tim_ado Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 ok just finishing up my bass now and ive got a pair of active DC-35 for a bass ive looked at the diagram and can't really get it working it came with a transistor inbetween the volume and the tone but that was for one pickup do u still need the tran in there for 2 pickups? does anyone have anytips or something?? sorry im a electronics noob and ive got no idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 It's not a transistor, it's a capacitor. Yes, if you want the tone control to work like a tone control, you need the cap in there. What exactly is the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_ado Posted April 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 well at first it just didnt work but i have another go at it and it was interesting the tone knob worked as a volume knob for one pick up one volume knob was the tone and the other volume knob was pickuping up the radio lol could some talk me through the diagram if i got the link for the one im using?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_ado Posted April 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 http://www.emginc.com/downloads/wiringdiagrams/PJ_models.pdf there u go sorry its a pdf so ....yeah im using diagram 2 and i can see a capacitor unless its the round thing on the tone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 The cap is the little round thing on the tone on the diagram, if you're looking at diagram #2. Try using the zoom feature on Acrobat to make the diagram large enough to make out the details. You'd think with computers and color printing available for so cheap EMG would update their diagrams and support sheets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_ado Posted April 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 ok i got it working and it sounds heaps good the DC-35 model i have it recommened that you use 2 batteries for more out put do u think i should do it or is that just for like crazy people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Congrats! Two batteries sound better in a bass than a guitar. With a bass, you want lots of headroom. With a guitar, not so much. YMMV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_ado Posted April 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 sweet im going to buy another battery clip today ok i scabbed this quote from another tread but at the moment my wiring has a master volume(supposted to be the tone) and a volume for each pickup kinda like a jazz bass set up i like it like this and i know how to fix it (i think) but by not having an offical tone and i limiting my EMGs and there sound here the quote if it helps In a guitar, if you don't have batteries, there are no active tone controls, period. What that means is that any tone control can only decrease amplitude of certain frequencies, never increase them. A normal tone control actually works by shunting some of the high frequencies to ground (treble cut). This is a low-pass filter and works by having the input signal go through a resistor (the tone pot) then has signal out with a capacitor to ground. You can make a tone control which shunts low frequencies to ground (bass cut), a high-pass filter, by reversing the position of the cap and resistor - you would have the input signal go through a resistor, then have your output signal and a resistor to ground. I've never tried this in the context of guitar wiring, although it's common in other areas of electronics. The same values you use for a normal tone control may or may not work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_ado Posted April 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 put im the second battery today all i can say is.............all righhhtttttt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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