Selective Finger Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Hi, I have an old-type EMG-81 pickup (without an easy connector socket). I only have 2 wires coming out from the pickup : a wider white one with braid and a thinner red one (which I assume goes to the battery). My main problem is I want to pass the tone pot and connect the pickup to one 25KOhm pot only; I don't want to use a tone pot. I have tried every combination possible incuding the pdf manuals for EMG81, none of them worked. Could you tell me : is it possible to use an EMG81 with a single volume pot only? Sorry if this is a stupid question, I am a beginner. Thanks for your time -SF- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 You're correct - the red indeed does go to the battery. The braid is your earth, and the wire inside the braid is your hot signal. Pop the hot signal to the centre tab on your pot, one side tag to earth and also the back of your pot, and the other straight to your output hot signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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