I have an older Boogie Bodies that I put together about 25 years ago, it has a 2tek bridge, and I thought that emg's would go well with the 2tek. I put an 89 at the neck (which is their "splitable" single/hum model) wired into a pull switch in the volume pot, and my old emg58 at the bridge. I like the single coil tone at the neck (I prefer single coil at the neck in most guitars), however the single coil is quiet enough to be a bit of a problem when switching to the much louder bridge pup. I did a little research, and emailed EMG, they suggested a 10k and a 15k resistor (see attachment), I also added those resistors to the positive lead on the 58 at the bridge, and now the output is much better balanced as compared to the single coil at the neck. I think I need to add a slightly higher value resistor to the hum at the neck, but overall the guitar is much improved. My amp builder friend (who gave me the resistors) suggested temporarily wiring in a 100k pot, dialing it to where I like the volume, disconnecting it and then measuring the resistance in that position for the desired volume drop. Is wiring in a resistor pretty much the same as a ()fixed volume knob rolled off a bit for that pickup?, it would seem so.
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I have an older Boogie Bodies that I put together about 25 years ago, it has a 2tek bridge, and I thought that emg's would go well with the 2tek. I put an 89 at the neck (which is their "splitable" single/hum model) wired into a pull switch in the volume pot, and my old emg58 at the bridge. I like the single coil tone at the neck (I prefer single coil at the neck in most guitars), however the single coil is quiet enough to be a bit of a problem when switching to the much louder bridge pup. I did a little research, and emailed EMG, they suggested a 10k and a 15k resistor (see attachment), I also added those resistors to the positive lead on the 58 at the bridge, and now the output is much better balanced as compared to the single coil at the neck. I think I need to add a slightly higher value resistor to the hum at the neck, but overall the guitar is much improved. My amp builder friend (who gave me the resistors) suggested temporarily wiring in a 100k pot, dialing it to where I like the volume, disconnecting it and then measuring the resistance in that position for the desired volume drop. Is wiring in a resistor pretty much the same as a ()fixed volume knob rolled off a bit for that pickup?, it would seem so.
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