[caseynbenson]

hey there!

ok
so I swapped passive Duncans in for the active EMGS in my hellraiser 7...

For grounding- active pickups don't need to be grounded to the bridge/strings if I understand correctly, while passive pickups DO require such grounding.

Now I have an issue because the guitar was not designed for passive pups - there is no easy way to run a ground wire to the TOM bridge posts, (unless i drill... eek).

I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts?

Also, I'm curious how adding an EMG afterburner to my guitar might affect things? Will this make my guitar "active" and can I then avoid grounding in this way???

I emailed EMG Tech support- and I'll post their response here if/when I get one!

rock on

[stubhead]

You'll either have a wire that runs through your guitar (drill) or a wire that runs over your guitar.... I have grounded a flatmount bridge by cutting a bridge-width piece of copper shielding tape that ran over into the pickup hole where I soldered it to ground, but it might be hard to make that look right on a TOM. The glue on that shielding foil is pretty vicious, so I wouldn't count on it being a reversible mod.

[Stitch]

You could just run a finger of copper from the grounding point of the pickup straight to the bridge - its what Fender do on some of the Jazz BAsses, and we all know that Fender always do it best.

If you feel confident you could drill a small channel underneath the body's face to the post but its kind of a hefty job if you aren't very confident.

[caseynbenson]

i appreciate the replies

I will eventually attempt some drilling under the guitar's face... for now I have a wee wire going across the surface.

as for the emg afterburner... adding one would not fix my problem. Passive pups=passive pots (250-500k)= must ground normally.

rock on