not quite. actives do have aonly a few loops arround the coils. but in a way this actually good because there will be less resisntance in the wire as it is shorter. this means it will not loose treble. too many coils means lost treble.

but the actives wont pick up little fluctuations in the frequency of the string caused by the wood.

actives good even response. but little soul.

best advice check out emg websight. they know wy more about actives than me. then go say seymore duncan or dimarzio and check out there passives.