Active Jackson Pickups.

[Somnuszoth]

Hi all new to the board.....I have a RR1 with active jackson pups in it.......1. who makes them? and 2. where can i get a diagram. im familiar with emg wirings, but im not sure if theyre just passives with a preamp or actually actives. ill open it up again but any help would be appreciated. Thanks

[Ace]

Re: Active Jackson Pickups.

There is a physical circuit board wired to the VU knob. I believe the actual pickups themselves are passive.

[jgcable]

Re: Active Jackson Pickups.

They are passive for sure. Somebody here will come up with a wiring diagram. I have seen them posted.

[micha]

Re: Active Jackson Pickups.

they are posted almoust dayly at the moment, but heck...

here you are; http://www.jacksonmuseum.com/archive...f88wiring.html

[Somnuszoth]

Re: Active Jackson Pickups.

Thanks guys....I was sure it was posted before but i couldnt find it....sorry for asking again.....ill open it up....i think it has the preamp like my warlock, but there is no toggle switch for it...oh well i think emgs are an order....this was my only axe without them as i liked the sound of the pickups but now its humming something fierce....

[toejam]

Re: Active Jackson Pickups.

Jackson's got a few different active circuits. There's a mid boost, there's a preamp booster, and there's some kind of wah sweep circuit. I think the preamp booster was the only one that used a switch, the others you usually turn with one of the tone pots.

[Somnuszoth]

Re: Active Jackson Pickups.

well opened it up and theres a board in there that looks nothing like the ones on that url posted above.....hmmmmm.....not sure what ill do becuz i have to wait untill next week for the 81 to come in and i cant go that long without playing it.......lol ok thanks for your help guys

[micha]

Re: Active Jackson Pickups.

Originally posted by toejam:
Jackson's got a few different active circuits. There's a mid boost, there's a preamp booster, and there's some kind of wah sweep circuit. I think the preamp booster was the only one that used a switch, the others you usually turn with one of the tone pots.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">never heard about this "wah effect circuit"?
you're not talking about active EQ, are you?

[toejam]

Re: Active Jackson Pickups.

I don't remember the model number offhand (JE-something), but instead of acting like a normal tone control, it would sweep the frequencies from low to high when you turned it... kind of the same effect when moving your foot back and forth on a wah pedal. I know the old Warriors had that circuit. Might have been like a parametric eq type of thing, but I'm not too sure offhand.

[micha]

Re: Active Jackson Pickups.

thx!
I think that's it, what I found in ebay lately...
maybe I'll bid and try out if I can afford... [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]