2 Questions, EMG and DFH

[Seizure.]

so i got the stereo jack...

NOW!! how to connect this Bastard... This way? remember.. i don't have/need a tone pot... can i just leave the cable out aswell?

 

[Razorjack]

Remove the tone pot from the circuit altogether. Cut the capacitor out and the cable that goes from the vol to the tone, then connect the output from the vol pot (the cable just cut from the tone pot) directly to the output jack.

 

[black sugar]

If you make it through this entire thread, congrats...

http://www.lespaulforum.com/pots/lpfpots.html


I use passives and I'm a fan of a 500k volume pot and no tone pot. It's probably psychological though. If someone connected a tone knob while I wasn't looking I can't guarantee I'd hear a difference.

Ken, on Strats I always have the problem of accidentally hitting the volume knob. It's not a very elegant solution, but I'll pull out one of the tone knobs (that's disconnected anyway), and move the volume knob down the line.

DSS3, that's pretty cool that you can use an 85 and an Air Norton. So there's not a huge drop in output when you flip to the neck? That's why I always thought it wouldn't work.

 

[JeffTD]

Use this one for no tone pot.



I did something with my wiring... The 85 turned out a bit muddier than usual, but I have a feeling it was a shoddy joint I did quickly. I can't be bothered to fix it, though, as I'm going all passive in this guitar.

 

[Seizure.]

ok, thanks...

well, it is giving SOME volume know... but i certainly did something wrong...

i'm getting a slight crunch when i put distortion full up right know... bad solder somewhere?

 

[Razorjack]

New battery?

 

[Seizure.]

i waS about to get some yeah!! lets hope

might it be a bad solder or a something with the ground else?

 

[Seizure.]

ok now...

its working!!

but: only if i have the jack half in and if put it in the whole way its got that crunchy thing going on again....

what happened?

and it seems its lacking "some" trelble not alot but i had to krank the treble on my small amp though... is this normal?

 

[Razorjack]

Check your ground connections, make sure the ground isn't connected to the bridge.

 

[Seizure.]

bridge?

i only soldered the ground of the white cable coming out off the emg to the volume pot... no other grounds used

 

[Razorjack]

Double check the solder joints.

When wiring in passive pickups the ground is connected to the bridge of the guitar, sometimes when retro-fitting active pickups some people forget to break the connection.

 

[Seizure.]

yeah, the bridge ground was also still soldered on the volumepot.. is that whats causing the problem?

 

[JeffTD]

Could very well be...but I still say to check all your connections, and make sure the jack is wired up right.

 

[Razorjack]

yeah, the bridge ground was also still soldered on the volumepot.. is that whats causing the problem?

Cut the wire, that should fix it.

 

[Seizure.]

it stopped the strange crunchy sound, now there's NO sound when i plug it in tottally... but it works when its halfway in...prolly got my Quick-Connect cables upside down...

and i'm still missing some highs i compared today...

check it out:

distortion before the ambientie thing is stock BC rich pick ups and the meshuggy part is emg... through a V-amp bytheway...

i realy didn't do anything to the mix realy... and the "riffs" are to show the differences

http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3N5N9ZFL74CZ40UAMQ2LA38QFL

 

[Seizure.]

any of you guys know a good guitar tech forum bytheway?
that would help me alot right know.. or a good site on this subject i allready saw the one black sugar posted.. thanks man!!