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newfinator
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Joined: 08/01/03
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newfinator
New Member
Joined: 08/01/03
Posts: 2
08/01/2003 2:52 pm
I’ve been playing for over twenty years and have had just about every configuration of guitar pickups imaginable. I even had a Kramer Pacer Imperial with an EMG81 (active) in the bridge and a Dimarzio PAF Pro (passive) in the neck which I was told was not possible.

Anyway, I’ll never have another active pickup in any of my guitars. At first I thought they were great but over time I began to notice that something was missing and that they sounded sterile. I have decided that passive pickups seem to deliver more tone for my taste. I have been putting Dimarzio Evolutions in most of my guitars lately but am also very fond of the pickups in my Wolfgang. I wish I could get one of those for my Jem to see how it matched.