Sethmetal Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 My friend just bought and EMG 81. I sit possible to only wire that to one position and still maintain thepassive pickup in the other position? What about when the two are combined in the middle????? Thanks -Seth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 yes it is possible, i've done it before it's kind of interesting, if you want to have both pickups working at the same time in the middle position you'll need a pre amp booster (sold by emg) for the passive pickup, otherwise just wire up like normal and only use positions 1 & 3 on a 3 way switch (positions 1 & 5 on a 5 way). If you look around emg's site i know there have at least a couple solutions and schematics for this exact question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitsBoy Posted February 29, 2004 Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 Sethmetal - Check out this link Ctrl-X They have a preamp that will mix passive guitar pickups with active for a piezo. -T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ansil Posted February 29, 2004 Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 if you have a super hot pickup you dont' need a booster. like an x2n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeli Posted May 3, 2004 Report Share Posted May 3, 2004 I really wonder what the sound is like when an active and a passive pickup is combined in the middle. I want something extreme; for example, emg 81 and Seymour Duncan Jazz. Is coil splitting possible? I think you can't split active pickups? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivin Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 The EMG 89 is coil tappable as far as i know, like an 85 in the humbucker mode and an SA when tapped. - Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 that's because the 89 is an SA and an 85 in the same box, with separate outputs. The effect is the same as a coil tap, but it is build differently. It seems like you could have both outputs playing at the same time, but I don't know if it works that way. Any thoughts? 89 here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeli Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 I have no ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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