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If you were to mount the pots in the cavity “as-is,” you would have intermittent output and overall, bad tone. The issue being, EMG electronics contain all their grounding within the circuitry, and assume they are being mounted to bare wood, or at least, not electronics cavities with grounding paint. This Dean, had its electronics cavity lined with grounding paint, which acts as an electronic conductor to all that it touches. Meh…Īnother “gotcha” in wiring EMG products (which by the way, I’m totally an advocate of, they just require a few different procedures when installing), are grounding issues.
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It’s located uncommonly far from the rest of the electronics, but nonetheless, the wires needed to be traditionally stripped and soldered with extensions to make the full stretch from the electronics cavity to the output jack mount.
Seems simple, right? Well, the issue in all of that, was the wiring allotted to go from that circuit board hub was too short to make it to the output jack from this Dimebag model. So each connection has a few inches of lead and ground wire, which either comes from the pickup, that goes to the pot, another wire that goes from the volume to the tone pot and into this circuit board hub which goes to the 3-way selector which goes out to the jack….
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EMG may have had good intentions when they made the executive decision to change their entire product line for folks that want to install EMG pickups but don’t want to solder. The guitar pickups provide the voltage and current source, while the potentiometers provide the resistance. Since the last time I installed an EMG pickup, they pulled a fast one on me and switched to a solderless electronics system. It is useful to know the fundamental relationship between voltage, current and resistance known as Ohms Law when understanding how electric guitar circuits work. and an active bass with a plus or minus 15 dB. With modern feel, powerful pickups, and nearly 40 years of experience, Spector basses have established themselves as the authority on modern bass design. Dean Dimebag – Pickup and Electronics Swap – EMG-XĪ fellow metalhead from Burnet, TX wanted to switch out the stock pickups of his Dean Dimebag for some active EMG-X 81 and 85’s. I was able to locate one for sale on Reverb 300 for the circuit board and electronics sans the pickups but be be ready to get out your router. Spector’s NS Dimension Series combines iconic design with multi-scale construction, to bring new levels of playability and tonality to Spector’s dedicated legion of players.