Activator PJ wiring and restoring

[Marko Ursin]

I bought a PJ Activator set and wiring needs some advice. Where do pickup wires go, which pot is which.
Also about the pickups; can I lightly sand the tops with fine wet and dry sand paper to get rid of the playing scars?

[mica]

Yeah, you can work on the decorative surface. you can test on the back a little as the polyurethane is poured in a silicone mold - there's no cover.

Let me find some pictures of these as see if that helps you with the rewiring. stand by

[mica]

Here's a couple of photos to get you started. The pot on the small board isn't original, so I'm not sure if the value is correct.
Also, keep in mind the shielded coil is very close tot eh front surface, so you might not be able to clear up all the wear and tear before hitting copper.

[Marko Ursin]

Thanks Mica!
Some more questions. What value should that replaced pot have? How do the pots wire to filter board and where do the pickups wires go? Pickups don’t have connectors so I think I need to find two of them and mount them to the pickup wires. Do I understand correct that I can replace one capacitor with two or three way Q switch?

[mica]

You have the pickup connectors already, just someone cut them not realizing they were modular. I've marked them in blue in the attached image so you could splice these on and protect with shrink tubing. You plug one pickup into each of the volume control boards.

The second image has an unconnected wire - can you tell me where the other end is? I think it may be one of the wires that connects the two volume boards that I marked in a white circle in the third image. The blue circles in image three show a wire that is cut very short on the small volume board that you will need to replace. Once the two volume boards are connected, the 3-pin and 2-pin connectors are already connecting the 2-volume harness to the filter module.

Can you post a picture of just the solder side of the smaller of the 2 volume boards? The pots mount directly to the board. You will need to use a desoldering iron or solder wick to remove the old pot first. Do be careful - if you overheat when you are removing the component, you can burn up the trace and trash the board.

The pots in the 2-volume Activator are 100K audio taper. You might be able to find this locally. If not, I do have spares.

[Marko Ursin]

I’ll check that loose wire later today. I think it’s best to test the filter before buying parts as the seller said it ”should” be ok. I have input, output and +9V wires sorted out so that should be easy.

[Marko Ursin]

After testing I can say that filter and bigger volume board work fine as well as the pickups. The smaller volume board with non-original pot has been fried when removing the original pot and the copper trails are lifting off the board. The black loose wire seems to be the one connecting the volume boards. Can I buy the smaller volume board separately? Or if I buy the pan board with two gains do I need to buy a new volume board? And can I modify this filter for Q-switch?