EMG Solderless Wiring. 1 Volume 1 Tone and a (B165)3 Way Selector
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- This is for guitars that are being retro fit with the solderless EMG Volume, Tone and the EMG 3 Way (B165) 3 positions switch. I recommend ordering the B165 if you have this hardware setup on your guitar!
Dude you are a legend for this I love EMG but they need to update their guides big time after this headache
Listen to this guy, he knows what he’s talking about. I got an 81/85 b165 kit off of Reverb to put in my Jackson JS22. Came with master volume and passive tone 25K pots. After realizing none of the included diagrams matched my intended setup exactly I went for this same configuration, but it didn’t work right at first. There were 3 problems: 1) Volume pot was super scratchy (even after a gallon of D5), 2) Turning the volume up past 3/4 actually made it quieter and 3) Tone was generally crappy and both pickups sounded the same. Turned out the root cause was simple - I had wired up the TRS output Jack wrong. Fixed that and suddenly everything worked.
I am so glad that I found this!!! You would not believe how much time I spent scouring the internet for something like this! Thank you so much!
Isaiah, you are very welcome. Let me know if you have any questions!
So this may be an older video but still very relevant. I just ordered the H4 and H3 and I went and ahead and bought the 3 way selector for my LTD M-10. I kept trying to figure out how the bus it came with and selector connected together and was getting frustrated. Luckily this was the first video I watched and if you get the 3 way selector from EMG you definitely don't need to use the bus. Thanks for the video man! Saved me a lot of time and confusion!
Thanks a bunch on the video. I wish I had known or had been told the standard BUSS would have been obsolete with my solderless 3 way. This clears things up massively, thanks again!!!
Thanks so much! I was so confused on how to use the pickup selector I bought from EMG. I was honestly about to take it to a guitar shop so glad I found this video!
Thanks for posting. I just ordered one of these and was looking at the pdf file on the EMG website and I noticed the install instructions didn't look clear. I was lucky you posted the video. Thanks again.
I'm still having a tough time...when i connect like you have it I don't get sound from the neck pickup if i'm on the up position. In the center I get sound from both but its low on the neck. The bridge setting works great. I tried getting help from EMG but no one is there. :(
Thank you for making this video. It was so confusing reading the manual my pickups came with, then trying to figure out the switch as well. I didn't realize the switch would completely change everything.
Aviin1, glad to see it helped you out. Thank you!
Thank You so much. This was exactly what I needed for my Prince EMG stratocaster project. It has 2 x EMG pickups, 1 tone, 1 volume and B165 3 position switch. 👍😁
Very welcome!
Thank you so much for posting. It helped me get my EMG project up and running.
Thanks for the video. It made installation in my LTD MH-1001 easier. My guitar is also setup with the 1 volume and 1 tone. 🤘🏽
Than you so much!! The wiring was driving crazy, hopefully I found your video. Cheers from Argentina 🤘🇦🇷
Thanks sooooo much for posting this - really helpful. I can't believe emg doesn't have this somewhere!!! ugh. Yours was spot on... I initially had the jack wires wrong - switched the black and white - oops! Once I fixed that it was all good! You rock!
You can utilize a old switch connected on the screw clamps at the provided battery bus or you can buy a three way toggle switch from EMG (B289 for a LTDViper or Eclipse) and quick connect it to the battery bus either way it’s the same functionality. I need a toggle switch for my Viper but nice to know what I need for my other guitars.
That's what I'm saying just have to use the green connecters on the buss and just screw down the wire. Neck Bridge open and Ground .
Thank you again for all of your help man. Massively appreciated
I thought this when I saw that mini buss board. The switch is the buss instead
You're right. There's nothing in detail about this. I need a diagram for two vol and one tone, using emg ZW signature pups. I saw that the original bus is not needed. That answered one question. Thanks
This video saved me. Thank you so much for posting this.
Thank you so much, i have this 3way switch on my Ibanez RG and couldnt find any proper wiring diagrams! Couldnt get my EMG kit working but i will try again with the help of your video
Which RG do you have? I’m putting the 81/85 combo on mine, had to do a little custom work to get them to fit. Did you have to buy any extra wires or did everything you need already come with the pickups?
@@MLGDOOFYY I have RGRT421, had to modify the pickups to get them to fit but nothing too bad. Everything i needed came with the pickups + 3way switch and with the help of this video i got them working correctly.
Thanks for the video, this is a massive help!
Thank you I was super upset until I found your video and got it installed tonight after 3 weeks of wrong parts showing up. Thank you and God bless, Jesus is returning for his people soon get saved if you already have not!
You are a legend
Thank you I’m getting a kiesel aries and I was wondering how I was gonna go about it with the pickup selector. But I think this clears it up!
Looks so clean inside. You should see what happens when I am installing pickups 😄😄😄
Thanks buddy! I need to install a battery compartment as well, cause it is just rattling around in the component compartment.
Life saver.
Really helpful video! Thank you so much!
Thank you!I did the 5 way switch and it didn't seem as complicated as the three way....I bought needle files to shave down the pickups screw bracket....I will not cut into my guitar....thought about it.....nah!
on top of that I had to buy a barrel stereo input...Not fun what so ever!
I wish they would put those toggle switches with the EMG pick ups when you’re buying them
There is a seller on Ebay name "don't tell the wife guitars" that sells them with the pickups depending on what set you get.
Good video. Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the video! The EMG diagrams don’t cover the basic setups 2 pickups with 1V, 1T and 1 3-way ST-switch, and it’s been a pain here as well to rewire my guitar. I’m putting passive EMG-HZ’s, so I guess I’ll follow your instructions but won’t connect the red cables.
Hey, I'm doing this same setup and was wondering if you ended up getting this working.
I just use the 3 way tele switch for my 2 humbucker guitars to do 1 volume 1 tone
i think i might buy this because i fried the stock pickup selector switch so i can’t use my neck pickup, maybe with this solderless switch everything will work again
Why is it so hard to find somebody doing an HSS setup with EMGs? I can't find a video. They're all 2 humbucker or 3 singles for strats.
I'm putting in an 81 and two SA's into a Jackson Soloist super strat body. And, I also ordered the EMG 5 way switch.
Here is a diagram if you guys run into trouble. This is for a passive setup that someone sent me. Little different, but it might help. Thanks E Heft!
www.emgpickups.com/pub/static/version1651259959/frontend/Magento/emg-m2_v1/en_US/pdfs/top-wiring-diagrams/2-HZ-1v-1t-B165.pdf
I just bought the passive marty Friedman set, and this switch cause I have a jacksom and the toggle switch will not work, so can I use this even tho I don't have need for a battery? Please someone answer, lol I'm super frustrated, first time buying emg, or any brand new pickups in my 27 yrs of playing guitars.
I know I’m late on the video I have a new solar a1.6 so I’m thinking it’s the same as Washburn did you have to route a bit of the pickup cavity thanks .
thanks for the tutorial and explanations. I just got the 57/66 set..put them in Jackson DK2M. Did the exact schematic like you (switch included from EMG) but when I roll up my volume, I get noise like I would have some ground issues. However, if I touch parts of the guitar, no popping sound comes out. Schematic is just like yours. I compered it to a prewired pickguard fro EMG - the Steve Lukather set on my strat...way less noise in that guitar. Do you know a reason his might be?
OMG, thanks for posting. I was at my wits' end trying to figure out how to use both the BUS and the SWITCH. I figured out.. that well, the only way out is ... NO BUS. Combining EMG PUs and the EMG swith is really the only combination they don't cover in manuals.
Anyway... do you think it's OK to use the switch with passive PUs? I've have passive HZ4s with the EMG switch so I figured that if I exclude battery wiring, it should work....
EDIT: Nevermind, it does work - EMG's just confirmed that to me ;)
I just ordered Kurk Hammett emgs and was wondering the same question. So I bought a 3 way solderless toggle too. So it works without the bus ay?
@@tomduerr988 just put same pickup set in a Jackson DXMG with the 3 way switch too. Follow diagram #7 Daisy Chained Controls on the switch pamphlet. Omit the last spc/active control pot and go straight from the passive tone control pot to the input jack.
That is funny and strange because the literature that came with the switch specifically says "FOR ACTIVE EMG PICKUPS ONLY" lol
Where did you get the green wire does it come with one of the kits
Def appreciate this video bc I got here just to try and verify my own assumptions....which is follow diagram #7 "Daisy Chained Controls"....with the exception you just don't include the extra active control pot they showed in this diagram. Otherwise, completely the same. But I admit, I got looking up your video because the same reason you mentioned, they for whatever reason, did not include a specific diagram labeled and illustrated for such a setup. It assumes you're smart enough to just omit that last active pot and go straight to the input jack from the tone pot. Not impossible to figure out, but frustrating they didn't make it more clear
Scott thank you, I'm uploading a new video surrounding the EMG solderless conversion hardware that kinda expands on a few other issues that EMG doesn't really seem to tackle.
@@jriff79guitar Yea apparently they never thought anyone would buy an active set of pickups AND a solderless switch. heck the official EMG videos show switches with just one set of plugs on them. I assume at one point they were still using the bus that comes with the active pickups to route stuff, but then eventually decided to put all those connections onto the switches PCB. So even their official videos were not a helpful as yours lol
@@metalskizzo exactly, I find EMG products are very good, and thats all I use in my guitars. However, their diagrams and videos lack details for the common guitar player looking to upgrade with their products. The solderless connections are really convenient, but they lack detail in the different ways the toggle switch configurations can be executed for the different oem blade switches that exist in most guitars. I'm covering the Jim Root Daemonum retroactive set I just installed in my Ibanez RG350DX next, and how to use the EMG buss with the standard import 5P blade switch, if you don't have the EMG switch on hand.
Can you use this for 2 volumes instead of volume/tone?
What if you have passive pickups? I have the EMG H4a in the neck and the EMG H4 in the bridge.
I asked EMG directly, and they said the switch will work with passive HZ as well (although in the manual it is mentioned “for active pickups only”). Just don’t plug the battery wires in.
Hey there sir I have a Jackson JS32 with emg 81-85. I have the B165 switch and I followed ur video and got nothing. Not sure what went wrong.
I'm sorry to hear that, you are the 3rd person to reach out to me about this not working. I would recommend looking up the EMG diagram for your setup and following it very closely. Others have had luck with this as you can see, but if I had to guess you probably have a wire somewhere hooked up wrong. Make sure you have the battery hooked up and the input jack wires on the right prongs. The toggle switch wiring can also be a little tricky, get yourself a diagram if you don't already have one. That is about the best I can recommend without looking at it.
@@jriff79guitar hey there thank you for responding. Since I already had it installed with the stock switch, connected with the Buss that
Came with the pickups, I just went ahead and connected it back. Maybe I can get em on the phone. Cuz I have a diagram it came with but that’s no help. But, thank you anyway brother.
very confused where the tremolo ground wire goes. I have the EMG 3 way solderless switch with 1 volume pot and 1 tone pot. 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,
Is yours an active or passive set? You don't really need it on an active pickup set. If you have a ground wire it will need to go to the existing ground that is usually passing through the guitar body into the component compartment.
@@jriff79guitar I have the active set. The only wire I left in the guitar is the ground coming from the tremolo. Just wasn't sure if I needed to use it still or not and where it would go.
@@brendenhoneycutt1979 I would say not. Actives are usually pretty quiet compared to passives do to the preamp inside. You can eliminate it, tape the end or put a piece of shrink tube over the bare wire, your choice.
@@jriff79guitar Awesome thank you so much!
@@brendenhoneycutt1979 no problem!
I did this with a passive set and it hums uncontrollably. Did I do something wrong? I followed everything except the green wire part since my pack only came with a mono jack.
Also the pickup connectors I have are red and green wires, not black and white
@@joeychris1938 never seen that and have done 3 EMG passive systern to Active conversions. May want to contact EMG they are helpful over phone
for what it is worth, the literature clearly says "FOR ACTIVE EMG PICKUPS ONLY". I don't think this specific switch was designed for passive pickups. however, at least one other user chimed in on this video saying they did it with passive pickups and it works so who knows. I know that isn't too helpful, but again, for what it is worth, it may very well be incompatible. I know when I took out my passive pickups to put in the active ones there were additional ground wires soldered to various locations, one spot being directly under the pickup. sounds like you have a ground missing if it hums all the time....and perhaps when you touch a certain part or wire, I bet it stops? if so that is a classic indicator of a ground wire either missing or having a poor connection
Followed this and still can't get any sound at all.
What setup do you have? Is it just like the one in my video?
Yeah one tone, one volume. Emg het set.
@@Romeozdistress strange, you probably have a wire in the wrong spot or something, hard telling without looking at it. I think you are the second person that has issues with the install here in the comments.