EMG active, BQS and batteries

[Caballo]

Hello everyone.

I have an old Dean Edge Q5. I know it's not an amazing bass, but i like it's action and own sound. It comes with an active circuit to enhance bass and treble, but the EMG-HZ wich comes with it started buzzing, so i'm gonna upgrade it.

The idea is getting a 40DC, a 40CS, and a BQS system, and here comes the trouble. I don't know if i'm gonna need another battery (The bass comes with a single 9v one for the circuit) to power up the pickups, and the one that's on it to power up the BQS, or i can stand with the one I got, or I'll need even THREE of them to make a 18V for the pickups and a 9v for the BQS.

Any light?

 

[plague_rider]

You should be running 18v for two EMGs in there... if you put a BQS system in there, 18V will run them all

I've just replaced the active circuitry and EMG-Hzs in my LTD with two 40DCs and cut out the EQ system...

 

[Caballo]

You mean you cutted out the eq of the pickups or the eq of the bass?

I mean, those pickups come with a volume and a tone, isn't it? so you cut out the tone potentiometer of the pickups?

 

[plague_rider]

The original setup was 2 Hzs with active EQ, I cut the EQ system out of the circuit, so now its simply the two EMGs - > Volume -> Jack

 

[Caballo]

yeah, now i understand you, but that's not the config i want.

 

[plague_rider]

Ah i know, i've looked into the setup you want, it will need two batteries, do you have enough room for two??

 

[Caballo]

Not yet, but i got myself a gotoh dual battery box this morning. Think i'm gonna need a dremel or something... Tho i have to make another hole.

So the setup will come like this:
Concentric volume-tone<-40DC
/
BQS-------------->OUT
\
Concentric volume-tone<-40CS

I think the concentrics are 25k-25k with a 0.1 mF capacitor wired between 'em. Right?

 

[plague_rider]

pretty sure... though the 40dcs come with a passive tone pot anyway and a capacitor isn't needed...