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29. Aug 2017
Blues with actives? Oh yes!
I had been planning to upgrade the PUs in my MIM HSS strat for a while. Months of researching online led me to hundreds of 'opinions' that active PUs were 'sterile' and 'only for metal' etc. etc. However, always wanting to try something different (I have many guitarist friends all questing for 'classic tones'), I delved a bit further. Turns out lots of non-metal guitarists use actives (apparently they were originally developed for jazz!). You can find this exact set (EMG SA/SA/85) in the £5k Mark Knopfler signature Suhr...
So I took the plunge and ordered a set. In the box is everything you need to install the PUs, including the 5-way selector blade, 250k volume/tone pots and fixings etc. I had the swop finished in less than an hour. No soldering. One caveat though - The stock humbucker in my MIM HSS strat had three mounting screws but the EMG 85 has two. Rather than drill a new hole in between and leave or fill the original two, I just bought a new pickguard online. Less than £20 for a non-Fender one but of very high quality (three-ply etc. MIJ).
The guitar now sounds amazing, large and alive! I predominantly play blues, from clean slow licks to much heavier distorted tones as well as rock, funk and a bit of metal. I like the compression the PUs give (personal tastes and all that...) and the high output means that at neighbour-friendly volumes the clean channel of my Marshall VS100 breaks up beautifully. The pots can be used to 'dial in' in the tone to my satisfaction (I don't do this a great deal) and the improvements in sustain are really noticeable. Great feedback at higher gain too. Lastly, when I've had a bad day, I get home and blast through some Metallica or Megadeth and it sounds amazing :)
All in all, very happy!
01. Jul 2020
Great
Good size for a hobby course angler, seems well made and sturdy, easy to use.