to the shielding to the same hole as the tailpiece ground
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"There is a bad hum that get's louder when i touch anything metal
- This happens when you install the output jack wires backwards. uninstall the output jack wires and place then in the correct location.
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"I cant get any sound from the thing"
- Make sure you put the pickup wires in the correct spot and that they are properly seated in the terminal block.
- Make sure that there is no environmental issue causing a short. An Example on this would be the Output jack, or lever switch touching the shielding in your cavity or an exposed pickup wire is also touching something other then the terminal block
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"My volume feels different then before"
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This is because of 2 factors.
- How we designed the volume and tone circuit. It's different from your stock circuit
- We use our own Audio pots. A lot of brands will use Linear in the volume.
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This is because of 2 factors.
Other issues
"My old knobs don't fit the pots"
- We use US spec solid shaft pots. Meaning the shaft is 1/4th (6.35mm) A lot of Import brands, or MIM & MIJ Fenders will use a 6mm Solid shaft knob which will not fit our pots. If this is what you have then you will need to purchase replacement knobs. Just make sure to confirm you are purchasing 1/4th (6.35mm) knobs as some brands wont tell you which version they have.