Seymour Duncan
What are the differences between EMGs and Seymour Duncan Blackouts?
So I'm going to build a guitar and I was wondering which one I should choose. I've heard that the EMGs sound more sterile than the Blackouts but I still want to be able to play music other than metal. Also, would it be possible to mix active and passive pickups?
I think the main differences are that some EMG's are active and have a 9v battery, but most Seymour Duncan's and Seymour Duncan Blackouts are active. You still would get a similar tone as the EMG's but they're passive so if you wanted to install some into your general humbucker you could do that without having to install a battery holder and what not.
It is possible to mix both pickups, but unless you have a battery holder you'd have to get an EMG Hz, which is just the same as a normal EMG but it's passive instead of active.
Both EMG's and Seymour Duncan's are made for metal, but I'm sure you'd be able to play whatever you want with them. I mean I play Greenday and Nirvana using my EMG's 
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