EMG SA pickups AND DiMarzio 80's PAF on Jackson Soloist SL-3

[toneseekr]

Hello Everyone,
I need help from you guys, I have a Jackson SL-3 guitar with H/S/S configuration. On the bridge I want to put a DiMarzio Cream 80's PAF pickup and on the Middle and Neck I want to put two EMG SA Single Coils. Can You Guys help me Step-By-Step on how to put them on?
A Thankful Guitarist,
-ToneSeekr

 

[allstarrme]

Re: EMG SA pickups AND DiMarzio 80's PAF on Jackson Soloist SL-3

you could add an emg preamp to the dimarzio so it plays nice with the singles coils or find other single coils that you like that are passive.

 

[toneseekr]

Re: EMG SA pickups AND DiMarzio 80's PAF on Jackson Soloist SL-3

thanks, but is there no other alternative cuz i wanna keep those same pickups on there

 

[allstarrme]

Re: EMG SA pickups AND DiMarzio 80's PAF on Jackson Soloist SL-3

then add an EMG afterburner or pa2 boost to the dimarzio, or use 2 output jacks.

 

[toneseekr]

Re: EMG SA pickups AND DiMarzio 80's PAF on Jackson Soloist SL-3

cant i add both to one output jack?

 

[ParameterMan]

Re: EMG SA pickups AND DiMarzio 80's PAF on Jackson Soloist SL-3

cant i add both to one output jack?

Kinda. Active pickups require 25k pots to have a smooth sweep; passive pickups want either 250k or 500k pots. If you use separate volume and tone controls the only problem you'll run into is in position 4. The passive pickup won't like being combined with the 25k pots and the level will drop way down. You'll basically have to sacrifice a traditional pos#4 for something like the bridge pickup split, which would be nice. As long as you don't have both active and passive pickups engaged at the same time. Or you could use a preamp like the PA-2 to make to passive pickup compatible.

Note: You can get stacked 25k/250k pots for use as tone or volume controls for both circuits at once.

Note 2: I've got enough going in my life I probably won't be able to make you a custom diagram, but I at least wanted to provide a helpful answer to a good question.

 

[toneseekr]

Re: EMG SA pickups AND DiMarzio 80's PAF on Jackson Soloist SL-3

thank you very much ParameterMan

 

[Edgecrusher]

Re: EMG SA pickups AND DiMarzio 80's PAF on Jackson Soloist SL-3

another option is to just run all through 250k pots but doing that the controls will work more as on/offs for the emg's. Some guitars i dont mind this others it would be an issue but it is also a possibility.

 

[toneseekr]

Re: EMG SA pickups AND DiMarzio 80's PAF on Jackson Soloist SL-3

Edgecrusher can you expand on that?

 

[Edgecrusher]

Re: EMG SA pickups AND DiMarzio 80's PAF on Jackson Soloist SL-3

Edgecrusher can you expand on that?

Well its wired pretty much normally. Just you need a stereo jack for the emg's But if thats there just wire it like it is using the 250k pots. But what you will find is that while the volume control works normally for your passive pickup your actives will be on 10 until you turn the knob to 1 1/2 then it shuts off very fast. There is only the tiniest amount of sweep for volume control.

Now on some of my guitars I only use the volume knob to turn off the sound anyways and never use it for subtle shades of volume. In these cases it works great. But if you do alot of volume swells or you play alot with your pickups at half volume then it wouldnt be your best option.

answer your question or need more?

 

[uOpt]

Re: EMG SA pickups AND DiMarzio 80's PAF on Jackson Soloist SL-3

You can run the actives and passives through different volume pots, and use a 250 Kohm tone pot which you would have to turn down a lot to have an effect on the EMGs.

As people said, it might be easiest to use one of the various preamps to make the humbucker active before it joins the switch. And you already have a battery so some of the "activation pain" goes away.

 

[toneseekr]

Re: EMG SA pickups AND DiMarzio 80's PAF on Jackson Soloist SL-3

Thanks Edgecrusher and uOpt. Edgecrusher i only want to use two volume pots, is it possible to do what your saying with two v. pots? like what exactly would i need. and uOpt i really appreciate you input but i wanna try it with out no preamp, i am open to the idea but for now Edgecrushers idea is my only option at the moment but i will try the preamp idea in the future for sure and make a youtube video out of everything i do.

 

[Edgecrusher]

Re: EMG SA pickups AND DiMarzio 80's PAF on Jackson Soloist SL-3

Yeah you can wire them through separate volume pots and it solves the sweep issue. The downside to doing that over using a preamp would be when you use switch to the positions that use both the active and passive pickups only really the actives will be heard.

The downside to mixing actives and passives is that somewhere there is going to be a compromise. If you can live with the compromises is something you will have to decide

If you decide to do it you will need a 25k pot for your SA's and then a 250k or 500k pot for your PAF. You will also need a stereo jack for the battery.

 

[toneseekr]

Re: EMG SA pickups AND DiMarzio 80's PAF on Jackson Soloist SL-3

thanks Edgecrusher