Odd Trouble With Emg

[Levio]

A friend of mine recently bought an active EMG 81 and installed it into his guitar without much trouble. Until he plugged his guitar into his amp. He gets a very low, clean signal when he sets his amp to clean, and when he turns on gain, he only receives a louder, clean signal. He's tried 3 different amps, but to no avail. I was told he completely removed his passive pickups, installed 25K pots, stereo jack, the whole bit, anyone have suggestions why he may be having this trouble?

Thanks for any advice you can give.

Jordan

Edited October 5, 2006 by Levio

[six_stringer]

A friend of mine recently bought an active EMG 81 and installed it into his guitar without much trouble. Until he plugged his guitar into his amp. He gets a very low, clean signal when he sets his amp to clean, and when he turns on gain, he only receives a louder, clean signal. He's tried 3 different amps, but to no avail. I was told he completely removed his passive pickups, installed 25K pots, stereo jack, the whole bit, anyone have suggestions why he may be having this trouble?

Thanks for any advice you can give.

Jordan

Hi Jordan,

I am not an expert by any means when it comes to wiring guitar's. However, I have had good luck following the wiring diagrams that come with the pickups. I have built four guitar's so far and I have installed EMG's (81/85) in the second and fourth guitar. I also installed EMG 101's in my third hand made 7-string and some passive humbuckers in my very first guitar. I have not had any problems with any of them.

I assume that the 9-volt battery your friend was using was new and the wiring instructions were followed correctly. Including disconnecting the ground when using only active pickups. I would suggest retracing the wiring to make sure everything is where it's should be and checking the battery.

Good Luck,

Jeff

[crafty]

No power in the circuit. Check it all out with a multimeter.