capacators with EMG's

mr-cheese · #1 10-06-2007, 07:01 AM

I have an EMG P-pup in my p-bass and want separate bass-mid-treble pots for it.

However the EMG preamps are too big to fit in without routing, so i am looking buy separate pots and turn them into the individual pots.

Here's the problem, I know nothing about capacitors, so can you guys help me and tell me what you think the best capacitors are for the job, and where I can get them? (UK - preferable)
the website says i need "0.1 micro farad capacitors", but this means nothing to me.

Also any wiring diagrams would be much appreciated.

PilbaraBass · #2 10-06-2007, 07:49 AM

dem dere "kap a katers" are sure better than dem dere sweet pataters! don't ya reckon?

to do high mid and bass, you really ought to be using a preamp...how about using something a bit smaller? would an Aquilar OBP-3 fit, instead...otherwise, you'll just have to stick with outboard gear.

mr-cheese · #3 10-06-2007, 08:44 AM

would that work with EMGs?

22pauld22 · #4 10-06-2007, 11:42 AM

any pre or active eq should work with any pickups .. sound alright .. different thing that you can only find out by trial and error ..
I tried an obp 1 with an emg p5 and cs and it sounded better than the bqc I had IMHO ..
but its actually bigger than the emg bqc that was in the bass .. so I don't think your going to fit an aggie in there if the obp3 is similar in size to the obp 1

I guess you'd have to find out exact dimensions

the way you were initialy talking about it was to put low bass and high pass filters in and then a high and low pass filter togeather for the mids .. I'm not sure how this would work without a pre amp to boost to a degree .. I've never heard of a passive eq in an instrument .. maybe someone else has .. I guess its probably because pickups usually have a very small amount of input .. lets see if a9x drops in his is expert on all this preamp

greenboy · #5 10-06-2007, 12:01 PM

Passive L/M/H-pass filters are going to be a pain in the keister to determine and set up, and for the amount of complexity involved - and the lossy nature of that approach, an onboard preamp would be a better bet.

Or you could just forgo all tone-shaping and do that at the head/rack.

mr-cheese · #6 10-06-2007, 12:23 PM

well, ive been talked in to getting a pre...
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