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Kill switch wiring

#8
Well, I don't know much about those EMG pickups. I've heard that some of them have 'built-in' preamps. Is that the case with yours? (I'm lookin' at the battery, and don't see any electronics). :)

Ordinarily, I'd say that short circuiting the output jack would be the way to go. But don't know what this might do to the preamp, if it doesn't have some protection in it, it won't be happy with a zero ohm load. If it tries to keep up, it'll surely fry the preamp chip (or transistor, or whatever it uses).
 
#9
the controls are passive, but the pickups are active.....meaning the signal is boosted in the pickups, and the volumes and tone are just passive cut-only standard pots...but 25K pots.

i was planning on putting a 100K ohm resistor between the switch and the ground. that's what was described in the other thread. is a capacitor a better idea? if so, could you help me out with the value of capacitor?
 
#10
.1 mfd or something like that. Try both, and see if you notice any difference. Try what works best. You could do some calculations and see if you could find the value of capacitor that would block out any hum that might get through on the guitar side, but it really would be unneccessary. But like I said, try both an pick the one that seems to work best for you.
 
#14
Ok.... it's done. i tried putting the switch on the battery line with a capacitor, but the result was the output being about half what it usually is, and the switch having no effect..... so i put the switch on the output line......but for some reason, i just put the common on the switch to the output of the pickups, then put one 'ON' side through a resistor to the output jack......i'm not sure why i did this, but it worked. B+) then after reassembling the bass, i realized how i had wired it, and ripped it all apart again.... and wired one ON to the jack, and the other ON through a 100K resistor to ground. works like a charm.

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It's basically this one with a 100k resistor instead of a capacitor.

would a capacitor be a better idea? any reason that the resistor is bad? it works, but i'm looking for the best possible solution.
 

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