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active ngan Passive pickup

Beza active ngan passive pickup plak well, Im an engineer, I likephysics. So lets go to the very basic. Macam mana pickup kuarkan

bunyi? (this only applies to magnetic pickups). Pickup ade magnet kan?So, theres a magnetic field near the pickup. Bile magnetic field tudiganggu oleh besi yg bergerak (tali gitar), pickup tu akan produce asmall electrical signal. Yes, kalo tak connect kat amp pon, your guitaractually produces a very small electrical signal.

Actually mase aku tulis paragraph kat atas ni, I based it entirely on myphysics (electromagnetism) knowledge. And it occurred to me that akutak penah try pon. So I decided to dig some stuff out of my electronicstoolbox dari zaman U dulu, and record the following video. :D

So there. Pickup ni actually hasilkan tenaga elektrik sendiri (electricalpotential to be technically accurate). Even pickup yg power camDiMarzio Evolution tu pon cuma hasilkan a few hundredmillivolts. That signal has to travel through your cable sampai ke amp.

And then the amp amplifies it to something you can hear.

Cable ade rintangan (resistance). Lagi panjang atau lagi halus cable tu,lagi tinggi lah rintangan dia, maka lagi lemah signal yg sampai ke amp.

So signal akan lost sket. Well, aku tak penah ade EMG active pickup, so aku takde experience,especially pasal tone dia. But I think, active pickup system ni dekat gitartu ade preamp system, dia kasi condition sket signal tu, pastu amplifysignal tu, baru hantar ke amp melalui cable. That way the output of theguitar is higher, the signal loss is less significant. A lot of people seem tolike it, maybe it is good, especially for metal and shredding. Tah la. Well,if you ever get the chance, try gitar yg ade passive humbucker, andcompare dengan gitar yg ade active one. I wont spend that much

money before trying it. (Im not sure, but your amp may need a separateinput port for high level input from active pickup).

Whether to use passive single coil, passive fake single coil (cam Area58 tu, actually humbucker that imitates a single coil), passivehumbucker, or active pickup system, is a matter of taste. Malmsteenmain metal pakai single coil kan? (Aku tak sure actually, Im not really afan).

But in your case, since ko cakap gitar ko tu bangsat punya, itsprobably not worth putting an EMG on it. Bape harga gitar ko? RM700camtu? Pasang active pickup kena pasang untuk semua pickups, takkanpakai satu pickup active, lain passive. The output level will be way too

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different (aku punya Evolution ngan Area 58 pon quite differentalready output level dia). How much is set of active EMG? Paling komanpon RM600 kot? Is it worth it? You decide. If you love your guitar somuch, maybe its ok. Macam RG aku, tukar sume pickup tu cost diaaround USD190. Its a big fraction of the guitars original price, but Ireally love the guitar. Its a very important part of my life. So I did it.

Lagi satu active pickup ni kena letak battery (9V). Gitar ko kena modifysket utk letak battery compartment. If it doesnt fit, you may have to cutout some wood out of the body for that. And kalau gitar ko S-S-Sconfiguration, kena cari single coils yg active, camni . Kalo nak yghumbucker punya style, youll at least have to modify the pick guard (or

beli pick guard lain), if not more.

Or, better yet, save the money, get an ESP LTD or something. Im sure you can get an ESP LTD with active pickups for under RM2000.Probably even under RM1500 ( this guy seems to have pretty low price).If you really like playing guitars, thats not much. Guitar isnt just aboutthe pickup. Well made guitars are easier to play.

p/s: Your amp really matters too. Some amps are better for metal thanothers.

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