Jackson / EMG pickups

[_FollowTheReaper_]

I need some advice about guitar pickups.. I plan to change the EMG HZ (or H4?) on my Jackson DKMG to EMG 81 / 85, with a pa-2 preamp booster. But I really don't know anything about. How do active pickups change from passive?
And also, I know the (at least old) Laiho's RRs had Jackson J-50-BC, with the JE-1000 electronics and I kinda like the sound he had in the albums he recorded with these guitars.

Can we order the Jackson gear (J50BC+JE100) somewhere on the internet? I can get the EMG81+85+PA2 fromThomann, but I didn't find the Jackson pickups. They may be only available through custom shop? I dunno.

Well if you have experienced or have something to say about it, thank you for helping me out.

 

[Zygote]

takes a shit on top of the emg factory

 

[Leandro]

Why the fuck would you want a pa-2 + an active emg? There's plenty enough output on it already! Unless you want to sound like muddy shit

 

[_FollowTheReaper_]

I dunno, on www.thomann.de they sell a pack which consists of EMG81/85 + PA2. I thought it was equivalent to the Jackson pickup + JE1000. But again, I dunno much shit about all of this.

 

[Draznog]

if its one of those kirk hammet sets then there actully quite good if you already have active pups .

 

[bobvex]

don't get a 81 with a Pa-2, leave the HZ in there and use a PA 2 if you want.

That's what i did.

 

[rayden_ad]

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[Deadnight Warrior87]

if its one of those kirk hammet sets then there actully quite good if you already have active pups .

True, I used to have the Hammet model with EMG 81's. It was really sweet, but getting a pa-2, thats just overkill, and unnessecary.

 

[Leandro]

I dunno, on www.thomann.de they sell a pack which consists of EMG81/85 + PA2. I thought it was equivalent to the Jackson pickup + JE1000. But again, I dunno much shit about all of this.

The jackson pickup is medium-high output, more or less like a overwound paf.
Active emgs are ultra high output, an emg 81 alone will have more or less the same output as jackson+je1000.

 

[Elysian893]

The jackson pickup is medium-high output, more or less like a overwound paf.
Active emgs are ultra high output, an emg 81 alone will have more or less the same output as jackson+je1000.

the pickups themselves are fairly low to mid output, its the active electronics that boost it up.

 

[Leandro]

the pickups themselves are fairly low to mid output, its the active electronics that boost it up.

Yeah, but you can't turn the preamp off on an emg
EDIT: And that's yet another reason why it's stupid to put a pa2+active emg

 

[bobvex]

PA-2 + Passive = best


Clean cleans, and nasty disgusting Od's

 

[Leandro]

PA-2 + Passive = best


Clean cleans, and nasty disgusting Od's

agreed

 

[Md Player]

^indeed.

But If you want to put active EMGs put 85 in the bridge and 81 in the neck and that leads to better sound.

 

[Draznog]

im thinking about buting the new seymore duncan DM series actives.