Help- Suggest me a new pickup for my SLS

[Rich#6]

its not my place to argue....BUT I DISAGREE! haha...i have an epiphone sg with a passive neck pickup (stock) and and emg 81 in the bridge...i dont have a booster but the volume is the same in both pickups...i may just be sticking my foot in my mouth but...ya...haha...account it to the fact that im a

Are yo running separate volume and tones???? that why you don't need a booster! HAH! Looks stupid with one covered and one not too.

[Thor Von Clemson]

I think what I'm a gonna try to do is trade my super distortion for an X2N. I really want to try one out before I sink $250 into EMGS for the pups, installation, etc. I love the PAF Pro in the neck and I figure hey, its worth a shot.. After all, Chuck used one.

[BrutalityIsLaw]

Are yo running separate volume and tones???? that why you don't need a booster! HAH! Looks stupid with one covered and one not too.

you got me...they're on seperate volume and tones...

and btw...they're both covered

[Zerberus]

You can, but you'll need to run them on separate controls since the EMGs use 25k pots and the passives will need 500k, 250k or 1meg. And a booster will be needed to keep the output levels even between the two.

OR you can live with either the controls not working until their last 1/4 revolution on the EMGs and use standard passive pots. The output difference is IMO highly overrated.

I´ve done this dozens of times over the years. It´s not necessarily the "professional" solution that the PA-2 or another buffer would be, but it works fine and causes no issues, even with both PUs on.... Actually, it can be beneficial, as on a 1 vol guitar you can roll the volume back for a clean passage and when you switch to the EMG the "Flamethrower effect" happens