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| Author: | jamesnv [ Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | mixing passive & active pickups ? |
hello, i have a bass with emg active P & jazz bass pickups, the precission pick up is shot and i was wondering what would happen if i switched the volume pot, installed a passive pickup and kept the active jazz pickup as is? thanks james |
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| Author: | peters instruments [ Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: mixing passive & active pickups ? |
jamesnv wrote: hello, i have a bass with emg active P & jazz bass pickups, the precission pick up is shot and i was wondering what would happen if i switched the volume pot, installed a passive pickup and kept the active jazz pickup as is? thanks james that depend entirely on how it is wired up. |
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| Author: | jamesnv [ Sun Jan 16, 2011 4:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: mixing passive & active pickups ? |
what if i wire the passive pickup with a 250K double stacked pot, for volume and tone, and wire it to the jack separate of the active pot ? thanks james |
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| Author: | peters instruments [ Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: mixing passive & active pickups ? |
i no wiring expert so maybe someone else can chime in here, but i think that that would work fine, although i dont know if you would run into issues playing the two together. |
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| Author: | Ti-Roux [ Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: mixing passive & active pickups ? |
I would not do this myself, 'cause there is too much different in tone and power between active and passsive. You should put another active P-bass, but, if you want, you could rewire it all to get the possibility to switch 'em two on a passive mode. Check out Seymour Duncan website for many wiring diagrams, it could help you. Francis |
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| Author: | theguitarwhisperer [ Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: mixing passive & active pickups ? |
You can possibly run an active pickup with a 250K pot, you might get feedback issues, but I wouldn't run a passive pickup on a 25K pot, might sound muddy. It's not good to mismatch your impedances. http://www.emginc.com/pages/support Go to the "wiring questions" section, it has a response to your query specifically. |
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| Author: | alan stassforth [ Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: mixing passive & active pickups ? |
I'm pretty sure an active pup needs a 25k pot, and passive needs 250-500k. So, you would need to have 2 volume controls as I see it. I would go with active or passive, not the 2 together. You might get varied volumes which might get to be a pain if you are playing a "show". You know, switch to active and it's way louder, etc. |
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| Author: | jamesnv [ Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: mixing passive & active pickups ? |
thanks for the input, i think i will purchase another active pickup and be done with it. james |
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