My Charvel Model 5 after the EMG 81/85's PICS

[Mjones]

Per my other thread I gave up on getting the stock ones to work and went with these for now, plays and sounds great.

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and one beside my Ibanez pro540 bought new would never sell

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[haffwaythere]

Wow that thing looks in awesome shape!

[Mjones]

Thanks! it really is, has one small ding on the tip and one on the back, got a really good deal on it ( I hope anyway) not even sure the market value but, soon as I picked it up I knew I had to have it.

[DK2M92]

Kahler score! Love it.

[artonsafari]

Thought you said you ruined it in the other thread. Looks pretty dang good to me!

[Mjones]

Ha, Thanks, I was just saying I ruined it by not being able to figure out the wiring of the stock pickups and mid boost control

[LoRydr]

Soon after I bought my M5 new in the late '80s, I put a dimarzio fred PU at the bridge. I also extended the pole pieces of one of the coils by the bridge, and added another single coil under it. I spent some time making a wiring diagram that would work for my switching desires, and a few tweaks to make it really work. Even what used to be a tone control actually blends in that extra single coil in any switch position. That pot is also a push/pull version to split the neck HB.

[Mjones]

Very cool! I need to find something to do with the now just fake control with what use to be the mid-boost.

[toejam]

Nice. Now, if you want it to sound even better, swap the pickups around and put the 85 in the bridge with the 81 in the neck.

[Axewielder]

Very cool! I need to find something to do with the now just fake control with what use to be the mid-boost.

Sweet M5. I had the same dilemma with my Robins' Egg strat and added a SPC control. They are easy to install and product some nice new tones.

EDIT: linky

http://www.emgpickups.com/accessories/guitar-accessories.html

[Mjones]

Beautiful guitar!, and thanks for the tip. I will check it out.

[Axewielder]

Beautiful guitar!, and thanks for the tip. I will check it out.

Thx! That RPC and EXG might be options too, but I don't have experience with those. I've got an EMG 81 in there, and the SPC is useful with it. On another guitar, I went with the Afterburner. That was a medium output passive pup though, I really can't see pairing an Afterburner with a monster pup like the EMG 81.

http://www.emgpickups.com/accessories/guitar-accessories/boost/ab.html

[straycat]

Sure is a pretty M5.

[Mjones]

Did the 18v mod to the emg's very easy and big difference.