tsarter
Junior Member
This eve I opened up the rear pickup cavity on my ‘68 M85 II to try to get the g string magnet to move again as I wanted it a tad closer to the string. I failed - it had too much corrosion on it and I could not get it to move. But that’s not why I’m writing.
I didn’t fully pull the pickup as I didn’t want to have to have it rewired, but to my annoyance I managed to break off the red wire. Since I have no soldering skills at all I closed it all back up and lrestrung the bass, figuring I’d have to bring it to my tech so he could solder the wire back in place. I was figuring he could figure out the exact place to put it by looking at the front pick up (and by looking at the solder points)
After I had it all back together and restrung I was very surprised to learn that it plays and sounds just fine. There seems to be no difference at all. So my question is can any of you tell me from this description what that red wire does and how come the pick up seems to be working just fine without it soldered in place. I should have snapped a photo before reassembling it but I was tired and not thinking well.
I didn’t fully pull the pickup as I didn’t want to have to have it rewired, but to my annoyance I managed to break off the red wire. Since I have no soldering skills at all I closed it all back up and lrestrung the bass, figuring I’d have to bring it to my tech so he could solder the wire back in place. I was figuring he could figure out the exact place to put it by looking at the front pick up (and by looking at the solder points)
After I had it all back together and restrung I was very surprised to learn that it plays and sounds just fine. There seems to be no difference at all. So my question is can any of you tell me from this description what that red wire does and how come the pick up seems to be working just fine without it soldered in place. I should have snapped a photo before reassembling it but I was tired and not thinking well.