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That is not up to the usual Hamer wiring spec, and agreed the pickup selector switch is in a very odd place and I've never seen a factory preamp on-off. I'd guess what you guessed is absolutely correct: someone went mad scientist on the electronics. I'd leave the selector switch and you can prolly get the micro-toggle hole filled and touched up so it will be visible but not glaring. I like having a pickup selector switch as I usually will have the neck volume lower or (if it has its own tone) the tone rolled down so i can cover three basic sounds without twiddling or looking down. I've had a B12S, a B12L and a B8S. Also an EMG equipped Godin and a Bartolini equipped Pedilla. Very hard to compare apples to hand grenades, but the EMGs have had a crispness that, on the Hamers, bordered on shrillness. The Pedulla was a fantastic bass in every way, and made me wonder if Barts aren't the way to go. The pickups in your bass now may be great though. I also briefly had an old Blitz bass and the Dimarzio P bass pickup was great. And welcome to our clubhouse!

My two cents: don't put EMGs in it. They can sound kind of brittle and harsh on the octave strings. Give the current pickups a shot.