Active and Passive pickups in a guitar

[pablogilberto]

Hello!

I'd like to know if anyone here was able to come up with a good solution on how to properly wire a guitar with an active and passive pickups.

I have an HSS guitar.

I want the HB Bridge to be active using EMG active pickups.
I want the Neck and Mid S S to be passive.

I think there will be a mismatch with the pots values.

How can it be done properly?

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks!

[JohnH]

There's a few possibilities. Best if they each feed to their own pots, then switched to the output without mixing them. If you need to mix them, then Id suggest building a small active buffer for the passive pickups, then blending between two active outputs.

What kind of switch / mix options do you want?

[pablogilberto]

Jan 14, 2020 21:11:02 GMT -5 JohnH said:

There's a few possibilities. Best if they each feed to their own pots, then switched to the output without mixing them. If you need to mix them, then Id suggest building a small active buffer for the passive pickups, then blending between two active outputs.

What kind of switch / mix options do you want?

Thanks for the reply JohnH.

I just want a standard 5-way switch HSS wiring wherein the H is an active pickup.

Do you have sample builds/design of a small active buffer for the passive pickups?

Thank you!

[onemc4you]

Wont work like that you must have a active/passive switch also because they all share the same ground wire. Plus if your battery goes bad, the passive wont work either. I believe??? ( without a a/b switch). Its easier to check a switch if it goes out. Safer. Less parts.