Dissecting an EMG 85 and comparing how it's built to a budget equivalent

Excellent video! I'm a big fan of EMG's three coil dual mode pickups, especially the 89R, for both neck and bridge positions on guitar, and the 40TW, (flipped around 180°, as they don't offer 40TWRs), for both neck and bridge positions on bass. Perhaps in a future video, you could do a dissection of one. I believe that the dual mode models available are the 89, 89R, 81TW, 57TW, 66TW, 35TW, 40TW, and the 45TW, as well as their X-Series equivalents... 🤔

Hey mate , I’m trying to make a active pickup, I just need the wire schematics for a pcb maker to make and assemble the preamp to this type of device. I would gladly pay for this wiring pcb preamp schematics if you can get it

Are you part of a company? Do you have a website? If so id love to see what you create. Otherwise I appreciate you sharing this with us, you're the only channel that has a video explaining how Active pickups work. Cheers!

Cant you hear the difference?

Oh the old chestnut of the "sound" of a magnet.

check to see if the pickups aren't a similar dimension to the guitar soapbars emg offers for 7, 8, or 9 string guitars. but know that you may not be able to pair them with the onboard preamp. most non-emg active bass systems seem to work with passive pickups connected to an external preamp. i had an esp b-4e that i swapped the pickups in but kept the active preamp and i got regular old passives. (well, not exactly regular - they were the lace alumitones lol)

I'm trying to design an active pickup on my own and I wanted to know if maybe you have the exact dimensions of the bobbins and magnets of the 85?

Daaaamm... Thank you bro! Thank you SOOOO MUCH!!! I wanted to see that video a 5yrs ago, but finally I can finish work on my own copy of 81/85 EMG's for my 7string guitar. Thank you so much 🙏

ceramic magnets are highter pitched than alnico, that cheaper pickup would sound louder if you take away the preamp .. the emg 85 in the neck is purposley to have a deeper tone. youre either purposley lying or dont know... that is why people dont like squier pickups and fender mexican pickups because the ceramic , is too high for them.

If you ever get the chance to take apart either of the 57/66 or either of the 81X/85X sets I'd love to see it, just to see how they differ,