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Monday, March 12, 2012
Washburn XB125 Phat II Mod - Good to Go
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Washburn XB125 Phat II Mod
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Guess what? Rizal has scored a Phat II EQ circuit board off an old Ibanez bass, and has asked me to install it in his XB125. To date, I've completed control cavity shielding and tested the new wiring scheme. Everything is working as it should, thank goodness. This new scheme comprises the following:
- Phat II EQ Board
- 9V Battery
- Alpha 500K Master Volume Pot
- Alpha 500K Master Tone Pot
- 0.047uF Tone Cap
- Three-Way Toggle Switch (Neck/Both/Bridge)
- DPDT Bypass Switch
- Stereo Output Jack
Battery compartment and control cavity.
Closer view of the control cavity.
New layout for the controls.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Washburn XB125 Stopgap Wiring Mod
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Here's a "Crafted in China" Washburn XB125, the main squeeze of Orkestra JPN Pahang bassist Rizal Efendi. It originally had active electronics, but that died long ago and all that remains is an empty 9V battery compartment. Currently, it is fully passive, with a modified control configuration of master volume, master tone and three-way pickup selector toggle switch.
Now, the bad news. The toggle switch stubbornly refuses to function, the bass produces no sound, Rizal has an upcoming gig, and none of the local music stores have toggle switches in stock. As the XB125 is his only bass, I need to come up with a solution in double-quick time.
Here's what I did - I desoldered the faulty toggle switch and wired in a DiMarzio 500K pot that happened to be in my spare parts bin. So, what you are looking at below is an adequately functioning Washburn XB125 with a neck pickup volume control, bridge pickup volume control and DiMarzio 500K master tone control. Necessity is the mother of invention!
Layout of Controls
The nut appears to be made of wood.
W941 (neck) and W943 (bridge) pickups.
Pickups potted with epoxy
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