EMG 24 Volt Upgrade:

I could be wrong. But wasn’t that mod supposed to just open up more headroom on the pickups so you can kinda treat it like a passive as far as using the volume knob to manipulate the tone?
 
Robert Herndon said:
X Series is passive???
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nope they are active, they just lowered the output a bit to give it more head room so you can treat it like a passive. the classic emg's if you lower the volume, all you do is lower the decibels, however they still sound like they are cranked. with the x series as you lower the volume you can actually color the tone, they become less harsh and mellow out. crank them back up and you get your 81-85 tone again.
 
Metal89 said:
nope they are active, they just lowered the output a bit to give it more head room so you can treat it like a passive. the classic emg's if you lower the volume, all you do is lower the decibels, however they still sound like they are cranked. with the x series as you lower the volume you can actually color the tone, they become less harsh and mellow out. crank them back up and you get your 81-85 tone again.
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I love how my EMG's sound in my 2019 Schecter. Its an 81TW/85.
 
Robert Herndon said:
Agreed...

The 81TW is actually two single coils, so when you split it, it's not really a coil split, but actually a single coil...
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oh really cool!! Although to be honest, I’ve never really use coil split. I guess it’s nice to have if I want a single coil sound, but I almost never use it.
 
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