The first two diagrams feature wiring for a single pickup while the rest are for guitars with 2 pickups and 2 styles of selection switch. There will be main lines that are represented by l1 l2 l3 and so on.

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Emg wiring diagram. Electric guitar pickups bass guitar pickups acoustic guitar pickups and accessories emg active passive pickups over 25 years of active pickup technology the original active pickup. Diagram 2 shows the factory pre wired cable. However it doesnt imply link between the wires. The green wire and shield are pre wired to pin 1 and the red wire is pre wired to pin 2. Electric guitar pickups bass guitar pickups acoustic guitar pickups and accessories emg active passive pickups over 25 years of active pickup technology the original active pickup. As stated earlier the traces at a emg wiring diagram signifies wires.
Sometimes the cables will cross. Injunction of 2 wires is generally indicated by black dot in the junction of two lines. Master volume control only 2 refer to. Electric guitar pickups bass guitar pickups acoustic guitar pickups and accessories emg active passive pickups over 25 years of active pickup technology the original active pickup. Emg tb hz instructions page 2 common wiring diagrams. Electric guitar pickups bass guitar pickups acoustic guitar pickups and accessories emg active passive pickups over 25 years of active pickup technology the original active pickup.
Included in this data sheet are the most common wiring diagrams. The red wire is the signal output from the pickup. There are a variety of wiring schemes that can be employed using the 5 wire pickup cable. Emg pickups top 10 emg wiring diagrams electric guitar pickups bass guitar pickups acoustic guitar pickups. Listing of emg top 10 active pickup wiring diagrams for emg 81 85 89 s sa zakk wylde bass pickups and spc exg eq circuits. This is standard humbucking series wiring.
The white and black wires are wired together and covered with shrink tubing.