What's Wrong With This Picture?

Update:

And the plot thickens... the guy from the "vintage" shop sent me the additional pictures I requested of all the components in the EMG Telecaster set they are selling. Here they are from different angles:

EMG Tele Set 1.jpgEMG Tele Set 2.jpg
EMG Tele Set 4.jpgEMG Tele Set 5.jpg

So... NO multipin connectors and the wire config coming out of the pups is as regular passive as it gets. However (not that it really means anything in the end), there is a battery terminal now, additional to the normal everyday telecaster-appropriate harness (minus the expected three-way switch).

NOW I am confused... I know that EMG makes or made passive pickups, but have not been able to find anything referring to passive pups on their website or even non-solderless options (maybe these are indeed real vintage EMG?). From what I've seen this seems like a solderable version of their solderless T-Set T Set. Opinions? Take it away!
 
I'm not familiar with EMG Tele sets in the slightest and I'm no authority on EMGs in general.
Still, I'm pretty confident early EMG pickups did not have plug connectors.

Whether they even made Tele pickups that far back is another matter.
I think at first they may only have offered humbuckers and Strat sets.

Still, a thick white lead and a thinner red one matches what I remember.
Found this pic of some early humbuckers.

edxiz0rymppvnktsvlf6.jpg
 
OK, I found some reference to older EMGs (pre-solderless multipin connector models) single coils and it seems that the wiring code is pretty straightforward. White center is lead, bare braid is ground and all reds are hot battery leads that connect all together to the red battery terminal wire. Black battery terminal wire is std ground. Ergo, I would think (not assuming as we all know what that is the mother of) that with the exeption of the red wires going to the battery, everything else should connect to the Tele harness the usual way. But then again, I may be wrong...
 
Six String Chef -- did you see post 14 in this thread? I really DID call EMG -- they "have never made a passive set of tele pups" --- "ever"
 
look how much google phu and fone calling was required to determine WTF they are ......... you gotta buy em now....... or send me the link ;) BUWAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
 
---- uhm yeah..... ;)

oh FYI--- if you hate them I CALL DIBS !!!


(look at that @Zzzzz --- a PREEMPTIVE PRE PURCHASE DIBS !!!!!) -- SHAZZAM
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top