If I take the tone pot out of an EMG circuit...

[DannyM]

If I take out the tone pot on an emg equipped guitar, does the tone of the guitar become as it would be with the tone pot on 0 ? Or is the circuit like if the tone pot is on 10 ? 5 ?

 

[ActiveCape]

If you do it on a regular guitar (passive pickups), it'll sound like your tone is on 10, with a tad more punch and clarity. I guess it's the same with EMGs ?

 

[rottingcorpse]

All of my custom builds are that way. Emg81, volume, kill switch. I would imagine it's like the tone is maxed, because without the tone knobs potentiometer and cap, there is nothing else in the circuit.

 

[Tone Monster]

If you do it on a regular guitar (passive pickups), it'll sound like your tone is on 10, with a tad more punch and clarity. I guess it's the same with EMGs ?

It is. I snipped the tone circuit in an EMG loaded guitar and it sounded better. 5% more oomph

 

[ActiveCape]

I remove the tone controls out of my humbucker-equiped guitars also
Only on the ones I use for higher gain stuff (not semi-hollow and such)

 

[magh8]

tone wide open