beatingu Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Im new here so hello to everyone.I have searched several times all over the internet on how to install a killswitch but it seems the normal way to wire one up does not work with emg 81/85 pickups.does anyone here have these same pickups with a killswitch installed?can you please help me? Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedr666 Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 i have 81's and have always wired one side of the switch to the body of the pick up vol pot and the other side of the switch to the centre peg of the vol pot.this works fine for me,dont wire it between the out put jack as this just makes a horrible pop etc i think if you want it to affect either pick up then just link a wire from the centre peg to the other centre peg or body of pot to other body of pot(cant remember which one,trial and error) your switch mite be either 'always on' or 'always off'there maybe 4 legs to choose from,again trial and error unless it has instruction hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatingu Posted February 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 i just wired it up a few minutes ago and it works.but i wired it to the hot output jack wire and put a ground to it from the switch and it works fine with no pop.will this be ok leaving it like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedr666 Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 to be honest i dont know but if it all works fine and u have no hums or pops then stick with it.theres not much that can get damaged in guitar electrics as they only run on very low voltage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatingu Posted March 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 im doin it your way.it just started makin popping noises i guess i just didnt notice it at first cuz i cant play that loud in my house.thanks man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Couldn't you just insert a switch before the output jack? I don't know, I'm just asking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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