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Wiring Diagram for
Pickup Models:
SJB-1 Vintage for
Jazz Bass
SJB-2 Hot for
Jazz Bass
SJB-3 Quarter-Pound for
Jazz Bass
SJ5-3 5 String Quarter-Pound for
Jazz Bass
5427 hollister avenue, santa barbara, ca 93111
tel 805.964.9610 fax 805.964.9749
www.basslines.com
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Congratulations on your purchase of a fine, hand-built, Basslines bass guitar pickup! Installing this pickup
in your bass isn’t rocket science. And, if you’re already handy with tools, it’ll be a snap for you–and fun
too! But if you have no experience handling red-hot soldering irons, you’d be well advised to take your
new pickup and your trusty bass to a qualified guitar tech.
The basic steps for installation include:
1. Remove the strings from your bass.
2. Remove the control plate and flip it over.
3. De-solder the original pickup’s wires from the controls and make sure to
remember where they were connected.
4. Remove the pickup from the pickup cavity.
5. If there was foam attached to the bottom of your original pickup, pull it off and
re-use it with your new Basslines pickup.
6. Put your Basslines pickup into the pickup cavity.
7. Tin the wires from the Basslines pickup, and then solder them into place
(see Fig. 1).
8. Replace the control plate.
9. Re-string your bass, and adjust the pickups so they are set about 1/8” from the
strings when they are pressed down at the highest fret on the neck.
If two pickups sound thin and wimpy when
used together, they’re out of phase with each
other. If you’re combining your Basslines
pickup(s) with Fender
bass, you’ll need to reverse the black and
white wires on the Basslines.
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pickup(s) in the same
P/N 501030-105 Rev. C
Visit basslines.com for additional wiring diagrams.
Jazz Bass and Fender are registered trademarks of FMIC, with which Basslines is not affiliated.
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