Recent content by Chris Kinman

Mayfly said this is why you ground your bridge, so that your body is grounded when you play. Mayfly that's true of regular passive pickups but as I pointed out earlier, EMG's have internal shielding and you don't have to ground the strings, in fact, EMG advise against it.  At one time they made...

There are 2 types of noise, Hum which is cancelled in the pickup and Buzz which can be minimized only by shielding the wiring cavities. EMG pickups have internal shielding so grounding the strings is not necessary, the loss of sonic performance is compensated for by the active electronics...

I have had half a lifetime of experience with dummy coils and rekon I know a thing or two about them.  Some of that knowledge is here https://kinman.com/dummy-coil-talk.php CK