- Jan 30, 2010
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I'm swapping a set of EMG 81 and 85 active pickups into my guitar. I've done this I want to say probably three times already, because the original passives have good (different) tone... Yeah, should get a second guitar, but you know, money. Anyway, my guitar's configuration is two pickups, master volume, master tone, and three-way selector switch. And that's how I've always wired both sets of pickups.
Now my question is, would it be possible to ditch the switch and wire this instead with three pots? E.g., two independent volume knobs, one master tone knob? If this is doable, are there any caveats (or "creativity features")? In other words, for a given equivalent tone and volume setting, would it sound and/or behave any different from the two knob, three-way selector setup? I just can't hazard a decent guess as to whether it would work at all if I tried, and if it did work, how it might impact the tone, output, control response, etc., on account of the active electronics.
Now my question is, would it be possible to ditch the switch and wire this instead with three pots? E.g., two independent volume knobs, one master tone knob? If this is doable, are there any caveats (or "creativity features")? In other words, for a given equivalent tone and volume setting, would it sound and/or behave any different from the two knob, three-way selector setup? I just can't hazard a decent guess as to whether it would work at all if I tried, and if it did work, how it might impact the tone, output, control response, etc., on account of the active electronics.