A Guitar And Gear Support Forum

I've come to realize that one of the things that bother me about guitars with active circuits (i.e., not just EMGs or Fishmans but anything that buffers the signal with no high-end loss) is how they have no high end loss.

I think it's why I didn't like Suhr's S styles the first time I tried them. I think it's why I didn't like the Lincoln Brewster strat. Even with my EBMM with a silent circuit (which I like overall), I can hear that high end.

With the EBMM, I'm starting to feel like I shouldn't sell the guitar but instead find a way to take off some high-end and mimic the high-end loss from long cable runs.

I'm thinking EQs, certain compressors, or a fast but dark almost slap back like delay might all work.

1) Check the volume pot. A drop from 500k to 250 should help.

2) long cables eat up high end. Especially cheap long cables.

@Rollin Hand 2 doesn't really work with a buffer. I've tried at least rolling off the volume pot. This guitar already has 250K.

No tone control?

I agree that's probably why I don't like EMGs. I haven't tried some of the others. But with my variety of guitars, I always run an EQ.

It has a tone control. That would seem like a simple solution but it doesn't quite compensate for how a buffer affects the tone and feel.