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2005-12-17, 22:48
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New Blood
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 9
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EMG help please!
Hi, i just wired an EMG 81 and 85 along with a PA2 booster into my Jackson and the shit's dead 
I attached a 9V battery to the circuit, plugged the guitar into an amp then tapped on the pickups with a screwdriver and nothing came out, big disappointment because i took my time with this and the soldering looked real good. Now i'm pretty sure the 25K volume pot is fine and i didn't fry it or anything, the 3 way switch was fine before, I'm thinking it might be the stereo jack. The original wires were too damn short to go through the RR body, so i extended them myself. I couldn't find a switchcraft 152B anywhere in stores here and ordering it would make me wait for a few weeks. So the black battery wire has been cut in 2 places and soldered together again with different wire in between the original short one, the other 2 wires (another ground wire and a white one) have been extended too. I don't know maybe that's why the signal doesn't go through? The quick connect cables are correctly inserted with the arrow up. And i doubt the battery is dead.
Even though the instructions said not to connect the bridge pickup ground wire i still soldered it on the volume pot because ESP guitars actually have it that way, and because the diagrams were showing it that way and i've been following them carefully since the beginning. The setup i'm trying to get to work is simple 1 Volume + PA2 + 3 Way Switch.
Can anyone help me out here and tell me where the problem might be? Should i order the stereo jack they wrote about on the website or will resoldering this one with maybe better results help? Thanks a lot 
Last edited by stillalive : 2005-12-17 at 23:44.
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