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Originally Posted by Arctodus  Prove it. The battery provides a small amount of juice to the pickup meaning the circuit is now live. The characteristics of the woods would become very minor as electricity doesn't translate wood too well. So in the end it would depend on bridge type, nut type, scale of the guitar and number of frets. If I'm wrong please tell me. I've never been a fan of active pickups for two reasons. 1. 9 volt batteries are freaking expensive. 2. Most active pickups to me notch "characteristics" out of the equation and usually sound sterile. |
The battery only goes dead every 1000-3000 hours. They use barely any power at all... and that is an expense I will pay, because actives offer the tone I want. It is true that they are quite compressed sounding, and aren't as "wide open" and dynamic as a lot of passives are. But I like the compressed sound and the attack of an active pickup (which unfortunately can't be matched even by $300cad pickups like the Lundgren M7 - my own personal observation). They only apply an EQ to the pickup, just like a passive would. It just happens in a different way. The woods in the guitar do not become a moot point... I have very clearly noted a difference between every guitar with EMGs I have ever owned.