Modify a Les Paul Tribute Jr DC bass with a Hobbit Pickup......

Grog · April 11, 2026, 09:10:19 AM

Quote from: Basvarken on March 29, 2026, 09:07:09 AMYou mean of the 8 wires coming for the pickup?

On this bass I chose the full windings. Which is my preferred setting on any Les Paul Bass.
So I left the Red and Blue not connected (closed them off with shrink tube).

Green for ground. Brown is hot.

Rob, Just to be sure, did you twist the two brown & the two green wires together before connecting them to the guitar or connect one green with one brown then connect the other green & brown to the guitar? I bench tested a few combinations a while back but seem to have misplaced my notes. I want it to work as a humbucker.

Basvarken · April 11, 2026, 10:20:46 AM

I'm going to have to dig deep in my notes to find how I did that. It's been 15 years or so.;-)

Basvarken · April 11, 2026, 10:29:53 AM

Oh that wasnt too hard. Found it

Brown of each pickup soldered together.

Neck pickup: Green Top coil soldered to one lug of the toggle. Bottom coil soldered to ground.
Bridge pickup: Green Top coil soldered to other lug of the toggle. Bottom coil soldered to ground.

Grog · April 11, 2026, 03:10:38 PM

Thanks Rob! Looking at the pickup with the logo normal & the center screw down, do you know if the green top coil wire is to the right or the left?

Basvarken · April 12, 2026, 02:42:37 AM

Top coil is left

Grog · April 12, 2026, 08:00:13 AM

Quote from: Basvarken on April 12, 2026, 02:42:37 AMTop coil is left

Thanks a million!!

Grog · April 12, 2026, 05:43:33 PM

The wiring all went as planned, the only issue was trying to position all of the extra wires I didn't use in such a small cavity. I sunk the entire cavity down enough to clear the height adjustment screws vs just drilling relief & that gave me room for the extra wires. It was still tight. The bass sounds powerfull as anticipated. It rattled my guitar room pretty bad. I'll give it a workout on Tuesday at practice in the 2/15 bottoms. Thanks again to Rob for giving his expertise in wiring this eight wire beast with two wires & taping all of the coils!

Basvarken · April 13, 2026, 09:35:24 AM

Yeehaaaw!
Congrats. We need sonic proof though

Grog · April 15, 2026, 12:14:13 PM

The bass worked quite well, very deep smooth tone. I tried copying an MP3 file to this post & I'll have to try something else. The only odd issue was static at times that mostly came off the back of the bass. I wonder if it is from the coils of extra wire I tied back behind the pickup.

Grog · April 16, 2026, 10:10:33 AM

I'll try posting an MP3 using Google Drive.....

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BiBlq20JHUcv5vpJw2VwyKmQ3mlK19Mp/view?usp=drive_link

Basvarken · April 17, 2026, 02:35:56 AM

Yes it does have a smooth deep tone!
But it seems to miss quite a lot of clarity? Or did you dial the treble knob back a few notches?

Grog · April 17, 2026, 07:33:23 AM

The treble was at about "5". It can also be boosted on the amp.