Any wiring experts who can help me?

[chromium]

You could try this for the mudbucker:




Basically:
- Connect the yellow and purple wires together
- Connect the white and green wires, and ground them
- Use the red wire as your output

I couldn't see a green wire on the mudbucker - so I'm assuming it might be ground...  Also, I couldn't see the white wire very well, but I think its that one on the treble side of the neck coil.  See if that meters out around 30K.

Unfortunately, I can't see where the wires terminate inside the minibucker, but try this same config and see if you get a 6-8K reading.  Hopefully, they used the same color keying on the wires...

[chromium]

Oh- and I pity the foo' that coil taps the world's most tinny, brittle pickup!   

[exiledarchangel]

Oh- and I pity the foo' that coil taps the world's most tinny, brittle pickup!   

Me too, but combined with some mud may have some nice results!

[drbassman]

I should have taken this picture earlier.  Here it is from the side.  The green is grounded to the pup frame. 

Ohm readings are:  Purple and Red = 14.8       White and Yellow = 15.5

I'll do some measurements on the mini later tonight.

[Highlander]

The third of your first pictures shows the white wires connected to yellow/purple - they would originally have been shorted together and left beneath the coils...

From the colours showing on the other pup, I would presume you could do the same on both - so this time, as per Joe...

The darker side of Kenny would advise to ensure you reverse phase for some SHOCK AND AWE output...

[chromium]

I should have taken this picture earlier.  Here it is from the side.  The green is grounded to the pup frame.  

Ohm readings are:  Purple and Red = 14.8       White and Yellow = 15.5

I'll do some measurements on the mini later tonight.

Cool- those pics show everything.  That diagram I posted above should work to revert the mud back to its original config.  I'd expect to see a reading around 30K after connecting the wires as described, and measuring across the red (output) and the green/white pair (ground).

[Lightyear]

Are you going to try to restore the Varitone/choke setup?

[drbassman]

Thanks so much for your help guys,especially Joe!  I'll let you know how it works out!

[drbassman]

Are you going to try to restore the Varitone/choke setup?

I might try to do a varitone set up.  I like the look of these..............

http://www.bigdguitars.com/varitone.html

[godofthunder]

Wow! Those have been reworked for sure ! must be so you can split coils. Kinda scary !

[drbassman]

Wow! Those have been reworked for sure ! must be so you can split coils. Kinda scary !

Yeah, Dr. Frankenbass was into these babies.  I'll restore them to their former glory!

[exiledarchangel]

I might try to do a varitone set up.  I like the look of these..............

http://www.bigdguitars.com/varitone.html

You know, you could build one of those for little money, components are about 6 euros (without the dialplate).

[Highlander]

Wow! Those have been reworked for sure ! must be so you can split coils. Kinda scary !

Following Joe's notes was easy - reversing an MB's phasing is >quite interesting - I'll post sounds (once I get past my current hiatus) on my PC posting...