RED WIRES
FROM PICKUPS
MASTER
VOLUME
OUTPUT
BATTERY
NEG (-) BLACK
B118
ACTIVE BALANCE
CONTROL
9V+ POWER BUSS
RED
RED
RED
EMG Active Neck Pickup
(Upper 3 pin header)
EMG Active Bridge Pickup
(Lower 3 pin header)
BOTTOM
VIEW
T
R
S
- 9V +
TONE
B124rH
MASTER
TONE
TONE
B124rH
OUTPUT CABLE
MASTER
TONE
General Notes:
Every attempt has been made to make this a solderless installation.
There are some instances where this is not possible;
1) If your instrument uses the long panel output jack and you had passive pickups
you will need a new stereo output jack, the Switchcraft 152B is recommended.
Soldering to the new jack will be required, see page 3.
2) Power Supply tips are on page 4. If your instrument has a battery holder,
you are installing this pickup with an older EMG, or you want to supply your
instrument with +18 Volts, see page 4 for tips to avoid soldering.
Installation Instructions:
EMG Models: EMG
PJ SET
EMG PJ SET Page 2
2 Pickups, 2 Volume controls, 1 Master Tone, no selection switch
PJ-Bass Style wiring
Refer to Diagram #2
1) Install the Pickups and route the Pickup cables to the control cavity.
If the cables are too long, keep any excess under the pickup.
2) Mount the Volume and Tone controls into the body / pickguard.
Plug the Neck Pickup Cable onto the Neck Volume control.
Plug the Bridge Pickup Cable onto the Bridge Volume control.
3) Plug a connect cable from the Neck Volume control to the Bridge Volume
control.
4) Plug a connect cable from the Bridge Volume control to the Tone control.
5) Plug the output cable from the Tone control and connect the output
wires to the output jack by pushing the connectors on as shown.
WHITE wire onto the TIP (T) contact,
BLACK wire onto the SLEEVE (S) contact
BLACK Battery Negative wire onto the RING (R) contact.
6) Plug the RED Wires of the pickups onto the V+ Supply Buss (RED Shroud)
along with the RED of the battery clip.
Extra pins on the V+ Supply Buss are for EMG Accessories.
7) Wrap the battery in insulating foam and place it securely in the control cavity.
We suggest that you plug in the instrument and test it before closing the
control cavity.
Diagram #3
B118 Active Balance Control
Master Tone / Master Volume
This installation can be used for instruments with 3 control positions like
the diagram above, but use a Balance control instead of 2 Volume controls.
The Tone Control shown in this diagram can be replaced with VLPF Active
Tone Control, EMG-EXB Expander, EMG-BTC Control (Active Bass and Treble EQ)
or the VMC.
VOLUME
B122rH
VOLUME
B122rH
- 9V +
OUTPUT
T
R
S
OUTPUT CABLE
FROM NECK PICKUP
FROM BRIDGE PICKUP
BR VOLUME
NK VOLUME
BATTERY
NEG (-)
RED
RED
BATTERY
BUSS
VOLUME
B122rH
Installation Instructions:
Diagram #1
Insert the plug onto the 3-pin header
of the pickup as shown above.
Note the orientation arrow.
NECK
PICKUP
BRIDGE
PICKUP
ABC
CONTROL
TONE
MASTER
VOLUME
OUTPUT
JACK
Diagram #2
Volume / Volume
Master Tone
E/A SIDE
B/E/A SIDE
D/G SIDE
D/G/C SIDE
Diagram #1a
