stratmorse

Thanks again for your help . I`m going with the 85, in the meantime i`ll be playing with the 81 only .

Thanks for your help. Wes i did what u told me and unhook the passive, yep the buzz is gone now,in fact is very quiet , is working perfect , this pickup sure rocks , but is there any way you can mix passive with actives?? or do I have to wait till I save the money for the 85 I plan to install in the neck?

Hi there, I`m writing cause i REALLY need your help in this . I have a Legend guitar with 2 humbuckers and I`m replacing the bridge pickup with an EMG 81.This is the first time I do this. Ok, I have the wiring diagram that comes with the pickup and I have followed it exactly, the guitar is set up like this: 2 tone, 2 volume (each volume independent) and a 3 way switch, it has a passive pickup in the neck so is a hybrid circuit. I used the EMG pots, the battery is ok. So far so good. The pickup works but now comes the problem: when I plug my guitar to the amp I got this crazy buzz no matter which position the switch is. I can play but the buzz is always there. Is very annoying, it goes away when I touch the strings, the tone pots or the jack; it seems to me that the grounding is not ok but I really don`t know what could it be . I have checked everything and it seems to be in place. Oh, another thing, I did not reconect the ground wire that comes from the bridge. Well I`m puzzled , any help will be greatly apreciatted . Thanks in advance.