Originally posted by Madsman
Holdsworth uses active electronics in his guitars,.
Originally posted by Unburst
Are you sure about this?
Every time I've seen AH's guitars they had Seymour Duncans and passive eq, even the Steinbergers.
Originally posted by KTT
Correct,Allan Holdsworth does not use active electronics in his guitars,he likes passive wiring,the mid "hump" comes from post eq on the amp,and rolling the tone/volume knob back on the guitar
He DID use EMGs for a while on his "Secrets" album but he doesn't strictly use active pickups. Now he uses a custom Duncan pickup (custom as in custom shop, not the production model duncan.) It's similar to the 59 although it has two rows of screws and it is slightly underwound (putting a regular 59 neck pickup in the bridge would get you a similar output) and I've also heard that the magnets are A2 but some people say it's A5 (chip on the Holdsworth forums will know.)Originally posted by Madsman
I could have SWORN they were EMGs in the Holdsworth video. I must be getting something confused. My bad.
Originally posted by muddy
ah, forgot about the tube zone. one of the clips on the miaudio site nails his tone.![]()
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