DK2S with EMG in bridge?

[wilkinsi]

i've heard people trying dimarzios and other seymour duncans (other than the tb-4 now fitted in 2006 models). has anyone tried an EMG and did you have to use two batteries or just one?

[rjohnstone]

They have to have seperate power supplies.
The sustainer will drain a 9v battery pretty quick on it's own.

[Mr.C]

drains the battery real quick???n bummer I get over 60 hours on the batteries for my Kramer sustainer....

[rjohnstone]

drains the battery real quick???n bummer I get over 60 hours on the batteries for my Kramer sustainer....

Quick is a relative term.
A sustainer will drain a battery quicker than an EMG would.

[Mr.C]

Quick is a relative term.
A sustainer will drain a battery quicker than an EMG would.

ok I got ya... I did not know that as I am clueless to the whole emg active pickups... I've always used Duncans or Dimarzio's.

I'd like to grab a Jackson sustainer if it had a maple neck on it.

[Adam]

Quick is a relative term.
A sustainer will drain a battery quicker than an EMG would.

Does a sustainer drain battery power even when it's not in use? You would basically have to use your sustainer 100% of the time to drain it that fast, right?

[rjohnstone]

No, the sustainer only uses power when it's on.
But when it's on, it requires a healthy battery.
I use the sustainer in my PC1 pretty much every day.
Not all the time mind you, maybe 20 seconds at a shot in certain songs, and my batteries last about a month. And the PC1 uses an 18 volt system, not a 9 volt system like the DK2S. So twice as many batteries!
My other guitar with a single EMG 81 in it still has the original battery I put in it 6 months ago.
Both guitars get about the same amount of playing time. The PC1 a bit more than most as it's my favorite, but you get the picture.

[wilkinsi]

i guess you'd have to wire everything pretty short to make space for the 2nd battery without the plate looking like it's ready to burst. since active EMG's will obviously be more sensitive than passive's, would switching on the sustainiac produce an audible click?

[rjohnstone]

i guess you'd have to wire everything pretty short to make space for the 2nd battery without the plate looking like it's ready to burst. since active EMG's will obviously be more sensitive than passive's, would switching on the sustainiac produce an audible click?

The DK2S has a seperate battery compartment.
So you would only have to squeeze one battery in the control cavity.

As for the click... I've never used a Sustainiac before, only the Fernandez FSK-401 and the Jackson sustianer in my PC1 and neither of them make a click sound that I can notice.