DiMarzio D ACTIVATOR vs EMG 81 - Neck Pickup Guitar Tone Comparison Demo

Clean and distorted rhythm comparison between DiMarzio D Activator (passive) and EMG 81 (active) pickups for electric guitar on the neck position. Settings are the following: GUITAR Model: Custom strat (alder body with canadian maple neck) Tuning: Eь / D# Strings: D&EXL140 (010-052 gauge) AMP Clean: EVH 5150 III profile (Kemper Profiler) Distortion: EVH 5150 profile (Kemper Profiler) RECORDING TECHNIQUE: - One centered mono track per pickup. - Same config and EQ for both. DiMarzio official website: EMG official website: 00:22 Clean test 03:06 Distortion test #guitar