pal1972 Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 can anyone tell me.... the EMG BTC system (prewired bal,vol,bass/trebble) can this be used with passive pickups or is it only for use with emg pickups??? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 I had one in a passive jazz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 From [url="http://www.emginc.com/products/index/137/146/4"]the EMG site[/url]: [i]"[b]For EMG pickups only[/b], the BTC System features a pre-wired balance control (blend) and master volume with the bass and treble on a concentric pot..."[/i] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 The "system" part of it is only for EMG pickups - the volume/blend pots are the wrong values for passive pickups. What you need is the BTC Control on its own, you take care of volume and blend or pickup selecting yourself and feed the results to the BTC Control. The BTC System is a BTC Control bundled with the volume/blend bit. Don't waste money on a BTC System for passive pickups, just get a BTC Control. BTC Control: [url="http://www.emginc.com/products/index/104/146/4"]http://www.emginc.com/products/index/104/146/4[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 [quote name='neepheid' post='665263' date='Nov 25 2009, 04:21 PM']The "system" part of it is only for EMG pickups - the volume/blend pots are the wrong values for passive pickups. What you need is the BTC Control on its own, you take care of volume and blend or pickup selecting yourself and feed the results to the BTC Control. The BTC System is a BTC Control bundled with the volume/blend bit. Don't waste money on a BTC System for passive pickups, just get a BTC Control. BTC Control: [url="http://www.emginc.com/products/index/104/146/4"]http://www.emginc.com/products/index/104/146/4[/url][/quote] +1 and its a cute little pot...good one neipheed...got the 2000 sorted now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 My error. it was a BTC control pot and not system on the jazz I had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pal1972 Posted November 25, 2009 Author Share Posted November 25, 2009 cheers guys, will get a BTC control ordered ASAP!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pal1972 Posted November 25, 2009 Author Share Posted November 25, 2009 just thinking... if i put one in does that mean the output then becomes active or does it stay as passive????? only asking as i have active/passive input in my amp head!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 [quote name='pal1972' post='665535' date='Nov 25 2009, 08:07 PM']just thinking... if i put one in does that mean the output then becomes active or does it stay as passive????? only asking as i have active/passive input in my amp head!![/quote] the output is the output use the passive input to your head if it clips too much ...then use the active they are just words some active pups have less output than some hot passive ones be at ease and just check the clip on the gain or listen for overdrive on your usual settings but now you will have new usual settings my gain is around 3/4 and the volume at 1/4 this means i have loads of headroom so set the gain first with the bass full open and your loudest note...i set mine on a slapped E string Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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