The EMG EXB, something not widely known

JLS · #1 12-09-2008, 06:16 AM

It will work with passive pickups.

I recently picked up a very pretty Yamaha 5 string (both of my other basses are old, EMG-active, and, shall we say, "weathered"), and was wondering if there were a way to add the expander circuit that has lived for so many years, in the aforementioned basses. EMG's literature has them in the active-only column, so I called EMG to see if I could put a preamp in front of it, and was told that it wasn't necessary, the current model will work with passive pickups.

Well! $47 including (free) shipping later, and several hours on the bench last night, I'm hooked up! The install involved some very judicious chisel work in the tight control compartment, and the replacement of the barrel jack w/the EMG; this necessitated opening up the jack hole with stepped
holecutter, and a 7/8" Forstner bit.

Happy Camper, here...

Webtroll · #2 12-09-2008, 07:27 AM

I have one I plan to drop in a Jazz that's currently out for a dress/crown job. How do you like what the control does?

JLS · #3 12-09-2008, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Webtroll

I have one I plan to drop in a Jazz that's currently out for a dress/crown job. How do you like what the control does?

This is the first bass I've bought in over a decade, and this is the second mod I've done, the first having been a series-parallel switching pot. So, you might infer that I like it, a lot!