Re: DIY pickups on Reverb?
For sure, yes people have developed their own pickups. This is from a chat with Jaap who pioneered an ACTV-3, which sounds very nice. You’ll recognises the EMG quality immediately!
viewtopic.php?p=130485#p130485Here’s a couple of demos:
https://youtu.be/QgRFYw5A6fs?si=oEngtY0GDuhbsETehttps://youtu.be/uQJMeW8XqD0?si=zYkerE_glZoJ3Ki8I had plans a while back to fabricate an ACTV-4. The EMGs can be driven with 18v for extra headroom, which you hear on some bass and guitar forums occasionally. On the active side it would be possible to make a phase inversion circuit to get that hollowed-out sound from the EMGs. One day…
I’m interested in a pickup like this going into a stereo parametric EQ with memory presets. Not sure what that pedal is, but it must exist.