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    One pickup is buzzing

    ok, probably i just didnt realise this before, but there is a little buzzing on every switch setting! when i am on the bridge pickup, the emg 81, the buzzing is really quiet. on the mid position it is a little louder and on the neck the buzzing is pretty loud...
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    One pickup is buzzing

    ok, now it's still buzzing, but when i'm touching the switch for example, it stops. so i guess the problem is the grounding right? how do i do this correctly? i mean grounding the passive pickup
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    One pickup is buzzing

    about 2) can i just solder the ground wire from bridge to the third loop of my passive pickup volume pot? and what about the bare wire then (you can see it in both pictures)? because that is supposed to be the ground i guess...does it have to remain? about 3) sorry, but i dont get about what...
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    One pickup is buzzing

    now i made two pictures...maybe then anyone knows what my problem is :) so the first is my passive volume pot http://i48.tinypic.com/n4wknq.jpg the second picture is the emg battery bus http://i45.tinypic.com/14lu1l0.jpg i dont know if the huge solder spot could on my volume pot cause the...
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    Ernie ball 8 string sets?!

    would it be dumb to try to use this on a 25.5 scale for drop b tuning and not using the .10 and .64? right now i have a .68 for the low b and for me it feels like it is still too soft...
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    One pickup is buzzing

    hi everyone, first of all sorry if there is already a similar thread, but i couldn't find anything that helps me... what my problem is: i've had a guitar with seymour duncan passive pickups and i wanted to change the bridge pickup with an EMG 81. i only have 2 pots, so i could find out that i...
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    Wiring active and passive pickups

    sorry for asking again, but with "here" i meant this wiring diagram https://www.emgpickups.com/content/wiringdiagrams/H_0230-0106D.pdf and about that buzzing...is that probably the buzzing i am talking about in my problem 1?
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    Wiring active and passive pickups

    thx a lot to Navid!!! i just have some small issues left: 1. the bridge pickup and the mid switch (bridge and neck together) works correctly as far as i can see/hear, when i switch to the neck pickup, i have this buzzing all the time... 2. do i have to ground the switch to the battery bus? if...
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    Wiring active and passive pickups

    if i take a look at your diagramm, it seems like i just have to tap the red and white wire together and not solder them anywhere!? if you take a look at my pot again, is it correct that the black wire goes to the input (the left loop of the volume pot) and the other two wires (green and bare)...
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    Wiring active and passive pickups

    stereo output jack was included with the emg 81
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    Wiring active and passive pickups

    Hi everyone, I have the following problem: I have a guitar and with two Seymour Duncan passive pickups in it and would like to replace the bridge pickup with an EMG 81. I will have two volume pots for each pickup with 25k ohm for the active one and 500k for the passive one and no tone pots...
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    Wiring active and passive pickups

    I don't want to buy another active pickup for 75€ and as far as i know it should work with one 25k pot and one 500k pot
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    Wiring active and passive pickups

    Hi everyone, I have the following problem: I have a guitar and with two Seymour Duncan passive pickups in it and would like to replace the bridge pickup with an EMG 81. I will have two volume pots for each pickup with 25k ohm for the active one and 500k for the passive one and no tone pots at...
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    So I was told I need new pots?

    ok, i really tried to work this out myself for the last 2 days, but i think i have no idea at all and need help! my problem is: i got the emg 81 solderless version and it would be no problem at all if i had 2 pickups with solderless version. but now my neck pickup is a seymour duncan with 5...
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    So I was told I need new pots?

    if i don't have a tone pot, it will always sound like it is open/full? if that's right, i think 2 volume pots would be the best solution, because my tone pot is always open anyway...
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    So I was told I need new pots?

    so you have 2 volume and 1 tone? i only have 2 pots...
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    So I was told I need new pots?

    so is this correct: if i want one passive and one acitve pickup in the same guitar it has to have 2 volume pots? if it doesnt have 2 volume pots, i have to decide to go with a 250k pot active or 500k with passive!?


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