Installation

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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: J-X, JA-X, JCS-X SET (4/5-STRING)

J-X, JA-X, JCS-X SET Page 2

****Tips and Tricks****

Start your installation by:

1) Read the General Notes on Page 2 if you haven’t already

and determine if you have the right output jack for your

instrument. A Stereo 12B type (Included) or a 152B Long Panel

Jack will be required.

2) Remove the strings

3) Remove any existing Pickups and controls

(remember the order and function of each control)

4) Install the EMG Volume and Tone Controls and tighten them in.

5) Then install the pickups keeping any excess cable under the pickup

rather than in the control cavity.

2 Pickups, 2 Volume controls, VLPF Active Master Tone, no selection switch

J-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 coax cable from the Neck Volume control to the Bridge Volume

control.

4) Plug a coax cable from the Bridge Volume control the VLPF Master Tone control.

5) Plug the output cable from the VLPF Master 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) Put the battery in the insulating foam piece provided and place it securely in the

control cavity.

We suggest that you plug in the instrument and test it before closing the

control cavity.

- 9V +

NECK

VOLUME

OUTPUT

OUTPUT CABLE

BRIDGE

VOLUME

ACTIVE

TONE

NOTE REVERSED CONNECTOR!

BATTERY

BUSS

BRIDGE PICKUP

NECK PICKUP

Diagram #3

B118 Active Balance Control

Active 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 VLPF Active Tone Control shown in this diagram can be replaced with the

EMG-EXB Expander, EMG-BTC Control (Active Bass and Treble EQ) or the VMC.

MASTER

VOLUME

BATTERY

NEG (-) BLACK

ACTIVE

TONE

NOTE REVERSED CONNECTOR!

RED

BOTTOM VIEW

B118

ACTIVE BALANCE

CONTROL

- 9V +

OUTPUT

BATTERY

BUSS

EMG Neck Pickup

(Upper 3-pin header)

EMG Bridge Pickup

(Lower 3-pin header)

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

ACTIVE

TONE

MASTER

VOLUME

OUTPUT

JACK

Diagram #2

Volume / Volume

Master Tone (Passive)