info on active pickups
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Zerberus
Baron Von Shred
Re: info on active pickups
Just in case the EMG/Livewire idea is still floating around: this is NOT possible without installing some kind of phase inverter... it´s possible, but it´s not feasable for i´d say 90% or more of the people out there, ´cause then it becomes electrical engineering and not just soldering
Just in case the EMG/Livewire idea is still floating around: this is NOT possible without installing some kind of phase inverter... it´s possible, but it´s not feasable for i´d say 90% or more of the people out there, ´cause then it becomes electrical engineering and not just soldering
Akrin
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Re: info on active pickups
EMG makes an active phase reversal circuit (the Pi2) though I don't know if it'd work in this application.
http://emgpickups.com/displayproducts.asp?section=Accessories&categoryid=32&catalogid=134
EMG makes an active phase reversal circuit (the Pi2) though I don't know if it'd work in this application.
http://emgpickups.com/displayproducts.asp?section=Accessories&categoryid=32&catalogid=134
Children of Bodom
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Re: info on active pickups
WAIT!!! When you said 81-metal and that what is the 89???(In those terms)
WAIT!!! When you said 81-metal and that what is the 89???(In those terms)
Zerberus
Baron Von Shred
Tux789
Medicated Cryptologist
Re: info on active pickups
thank you for this info, now about the phase inverter, i dont know crap about electrical engineering but my dad has a masters in that so if you do know of how you do it i would appreciate it (i take this at my own risk and will not blame you if i fudge this up)Zerberus said:
Robert S.
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Re: info on active pickups
Tux, you really don't want to mix SD and EMG active pickups. Even if it is possible to electronically change the phase of one makers pickups, thats a lot of processing to do to an already processed tone. Stay with one maker.
Yes you can wire the guitar master volume/master tone and use the middle tone pot for whatever purpose you like. I do that all the time with passive Strats.
You will need to change the output jack of your guitar from mono to stereo (tip/ring/sleeve) in order to use active pickups, The ring acts as a switch to connect the battery into the circuit when the guitar is plugged in.
You'll have to change the pots out as well. Strats come with 250k pots typically, humbucker guitars come with 500k pots and active pickups need 25k pots.
Tux, you really don't want to mix SD and EMG active pickups. Even if it is possible to electronically change the phase of one makers pickups, thats a lot of processing to do to an already processed tone. Stay with one maker.
Yes you can wire the guitar master volume/master tone and use the middle tone pot for whatever purpose you like. I do that all the time with passive Strats.
You will need to change the output jack of your guitar from mono to stereo (tip/ring/sleeve) in order to use active pickups, The ring acts as a switch to connect the battery into the circuit when the guitar is plugged in.
You'll have to change the pots out as well. Strats come with 250k pots typically, humbucker guitars come with 500k pots and active pickups need 25k pots.
Metalman_666
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Re: info on active pickups
For a pickup combo for EMGs, I think you would do well to get 85 in the bridge, 60 in the neck. That will provide you with the most versatility you could get from EMG active pickups.
For a pickup combo for EMGs, I think you would do well to get 85 in the bridge, 60 in the neck. That will provide you with the most versatility you could get from EMG active pickups.
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