Yea, Bobby,
I'm right there with ya'.  This is it, really. 

LOL... might... but I will be playing the Birdsong, and have an SX shorty jazz for my backup...

Appreciate the prayers, brother!

Found another $100 bass...  See my other thread about my new pink ABG...  Now I am back up to 4.  And no more.  Unless I find a great deal on another Birdsong... Then 5.  But that is it...  really...

HAd it looked cheap and junkie, I'da sanded it down and gave it a funkie crazy paint job just fun.  But this looks well built, finish is nice... I have neither desire nor ability to refinish it to where it looks really nice...  so I will just leave it.

My current stable

G&L Trib L2500
SX Fretless
TBC AP500M
Peavey Foundation
Peavey Fury

Actually, refinishing a bass is a lot of fun.  (Learning curve is a bit steep, but it is worth the effort.)

Already looking for my next project.

Course, the pink bass is a bit rockin' as is. 

Mark,

I'm doing okay with the DR's, but may decide to swap the flats between the Peavey and the fretless SX pictured above.  That one has Chromes on it and I don't play it as often.  The DR's are actually pretty decent on this bass.

I think I've gotten hooked on the refinishing process.  Already thinking about my next project.  Maybe a jazz with a blackburst finish? 

Joel

Rothstein prewires various types of harnesses in different customized configurations.  I dealt with them once on modding a MIM Fender... Great service, and they're highly regarded on TB and Harmony Central.

Check out StewMac.com

Thay have a lot of parts there and I am sure they would have the pots and toggle switch you need and if you are good with a solder gun installing them shouldnt be a big problem for you. They would also have a wiring diagram if you need it.

If you are trying to keep everything original, they also have kits for rebuilding pickups. I personally have never tryed to rebuild a pickup so I am not sure how difficult it is to do that.

Another option would be to send the pickups to stewmac and let them rebuild them for you.

If you just want to replace the pickups I would suggest checking out guitarfetish.com.
They build there own pickups and for the price they are hard to beat. I really like there bass pickups.

I hope this info is helpful to you and good luck with the Yamaha.

Dave

Hi Everyone, My farther who played professionally for over 20 years gave me his bass. I was honored to use this 4 sting and vowed to take good care of it.

This was a custom bass whereas he had the pots, electronics, and pickups installed many years ago in Thailand where he was touring. 

The problem is this: I started getting noise, hiss and crackle about 2 years after I received the bass. I took it to a local guitar shop and he rewired it. It is now not in its original form. I have spoken with my father about this and he said to change the pickups, electronics, and maybe pots.

This bass has three pots and a toggle switch for active / passive. Im not sure what kind of pickups and electronics are currently installed.

Now that I have been given the chance to change out the whole system can anyone recommend the best setup. Brand and model numbers from start to finish would be a huge help. Im hopping that I will only need to do this once.

I have never built a bass before but im good with a solder. So if you could help with Pots to electronics to pickups i would be extremely grateful.

Thanks in advance for your help.