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Active pickups were never my thing so Finally I took off EMG pickups from my Zakk Wylde Les Paul and put Gibson 490R/498T combo.
Same guitar recorded through same chain with same amp settings.
Riff #1
00:53 – Gibson 498 Bridge
01:35 – EMG81 Bridge
Riff #2
02:14 – Gibson 498 Bridge
02:39 – EMG81 Bridge
Lead
03:02 – Gibson 490 Neck
03:13 – EMG85 Neck
Clean
03:25 – Gibson 490 Neck
04:00 – EMG85 Neck
Crunch
04:30 – Gibson 498 Bridge
04:5 – EMG81 Bridge
5:15 – Some extras on Passive Gibson pickups
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