Wiring Diagrams

The 6JH Mute Compartment pickup for Rickenbacker basses was built from 2001 to 2012.

The 8E was an active P-Bass pickup discontinued in the mid 1980s.

The 8TC was an active P-Bass pickup we made from 1993 to 2007.

The 8TC could be paired with a 9V stacked coil J-Bass pickup for a full-active setup.

The 9E was an active J-Bass pickup built from 1992-2008.

This diagram shows the discontinued XTBT 2-Band preamp powering a set of J-Bass pickups.

Pickups with names ending in KE are generally split coil active pickups and can be wired in different ways.

The E88-D Active Humbucker was build between 1988 and 1997.

The E88-D could drive a V88-C for a full active setup. The E88-D was discontinued in 1997.

The E90 distortion humbucker was built from 1990-2000.

The 1B Selectable Spectrum Pickup was discontinued in 2000

The E92 was built between 1992 and 2004.

The Beast was discontinued in the early ’90s.

The MME and I4E pickups have 3 coils for hum cancelling when coil switched. The MME was discontinued in 2007.

The 1E (4 string) and 4E (5 string) triple coil bass pickups were built in the ’90s

This shows how to connect a 4 conductor pickup to a Music Man PCB.

The 3S Tapped Single Coil pickup was discontinued in 2012.

Archive wiring diagram for special Original Quad coil pickups wired with 6-conductor cable.

The 3XV stacked coil strat pickup could be driven by the E90 active humbucker to make a full active setup. The 3XV and E90 were discontinued in 2000.

This archive diagram is for some old specially wired Original Quad coil pickups with the exposed copper back.

Wiring Diagram for the old 2-module NTMB-918FL with NTMB3. These modules have been merged into NTMB+FL.

This is a diagram of the NTMB from before it was 18V tolerant.

TCT wiring diagram from the 1990’s

XTCT wiring diagram from the 1990’s

Discontinued DTA1.x buffers were only 9V tolerant. They have been replaced with DB918.x so they can be used with NTMB, NTBT, or TCT preamps.

Old Wiring Diagram for discontinued EZQ Parametric Filter.

Wiring Diagram for the discontinued EZQ Parametric Filter

An old TCT wiring diagram from the 1980’s

An old XTCT wiring diagram from the 1980’s

This is the wiring diagram for the Original TCT from the 1970’s

Wiring Diagram for the discontinued TBIBT which has a dual buffer and 2-Band EQ. You can now use an AGDB/918-2 Adjustable Gain Dual Buffer and a NTBT/918 2-Band EQ or a NTMB+F 3-Band EQ in less space.

This diagram shows the discontinued XTBT 2-Band preamp powering a set of J-Bass pickups.

This is the wiring diagram for the original TBT 2-Band EQ preamp.

The discontinued MPXTBT is a combination of a Magnetic/Piezo buffer and a 2-Band EQ. Use a MPB2-918 and a NTBT/918 to get the same functions in less space. Or use an MPB2-918 and a NTMB+F for a 3-Band option still in less space.

NS2TMB is a discontinued 3-Band preamp that requires 2 9V batteries.