Installation Instructions

Active Guitar Humbuckers

All of our active guitar humbuckers (with the exception of the older active pickups ES1 and EVQ) have the same output pin arrangement and the same basic wiring.

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This applies to the E90, E90-D, ETC-D, E88-C, E88-D, E92C-B and E94-D.

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E88-D wiring instructions (content applies to most active humbuckers - 78KB)

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E88-D graphs and added instructions (content applies to most active humbuckers - 137KB)

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E92C-B added instructions (wideband mid boost - PAF -like voicing - 45KB)

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Active Humbucker - wiring diagram (Vol.(push-pull active/passive), Pickup Selector sw., Boost sw., Neck Tone, Bridge Tone - 75KB)

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E90 with two single 3XV single coils (SSH configuration with 5-way sw., 1 Volume, 2 Tones - 70KB)

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E90 with two single 3XV single coils (w/ boost switch) (SSH configuration with 5-way sw., 1 Volume, 2 Tones, Boost sw. - 74KB)

Blend Control Wiring Diagrams

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Old Alpha brand 25K or 250K Blend Pot. Wiring (.PDF - 50 KB)

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New Alpha brand or Noble brand 25K or 250K Blend Pot. Wirings (.PDF - 50 KB)

Switch Wiring Diagrams

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Dual Coil Pickups with 4 conductor cable - wiring diagrams (34 KB)

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Stereo Jack Lugs (5 KB)

TCT family (interactive Treble/Mid/Bass) wiring diagrams

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Active/Passive switching

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NTCT (built-in mid cut set at 400 Hz)

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NTCT-B (low gain first stage for hot humbuckers like MMC, W4C, etc)

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NTCT-H (high gain for low output pickups like 9V, 59V, etc.)

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NTCT-LZ (low impedance input for use with input buffers like DTA_1, etc. - lowest noise)

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TCT (built-in mid cut set at 300 Hz)

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TCT-B (low gain first stage for hot humbuckers like MMC, W4C, etc)

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TCT-H (high gain for low output pickups like 9V, 59V, etc.)

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TCT-LZ (low impedance input for use with input buffers like DTA_1, etc. - lowest noise)

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XTCT (built-in mid cut set at 500 Hz)

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XTCT-B (low gain first stage for hot humbuckers like MMC, W4C, etc)

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XTCT-H (high gain for low output pickups like 9V, 59V, etc.)

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XTCT-LZ (low impedance input for use with input buffers like DTA_1, etc. - lowest noise)

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NTBT family(independent Treble/Bass)wiring diagrams

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Active/Passive switching - older (i) preamps

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Active/Passive switching - newer (N) preamps

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2 pickups, 2 knobs, 2 band EQ (stacked Vol/Vol, stacked Treble/Bass)

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NTBT (9 volt) (use gain trimpot from drawing above)

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old TBT(65 KB)

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NTMB family (independent Treble/Mid/Bass)wiring diagrams

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Active/Passive switching - older (i) preamps

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Active/Passive switching - newer (N) preamps

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NTMB (9 volt)

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NTMB-918 (9 volt and 18volt capable) (.pdf - 53KB)

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NTMB-18 (18 volt)

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NTMB-F (9 volt)

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NTMBF-18 (18 volt)

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NS2TMB-18 w/ DB18.1 Dual Buffer (18 volt) (.pdf - 45KB)

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MPXTBT-D

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MPXTBT-D Buffered Two Band tone control w/ Magnetic and Piezo Inputs (.pdf - 40KB)

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