Wiring EMG Active & Passive Pickups in Electric Guitar

[@Redfabco]

Props on having a good metal kid and being a supportive metal pop . Much respect

[@ashwanthjerry2210]

man i really like that father son vibe ... thats great to see

[@troyhenjamin1144]

Thanks a bunch. I use my bridge emg 81 for just about everything and I roll tie tone back to play neck pup sounding leads. Lately though I have wanted a neck pup and love the organic sound of passives so I watched your video and now have the best of both worlds having active and passive. All uhe best to you and your son,rock on!!

[@hotmessian]

Thanks for the great video! I recently purchased a guitar that already had an EMG pickup installed. When I received the guitar I found out the original passive pickup had been disconnect. I could not figure out how to reconnect it to the new pickup with solderless pots. The guitar did not come with the io board/pickup bus. Once I found one, I watched your video, installed it just like you show and now it works great! Thanks again!

[@colinleecolenzot1249]

Nice video very very informative and very well laid out and put together on to video!! Was not hectic or confusing, it was right to the point and very decisive, excellent job...precisely the video I was looking for!! Thanks again and also can thank you enough so thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you

[@tolerbearALTII]

I love how you use electronics to have quality father son time. That's so awesome. Could you do a 25k vs 50k comparison in active guitar pickups? Thanks.

[@user-rs7tv5lq5v]

Ik I’m late but just adding my two cents, not too much of a difference, I have a emg81 in a guitar with a 24v mod with 50k pots and they work good and a emg40csx in a bass with 100k pots and it works decently good. Only difference is the higher the pot the more it works closer to a on/off switch. As to a tone difference I can’t say definitively if there is a difference but i did it anyway

[@Muddy_alex6850]

This is helpful but can you do one with doing 2 passive pickups as I have the EMG-HZ set that has the EMG-H4 and EMG-H4A

[@miltonrobinsonquininires9493]

Thanks bro!!, Thanks to your video, I was able to install my EMG x

[@josessuarezz]

Thanks man, i'm going to buy the emg 57 for my Squier telecaster Jim Root Signature

[@l.hawrann]

Hello 🤗 I have same situation, I bought one EMG 81 and I want it work with neck stock passive pickup , 3 way switch ,classy super strat with one volume one tone

[@andresenes]

Thank you! This is great. Could you please make a wiring diagram available for everyone? Also, is it better to wire the guitar's ground wire to any ground point of the circuit? Can anyone answer this question, please? Once again, thank you so much for this video.

[@FrankZen]

I can't see. Did you cut the electronics cover or the body to get that battery sticking out? Great idea! I want to do it to my electronics cover if I can!

[@MitchGift]

Most all electric guitars with a humbucker use 500k vol. pots. An EMG 81 active uses a 25K vol. pot. So the only real good way to attempt this is the have 2 volume pots on the guitar like a Les Paul. The EMG w/ 25K and the passive neck pickup with a 250K or 500K pot. Control volume pots independently when in the middle pick up position.

[@ivanzivanovic4013]

so the passive neck pickup just runs at "full" volume due to not being connected to the volume pot? Although i see that you connected the switch to the IO board. So that would make the Passive pickup go through a 25k pot instead of the regular higher rated 250-500k pots for passives...correct?

[@Smrtcooke]

So what’s the plan if I have two single coil passive pickups in a Strat style with a five way switch

[@wyndorphstormcrow8372]

I'm looking to install an 81 into my lp, and that's a bit of a different set up

[@abledhorizon5027]

Hey man! I want to Add a EMG on my Ibanez with 3 pickups(all passive) Can u make a video of only replacing one pickup to an EMG

[@izzysantiago978]

Great tutorial! Questio: what is the model number of that IO board? I can't seem to find one? Thanks in advance.

[@thejohnsons2123]

I'm almost positive when I first subbed you were at 400 something. Crazy

[@TampaTec]

wow that is crazy, I was amazed I had 100 subs 4 years ago, I hope I hit 200k subs by Xmas, doubt it. thanks for subbing

[@bhoney187]

I'm very confused where the tremolo ground wire goes. I have the EMG 3 way solderless switch. I just don't understand how the tremolo ground wire attaches to the switch sense its supposed to be solderless. Do I just not use it? I'm a newbie to this haha,

[@andresenes]

i have the same doubt but i think the best option is to connect the tremolo ground to any ground point of the EMG circuit. maybe cut a small section of one of the ground cables and solder the tremolo ground to it. maybe....

[@bhoney187]

@Andres Malta Hey, thanks for the reply! I figured it out about 8 months ago. That's exactly what I did. Thanks

[@theunholinesswithin70]

Do you have a tutorial for the passive bridge pick up alone? Do I still need a toggle switch? My package only have white wires, strange.

[@MysticCosmoS]

Wondering if you could help me with a Jackson connector?

[@zachmays4272]

What is the wiring diagram for soldering with out them expensive fancy boards and switches and what not.

[@kenr.b.891]

I was wondering that too.

[@peittii]

Is there any tonal difference when using both active and passive pickups? Does active pickup dominate the passive pickups sound, can you hear clearly the difference between both pickups or only the active. Im interested in trying this but i want to hear when both pickups are in use

[@MoremanovaTk]

Active pickups will provide a significant boost to the output. They essentially provide an extra pre-amp stage to your amp. Unfortunately, they compress much faster because of this, and thus are poor for pretty much anything but high gain tones.

[@williamcobb2664]

Nice vid! Great idea on the battery placement. Would I be able to wire up my Ibanez RG550 HSH with 1 volume , 1tone , and 5 way switch this way? Right now I'm running an active bridge only and the middle and neck are disconnected and are both passive. Basically can a passive single middle pickup be added in? Your advice would be appreciated greatly. Thank you for posting this how to video I think it will be really helpful in getting my guitar fully functional again.

[@miltonrobinsonquininires9493]

Thanks My bro...for your video...i can instale the EMG X....

[@vonicrimson3619]

How would I do an EMG HSH set (all active) with an emg 81, SA and 85?

[@wardhox]

Hey guy, thx a lot for this vidéo. Just sent you, an email, because i cannot do that with my " way switch stratocaster. possible to help please ?

[@axiompro]

I'm thinking of getting a emg 89 for my Floyd rose dean vendetta it has a emg ab afterburner,a Ironage killswitch two Dragonfire quad rail pickups and alpha coil tapping push pull switch. I want to install the emg 89 pickup at the bridge position can it be done?

[@mattgerb17]

I noticed your diagram for the 1 active pup is missing tone pot

[@willrice2792]

Probably the wrong category but im lost as how to reach you for a problem I am having with a 208/240v 1-1/2 horse motor with scratches on the connection diagrams. I know enough to be dangerous when and if you get the time I will fill you in on the details

[@idfk1608]

also how do you wire the passive if you don't originally have a passive installed?

[@sinned1891]

im a bit confused active pups used 25k pots and passive mostly 250k or 500k pots. my point is does the passive pups becomes weak.

[@kenr.b.891]

If you wire a passive to the 25K volume pot, the output of the passive is much weaker than when hooked up to a 250k or 500k pot. The passive pickup acts like it is turned half way up even when the volume knob is at full. I know this because that is how a previous owner wired one of my guitars. What I do not know, is what would happen if you hooked a active pickup to 250k or 500k. Maybe someone else can chime in and answer that.

[@KFGatica]

@@kenr.b.891 250k or 500K pots will act as an on off switch to the active pickup if I’m not mistaken, meaning no go.

[@OreoThePanda]

So might I ask, because I've been told its finnicky to do it this way, now I'm not going through a warlock I'm going through an Ibanez but it seemed super simple to install with the solderless kit, anything I should be aware of when doing this?

[@FEBRIZIOtv]

where can i get thast io board? i got some used pickups on ebay and it didnt come with it....

[@frankno2888]

need help , i want to do the same but i have 2 volume , one for the neck and one for the bridge , can i install the emg wiring(bypassing the tone knob) and leave the passive circuit as it is

[@kenr.b.891]

You will need a 25k volume knob for the active pickup and a 250 or 500k volume knob for the passive pickup.

[@naderdabbagh]

Please help! I have an other switch. I don't know how to get the neck pickup working

[@idfk1608]

is this the same for emg 85's? Apreciate it!

[@ThejasonJaw5442]

ITT-Tech closes all of its schools wow

[@lebron3566]

beautyful guitar

[@rosalindacaseley6996]

Noticed you refer to the neck as the rhythm pickup... All personal preference but I thought most folk use the neck for warmer lead tones on the higher treble string notes.?

[@BrandonDeft]

I always take the quick clip off and hard wire them.

[@LegendaryLegacyVideo]

how do i get in contact with you? I need your help?

[@Nick-ul2nu]

Emg sells the 81 for cheaper on their website

[@guitarforall]

did you paint the guitar? there’s a lot of orange peel on the surface of it

[@TampaTec]

We took it to Maaco to get it paint with black purple pearl paint. In the light looks awesome.

[@kevinbrooks6265]

I never understood why they call the neck pickup the rhythm pickup.i never use the neck pickup for rythms,just leads,as with most people I know.

[@ThejasonJaw5442]

Guitar is who I am - EMG can it be wired to run off the power of the guitar so no 9V Battery is needed?

[@TampaTec]

EMG active pickups needs 9v for higher output without 9v volume drops out.

[@TampaTec]

leave a video link of your electric guitar skills here, i want to see you play.

[@vonicrimson3619]

I’m 14 and I’m trying to install an EMG into an HSH guitar

[@Floo-Z]

hey man great video but im still a little confused. iv just got an EMG-HZ passive humbucker and im looking to install it into a strat into the bridge. how do i go about soldering it in with the other pickups if they dont use the solderless connection?? do i connect one end to the the pickup and cut the other end off so i can solder it?? any help would be great!! Thanks in advance maaan :)

[@justinbrown9910]

Lol Im in the exact same position as you

[@theworstguitarever1470]

4:25

[@nathanyoo3742]

good work

[@marpin007]

Thanks man !

[@MitchGift]

The way he's doing it will likely make the neck pick up muffled sounding with way too much bass and no high end cut.

[@ampegloud]

Smart cool kid

[@MosheAlvarez]

Maybe this dude should use the $120 and buy a clue

[@ellisdugg]

Moshe Alvarez thank you for saying this 😂😂😂

[@LoveintheSon]

Jesusavesouls !