[Comments] Latest Comments from Ultimate-Guitar.Com. en-us Copyright 1998-2013 Ultimate-Guitar.Com. All rights reserved. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html webmaster@ultimate-guitar.com Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:05:38 -0400 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:49:56 -0400 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/img/logo_rss.gif http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/ 144 44 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html#u_1 POSTED: 08/20/2009 05:43pm]]> Comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:43:19 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html#u_2 mountaindrewy10 wrote:

ive got passive pickups, is it possible to put in active pickups in it? i have no clue what to do... i was thinking about getting a pair of emg 81 and 85.. plz help
Yes, you can. All you need is a space to put a 9-volt battery.
POSTED: 08/31/2009 04:55pm]]> Comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:55:56 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html#u_3
after the battery had run out...must we change the battery or the whole emg pickup set?
POSTED: 09/08/2009 11:34pm]]> Comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:34:52 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html#u_4 Wonka16 wrote:

These are "active" pickups so they are run off of a nine volt battery. The battery is turned on when there is a cable in the input jack, and turned off when unplugged. Leaving your guitar plugged in is not a good idea. They claim the batterys have a life of 3000 hours but who knows?

after the battery had run out...must we change the battery or the whole emg pickup set?
just the battery.
POSTED: 10/05/2009 10:16am]]> Comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:16:30 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html#u_5 Wonka16 wrote:

These are "active" pickups so they are run off of a nine volt battery. The battery is turned on when there is a cable in the input jack, and turned off when unplugged. Leaving your guitar plugged in is not a good idea. They claim the batterys have a life of 3000 hours but who knows?

after the battery had run out...must we change the battery or the whole emg pickup set?

HOLY EXPLETIVE, THANK GOD NO, just the battery man, can you imagine replacing a set of pickups every time the battery ran out????
POSTED: 01/07/2010 02:39pm]]> Comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:39:46 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html#u_6 POSTED: 01/11/2010 05:23pm]]> Comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:23:58 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html#u_7 POSTED: 01/11/2010 07:51pm]]> Comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:51:17 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html#u_8
Is it hard to change the battery? Or is it just taking off the back panel and switching?? I guess my question is if it's an easy do-it-yourself change?
POSTED: 02/25/2010 07:16pm]]> Comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:16:34 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html#u_9
POSTED: 02/25/2010 07:41pm]]> Comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:41:45 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html#u_10 POSTED: 07/17/2010 02:12pm]]> Comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:12:07 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html#u_11 POSTED: 10/02/2010 10:09am]]> Comments Sat, 02 Oct 2010 10:09:48 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html#u_12 POSTED: 12/03/2010 12:42pm]]> Comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:42:57 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html#u_13 POSTED: 12/29/2010 03:52pm]]> Comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:52:35 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html#u_14 POSTED: 03/03/2011 02:59pm]]> Comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:59:42 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html#u_15 marshallrocks :
Are these pickups any good on a clean setting?

Yeah, they are. Specially if you don't set your strings too low.
POSTED: 03/16/2011 08:40am]]> Comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:40:16 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html#u_16 POSTED: 07/19/2011 08:43am]]> Comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:43:12 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html#u_17 POSTED: 07/31/2011 01:47pm]]> Comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:47:59 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html#u_18
If I bought a Gibson Explorer, and switched the pick-ups to EMG 81/85 or 60/85, would I be able to place the 9 volt battery beneath the pickguard?
POSTED: 08/28/2011 01:38pm]]> Comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:38:37 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html#u_19 POSTED: 09/15/2011 10:52pm]]> Comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:52:23 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html#u_20 POSTED: 10/19/2011 03:48pm]]> Comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:48:54 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html#u_21 I have these in a USA Bich w/Kahler and I really do not like them. They sound too sterile alone... I need to use both at the same time and blend them together with the two volume pots to get a decent tone.
I am also thinking these pickups are no good for guitars with tremlos, tremlos tend to suck out the low end.
I think these actives have a really flat output...i.e. don't add volume to any particular frequency and that's why I need to use both pickups at the same time.
Its funny ...I always wanted EMG's but now that I have them I really don't care for them.
POSTED: 12/26/2011 12:46am]]> Comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:46:23 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/pickups/emg/8185_active_humbucker_pickup_set/index.html#u_22 POSTED: 10/16/2012 05:49pm]]> Comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:49:56 -0400