Mikelamury
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I want more output and presence from my pickups was considering using a blackouts preamp but would it be easier or possible to achieve this with the pickup booster?
Pickup booster pedal
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Mikelamury
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Already purchased the blackouts preamp gonna install but the pedal would be more more versatile and easier to switch from guitar to guitar without mod. Gonna buy the pedal too will rate them both for you guys.wish I would have thought about the pedal before I bought the preamp
I can see that. But I think the Blackout preamp is still a worthy purchase- it sounds great.
Mikelamury
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Im a bit confused about the blackout preamp, can I still utilize coil split or phase switches I have on my guitar?
Artie
Peaveyologist
I wonder about this too. I bought the Blackouts preamp many moons ago. I still haven't installed it. I'm not sure what to expect.
Mikelamury
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Mincer - a question for you,if I'm putting the blackout preamp in a SG can I use it with my other 3 push pull pots for coil split and phase with the preamp or do I have to use the 3 pots that came with it
El Dunco
Sock Supplier to RHCP
Ahh, there is the issue- if the switches are connected to the pots, I'd say, no. This preamp switches out the volume and tone pots for 25k ones. Look at the diagram here. If the switches were separate from the pots, then you could do it.
So it’s not possible to split at all, even if you get push/pull 25k pots or wire the pickups to a separate switch?
Mikelamury
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I think mincer is saying if it is a slide switch or push button or some other type of stand alone switching it would still be able to do it. Idk if they make 25k push pull pots or not. I'm going to search would like to ask mincer that question.
Also, would the preamp work correctly if I replace the pots with 25k push pulls of an unidentified brand?
Also, would the preamp work correctly if I replace the pots with 25k push pulls of an unidentified brand?
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Masta' C
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Not sure if you're interested, but I happen to have a NOS GuitarElectronics.com "PASFX" I'd be willing to sell, which is an onboard version of the Duncan Pickup Booster circuit. It comes as a prewired harness that only requires 2 connections from your existing wiring (the hot and ground wires going to your existing output jack). It uses a toggle for true bypass and allows for an adjustable 6db-24db of clean boost when activated.
alex1fly
Well-known member
+1
Use the EQ with any instrument. The Blackout is limited to one guitar.
Will just continue repping this pedal, in no way should it fail to give you additional presence and output:
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/TenBandEQ--mxr-m108s-ten-band-eq-pedal
Mikelamury
New member
Hey mincer can you use the triple shot mounting rings with the blackout preamp?
I've never heard of someone doing that, but I can't find anything to say that wouldn't work.
Artie
Peaveyologist
You may have seen my answer in another thread, but no, you can't. Since the BMP has popped up in several threads now, (and I have one), I'm going to make a thread showing how they can be wired and split. It's not the same as you split a non-BMP pickup. But yes, IF you use 25k tone push-pulls, you can do that.
