duff2 wrote:I have had my L2K Tribute bass for a few months now. Its amazing how much of a bang for the buck these basses are. Excellent playability and stunning quality considering the ~$650 US street price. That being said, I never really cared for the sound of the humbucking pickups, especially in series mode. I much prefer the clarity and open-ess of single coil pickups, so I decided to mod my L2K bass from Dual Humbucker Parallel-Series to Humbucker Parallel-Single coil (Neck outside, bridge inside). I chose this mod as opposed to the 'dual outside' and 'dual inside' single coils as it was very straightforward to perform. All that was required was a repositioning of the two green wires as shown in the diagram below. Before this mod, I hardly ever picked this bass up. Now I can't put it down! This mod sounds AMAZING!!!!! The only drawback now is that my Jazz bass won't be getting nearly as much attention as before! LOL
Cheers,
Duff2
Thanks so much Duff2 (and by default Ken and Deltafred) for posting the switch wiring diagram!
after doing the (Para/Single/Series w/OMG) mod a few years back I realized over time I never really used the 'series' setting and wondered about a 'retro mod' to just Para/Single (instead of the OEM Para/Series) setup and BOOM —there was your post with the wiring. Im planning on using both "north/upper" single, but going to experiment with both "outer" for a similar spacing of my Fender J.
I d like to still use the 'empty' switch position (Para/Single/EMPTY) for a kill switch. I *think I'd need to shunt the hot of both pickups to ground. or would I need to kill after the pre? —like at the jack hot and ground. Could anyone offer a proper way of shunting the 3way (on/on/on) to avoid a 'POP'?
Really helpful thanks again for everybody's expertise and effort in filling the forum with great info.
