{"id":10789,"date":"2017-03-21T11:39:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T16:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=10789"},"modified":"2017-03-28T10:09:40","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T15:09:40","slug":"62-jazz-wiring-kit-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/gear\/electronics\/62-jazz-wiring-kit-part-1.html","title":{"rendered":"How to assemble the Fender American Vintage 62 Jazz Bass Wiring kit &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While we can deliver a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/american-vintage-62-jazz-bass-pre-wired-control-assembly.htm\">pre-wired &#8217;62 Jazz Bass control assembly<\/a>, if you want to save some money and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/american-vintage-62-jazz-bass-complete-wiring-kit.htm\">wire it yourself using this kit<\/a>, you can.<\/p>\n<p>Pictured below: The kit itself. <\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s in the kit:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>American Vintage &#8217;62 Jazz Bass 3-hole control plate with 3 chrome screws.\n<li>2x: American Vintage &#8217;62 Jazz Bass CTS concentric 250\/500K solid shaft potentiometers\n<li>2x: American Vintage &#8217;62 Jazz Bass upper control knob\n<li>2x: American Vintage &#8217;62 Jazz Bass lower control knob\n<li>2x: American Vintage &#8217;62 Jazz Bass detent spring plate\n<li>Switchcraft Mono Jack\n<li>.047Mfd Orange Drop Capacitor\n<li>.033Mfd Orange Drop Capacitor\n<li>Vintage Style Cloth Covered Wire Set, 3.5&#8243; Black &#038; 3.5&#8243; White, Vintage Style push back, cloth covered wire, 22 gauge, Unshielded, single conductor, stranded wire with a waxed braided cotton outer insulation.<\/ul>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_5475.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: Cutting 4 pieces of wire, 2 black and 2 white. The 2 black wires were cut to 4.25&#8243; and 3.5&#8243;, the two white wires were cut to 4.5&#8243; and 2.0&#8243;.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_5476.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_5479.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: Since this is push-back cloth wiring, the insulation is not rigidly stuck. THis requires taking a little more time to expose the end compared to PVC style wiring.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_5481.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: Two cut pieces of white wire, both with exposed ends, twisting the two together to make a joined &#8220;Y&#8221; piece.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_5483.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_5485.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: The same has been done with the black wire, the white wire and black wire pieces have been both joined to make their respective &#8220;Y&#8221; pieces.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_5489.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: Both orange caps are manufactured with small bends directly after the cap. Pliers are being used to reshape the leads to be straight.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_5491.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: The straight leads have been pushed through the loop ends on both upper and lower decks on the right hand side terminals.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_5493.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: Lead on the lower terminal has been wrapped around and the excess is being cut off.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_5494.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: About to cut off the excess of the upper lead, with enough excess left so it can be soldered to the potentiometer.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_5496.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: Lead has been clipped.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_5497.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: Taking one of the potentiometer clipped leads (from the capacitor), pushed down through the loop ends of the two center tabs, then bent over and thorugh the loop end of the lower left terminal, acting as a jumper.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_5501.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: The jumper that goes between the 3 terminals has been installed. Note that no soldering has taken place at this point.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_5503.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: This is the .047Mfd capacitor (for neck side pickup). The procedure for wiring this is identical to the .033Mfd. <\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_5505.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: Mechanical prep work is done.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_5514.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/gear\/electronics\/how-to-assemble-the-fender-american-vintage-62-jazz-bass-wiring-kit-part-2.html\">See part 2 here<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While we can deliver a pre-wired &#8217;62 Jazz Bass control assembly, if you want to save some money and wire it yourself using this kit, you can. Pictured below: The kit itself. What&#8217;s in the kit: American Vintage &#8217;62 Jazz Bass 3-hole control plate with 3 chrome screws. 2x: American Vintage &#8217;62 Jazz Bass CTS &#8230; <a title=\"How to assemble the Fender American Vintage 62 Jazz Bass Wiring kit &#8211; Part 1\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/gear\/electronics\/62-jazz-wiring-kit-part-1.html\" aria-label=\"More on How to assemble the Fender American Vintage 62 Jazz Bass Wiring kit &#8211; Part 1\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":10807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10789"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}