Eric Banjitar
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Hello everyone!
I have questions about wiring. What I wanted was two outputs on my guitar. The first signal is from the electric side. It has a Loller single coil and an EMG hz passive pu. The EMG is coil-tapped from the pot. The loller also has its own volume pot. There are no tone controls. The second output is for the just installed new piezio acoustic pickup (Schatten bj02). It goes through a volume pot and then to output. The output is a stereo cable with the electric side active when inserting a mono cable. Both signals run through the same cable to a splitter box (stereo to mono). The electric side then goes through a vocalizer/tuner pedal and then to a Fender Hotrod deluxe. The acoustic side goes through an a pocket rocket and sonic maximizer on its way to an acoustic (ac60) amp.
I am now having two problems:
First the acoustic side volume pot does not work well. I have read that the 250K pot (I think that is what is in it) will not work well unless it used with a preamp/buffer circuit. I would rather not go active. Are there other options that would allow for volume control on-board the guitar? If not, the pocket rocket (way to big for a pocket, but comfortable on a mic stand in front of me) allows this.
Secondly, I am getting a hum from the electric side that is not present when I am not using the acoustic side. The hum only effects the fender amp. Could it be a difference in impedance causing this? Could the hum be caused by sharing the grounded leg of the stereo cable?
Would it be best to run two mono cables?
Thanks for all of the support!
Eric Banjitar
I have questions about wiring. What I wanted was two outputs on my guitar. The first signal is from the electric side. It has a Loller single coil and an EMG hz passive pu. The EMG is coil-tapped from the pot. The loller also has its own volume pot. There are no tone controls. The second output is for the just installed new piezio acoustic pickup (Schatten bj02). It goes through a volume pot and then to output. The output is a stereo cable with the electric side active when inserting a mono cable. Both signals run through the same cable to a splitter box (stereo to mono). The electric side then goes through a vocalizer/tuner pedal and then to a Fender Hotrod deluxe. The acoustic side goes through an a pocket rocket and sonic maximizer on its way to an acoustic (ac60) amp.
I am now having two problems:
First the acoustic side volume pot does not work well. I have read that the 250K pot (I think that is what is in it) will not work well unless it used with a preamp/buffer circuit. I would rather not go active. Are there other options that would allow for volume control on-board the guitar? If not, the pocket rocket (way to big for a pocket, but comfortable on a mic stand in front of me) allows this.
Secondly, I am getting a hum from the electric side that is not present when I am not using the acoustic side. The hum only effects the fender amp. Could it be a difference in impedance causing this? Could the hum be caused by sharing the grounded leg of the stereo cable?
Would it be best to run two mono cables?
Thanks for all of the support!
Eric Banjitar