emg 81/85 pickups - noise problems!?!

MLten80

morning gents

i'm having problems with my guitar..
 its got the emg 81/85 set with the 24v mod

its frequently making whoosy/windy noises & crackling etc.. 
 (ill try & capture a vid later to demonstrate)

i've briefly tried to work out if its a pot/input issue by rolling down each pot & flicking the switch trough the 3 positions..
 later i'll be trying a 9v battery, swapping some pots etc

i've tried 3 amps, & the other 2 guitars with emgs in & they are fine...

but has anyone else experienced problems with this set?
 bit vague like, but i'll try & get audio/vid later
 it doesnt sound like the battery dying (that usually goes all quiet & lpf sounding in my experience)

any suggestions/advise appreiciated (except binning them obviously )

guitarfishbay

I’d suggest emailing EMG as they’ve been helpful for me in the past. http://www.emgpickups.com/contacts

My guess is is you’ve got a bad connection or wire, but the only way you’ll find that is changing things on at a time. 

MLten80

Cheers fishman 

I'm going to whip it apart later & have a tweak
 I'm going to have to RIP the other apart too to test if one of the pickups has gone

 Failing that I might go up town & get a new wiring kit

Funkfingers

guitarfishbay said:

My guess is is you’ve got a bad connection or wire

Mine too.

Is this system Quick Connect, old-fashioned hard-wired or a mixture of both?

It would also help to know what selector switch and control pots you are using.

MLten80

Mines all solder less except for an oak 3 way switch 

Hmm... home shortly, time to deconstruct 

Funkfingers

Do you have an EMG157c Buss board in the circuit?

MLten80

Yes indeed, I have a spare so might try that first 

MLten80

So, yeah

After some messing about..
 It turned out to be the 2x a23 batteries doing a massive flap
 Either dying or suddenly not liking it (after some months of being completed)

Luckily I worked it out after checking some wire & bypassing all the pots
 (I was about to leech the bus & output from another strat that would have been more things to put back together lol )

I've taken the 24v loom out & put a new 9v in

Weird, I only play an hour or so here n there during the week & few lots of 2-3hrs practice over the weekend.... a 9v usually lasts me 7 or 8 months
 My gfs guitar with the 24v mod has lasted longer.

I'm going to stick to the 9v again. 24v is cool but the heavier sound it makes is a little love it or hate it.

Anyway

/waffle

Cheers for the input lads

Funkfingers

I suspect that your problem may not have been the +24v power supply mod so much as the current capacity of the A23s compared to PP3s.