low end fuzz Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 what are the tell tale signs in knowing what kind of pickup you have; theres a box of old pickups and some you can tell right away; but there are some 'musicman' style pickups that i dont know; i looked up some schematics but they all have 9v ; and i dont know if thats for the preamp or the pickups or if thats the same thing! basically im lost with powered pups the magnets are exposed and there is a 4 wire ; white, black red and green any help;would help thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suicidecustom Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 (edited) sounds like a normal 4 conductor passive to me. all active pups ive dealt with have 3 wires-grnd, hot and signal Edited July 2, 2007 by suicidecustom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
low end fuzz Posted July 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 perfect; so anything above the regular ground/live/and split will prolly be active? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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