perhellion Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 Once upon a time, Ty Tabor from King's X swore by active pickups from Fender Elites (I think he played both Elites and Strats with Elite pickups). Later on, he had various signature models and moved away from the Elite pickups. I read somewhere during the "endorsement years" that his current guitar did not use active pickups, but he had a set of the Elite pickups in his rack. It seems simple to run the guitar signal through another pickup that is in a rack or a floor pedal, but what does this do to the sound? I have no idea what Elite pickups sound like, so what if you used this same idea for EMG actives? or a passive for that matter? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syxxstring Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 he'd have to just have the preamp circuit in his rack. pickups need to be near strings to pick up and produce sound. Im not sure what fender had installed in thoose guitars, but he could have boxed/racked a mid-boost or preamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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