Is it possible to...

[VESSEL2020]

Install an EMG 85 active pickup in the bridge,...and still leave a passive pickup
in the kneck, as long as the switch is still there, to switch between 'em?

I'm kinda in a hurry to install this pickup for my guitarist, as we do have a
show to play tomorrow, and the strings need to be stretched out tonight at practice...but I was wondering if I can still leave the passive pickup in the kneck position (hooked up)...along with hookin' the EMG 85 in the bridge?

I've installed this pickup once before, for him on the same exact guitar (he has 2 Jackson professional king V's - same exact guitars)...
but, the last time I installed it on his other Jackson,...I disconnected the kneck pickup, and just hooked up the passive 85.

Just wonderin' if this could be done without runnin' into any problems?

Or should I just disconnect the the passive in the kneck and install the active in the bridge (where he wants it)...and not worry about any problems
arising...?

Anyone?

I've looked for some threads on this,...but no luck findin' any info.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

[DrewPeterson7]

Geez... I've heard of guys doing this, but generally it's with some sort of active preamp driving the neck, and as I understand it gets complicated pretty quickly.

Before you even think about that, though, do you have all the necessary pots? Standard guitar pots are usually 250 or 500 megs, but EMGs are designed to work with, I believe, 25k. Installing an EMG in the bridge without changing your pots to match will sound like crap.

If you have all the pots and jacks and whatnot, your easiest bet is to just pull the neck and wire the guitar up with just a bridge pickup for now.

 

[VESSEL2020]

Before you even think about that, though, do you have all the necessary pots?

If you have all the pots and jacks and whatnot, your easiest bet is to just pull the neck and wire the guitar up with just a bridge pickup for now.

yes,...the pots come with the pickup.


and yeah,...That's what I think I'm gonna do for now, just to be safe.

thanks for the input!