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Title: Alembic electronics
Post by: tmoney61092 on July 04, 2009, 10:11:21 AM

i have a p/j set up of Alembics with volume, pan, and a fliter, i didn't have the connectors so i soldered the pickups to the connectors and to my luck, it didn't work. me and my dad have been trying to figure it out, how do you ground the pickups? if you touch the input jack, it makes popping noises but as soon as you plug it in, there's nothing. so please help me out with this
 
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Title: Alembic electronics
Post by: David Houck on July 04, 2009, 12:38:05 PM

Taylor, you should post some pictures of what you've done so that the electronics gurus can see where the trouble might be.

Title: Alembic electronics
Post by: terryc on July 04, 2009, 04:33:13 PM

Okay, I have same set up on my old 83 Squier P bass.
As far as I can remember the shield wire should go to the larger pin, the 'hot wire' to the smaller.
Alembic activators do not need grounding as they are not passive.
But having said that we all need picks to ascertain the advice we give.

Title: Alembic electronics
Post by: terryc on July 04, 2009, 04:34:18 PM

I meant pics and not guitar picks(saturday night, too many beers!!!)

Title: Alembic electronics
Post by: tmoney61092 on July 06, 2009, 02:03:31 PM

oh ok, thanks for the info, i just wanted to make sure i was doing it right, so here are some pictures(crappy camera so sorry if it's hard to see)
 
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~Taylor Watterson

Title: Alembic electronics
Post by: mario_farufyno on July 08, 2009, 05:42:48 AM

It is hard to see... Tiny and out of focus, sorry