Comments on: EMG Pickup Installation in a Gibson Explorer (part 4) http://acdub.com/blog/2007/11/20/emg-pickup-installation-in-a-gibson-explorer-part-4-replacing-parts/ Your personal guide to the wide, wide world of webs Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:51:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: AlexM http://acdub.com/blog/2007/11/20/emg-pickup-installation-in-a-gibson-explorer-part-4-replacing-parts/comment-page-1/#comment-365 AlexM Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:01:16 +0000 http://acdub.com/blog/?p=9#comment-365 Your blog is interesting! Keep up the good work! Your blog is interesting!

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]]> By: AlexM http://acdub.com/blog/2007/11/20/emg-pickup-installation-in-a-gibson-explorer-part-4-replacing-parts/comment-page-1/#comment-362 AlexM Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:34:29 +0000 http://acdub.com/blog/?p=9#comment-362 I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road! I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road!

]]> By: Andy http://acdub.com/blog/2007/11/20/emg-pickup-installation-in-a-gibson-explorer-part-4-replacing-parts/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Andy Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:04:52 +0000 http://acdub.com/blog/?p=9#comment-4 Thanks for your comments! That makes perfect sense about the battery ground, I'm kind of embarrassed I didn't think of that. It is definitely a good thing to have a way to break the circuit, but I really would have rather them put a switch on the output jack or something like that. I really don't like having to unplug the guitar everytime I'm done with it. As for the external power supply, I was concerned that it will add noise to the signal. I might try to rig it up and see how bad it is. I just wish there was something better than putting that damn battery in the control cavity. Thanks for your comments!

That makes perfect sense about the battery ground, I’m kind of embarrassed I didn’t think of that. It is definitely a good thing to have a way to break the circuit, but I really would have rather them put a switch on the output jack or something like that. I really don’t like having to unplug the guitar everytime I’m done with it.

As for the external power supply, I was concerned that it will add noise to the signal. I might try to rig it up and see how bad it is. I just wish there was something better than putting that damn battery in the control cavity.

]]> By: CowKleaver http://acdub.com/blog/2007/11/20/emg-pickup-installation-in-a-gibson-explorer-part-4-replacing-parts/comment-page-1/#comment-3 CowKleaver Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:34:58 +0000 http://acdub.com/blog/?p=9#comment-3 The reason they separate the Battery ground from the signal ground is so that when no cable is plugged in, the circuit is broken. That way no cable in the guitar == electronics switched off. If you attached the battery negative terminal to the signal ground the circuit would always be turned on and your batt would drain pretty fast. They just wanted to avoid making you install a switch. As for an external power source, its a good idea and one I was considering myself, but due to the electronics they are using in the pickups any noise that comes from the cable will be amplified and become a real problem (or not, depending on your cable and ambient electrical noise). It really is best to use a battery even though its kinda a pain I agree. The reason they separate the Battery ground from the signal ground is so that when no cable is plugged in, the circuit is broken. That way no cable in the guitar == electronics switched off. If you attached the battery negative terminal to the signal ground the circuit would always be turned on and your batt would drain pretty fast. They just wanted to avoid making you install a switch.

As for an external power source, its a good idea and one I was considering myself, but due to the electronics they are using in the pickups any noise that comes from the cable will be amplified and become a real problem (or not, depending on your cable and ambient electrical noise). It really is best to use a battery even though its kinda a pain I agree.

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