[bassturd]

thats subjective to personal opinion!, dimebag had great metal tone, never used actives, look at willie alder and mark morton, lamb of god, you may not like them but great tone, passive pickups there as well, george lynch, insane tones and playing, passive pickups, john petrucci, his tone is nuts, passive pups!...... do i like emgs? yes! but theres always more to look for in metal than emgs :fawk: