good amp for active pickups?

So i just bought a schecter with active EMG 81 and 85 pickups and was wondering if there should be something in specific when I look for an amp to play this guitar with. Any suggestions?

Personally I'm not a big fan of active pickups. That said, you have to realize that what you have is simply an on-board preamp. The amp you choose will have more to do with your budget and playing style. I will always recommend all tube amps. They tend to be a bit more expensive but that tone is just not reproducible. You can get close but you won't have "THAT" tone.

If you can afford it I always recommend the H&K triamp. The head will set you back $3000. Likely the most versatile all tube amp on the market today.

This is true about the tube amp in my opion as well. However just because it is a "tube amp" does not make all things well. There are different sounds to different tube amps...DUH. Ok I have worked alot with Dave Mason and a quite a few others, and the sound he gets from his set up is out standing. Dave, as you may or may not know, does his share of accoustic electric sound in his show. He uses three "Bob Bradsaw" designed pre amps....Bob is with C.A.E. That is Custom Audio Electronics. Dave then runs the out put into two Fender Devilles. The preamps do all the work for clean, crunch, and lead / solo drive. Again the sound is great. I will also say that this set up very expensive. You can get just one preamp from Bob....check out thier web site....Google it.

I reccomened a Peavy 112 Combo. Shoot for something with built in effects as well. I have a Peavy Transtube EFX 112 and its an awsome amp, is also solidstate btw. If your looking for a good small tube amp, look into a Vox or Peavy.

All depends on the tone you want. I use an EMG 81 off the bridge on one of my guitars for lead - I find that it helps to cut through rhythm sections nicely and adds a little burn to distorted tones. IF you want rack mounted preamp that you can either go direct to a PA, DI to pc for recording or go through a poweramp and cab then I recommend either a Rocktron Prophesy II or Mesa Boogie Triaxis. If you just want an amp I would go for a Marshall TSL60 - great variety of tones, heavy as hell and tube driven. You can also get the head/cab combo of the same. 100 watts of tube power if total overkill as you have to crank it to get the tone unless you can get a powerbreak BUT I believe the TSL series has a powerbreak built in.

i dont know if this will make sense but here it goes.

do you hang out at the guitar shop? i dont know if you can do this at guitar centers but if your known at a non chain music shop and the owneres/staffers are cool ask them if you can bring you guitar by and try out some amps. i know atleast at the shop i hang out at they guys who run it have know me since i was i4and i used to go in there every day after school and play the guitars. i guess it might be worth a try.

A good amp gives the output voltage of pickups varies between 100 mV rms to over 1 V rms for some of the higher output types. Some high-output pickups achieve this by employing very strong magnets thus creating more flux and thereby more output. These can be detrimental to the final sound because the magnets can tend to attract the strings and damp them thus greatly reducing sustain. Other high-output pickups have more turns of wire to increase the voltage generated by the string's movement

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