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tmoney61092
Intermediate Member
Username: tmoney61092

Post Number: 134
Registered: 9-2008
Posted on Saturday, July 04, 2009 - 10:11 am:   Edit Post

i have a p/j set up of Alembics with volume, pan, and a fliter, i didn't have the connectors so i soldered the pickups to the connectors and to my luck, it didn't work. me and my dad have been trying to figure it out, how do you ground the pickups? if you touch the input jack, it makes popping noises but as soon as you plug it in, there's nothing. so please help me out with this

~Taylor Watterson
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 8318
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Saturday, July 04, 2009 - 12:38 pm:   Edit Post

Taylor, you should post some pictures of what you've done so that the electronics gurus can see where the trouble might be.
terryc
Senior Member
Username: terryc

Post Number: 930
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Saturday, July 04, 2009 - 4:33 pm:   Edit Post

Okay, I have same set up on my old 83 Squier P bass.
As far as I can remember the shield wire should go to the larger pin, the 'hot wire' to the smaller.
Alembic activators do not need grounding as they are not passive.
But having said that we all need picks to ascertain the advice we give.
terryc
Senior Member
Username: terryc

Post Number: 931
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Saturday, July 04, 2009 - 4:34 pm:   Edit Post

I meant pics and not guitar picks(saturday night, too many beers!!!)
tmoney61092
Intermediate Member
Username: tmoney61092

Post Number: 137
Registered: 9-2008
Posted on Monday, July 06, 2009 - 2:03 pm:   Edit Post

oh ok, thanks for the info, i just wanted to make sure i was doing it right, so here are some pictures(crappy camera so sorry if it's hard to see)

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~Taylor Watterson
mario_farufyno
Intermediate Member
Username: mario_farufyno

Post Number: 136
Registered: 9-2008
Posted on Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 5:42 am:   Edit Post

It is hard to see... Tiny and out of focus, sorry

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