Just wondering if anybody can give me any information. I bought a Jackson DKMG about 2 years ago, and now I finally was able to buy some real EMGs to replace the stocked EMG-HZ pickups. Those hz pickups that the guitar came with took a 9 volt battery, so I do not understand why I keep reading around that hzs are passive, I thought by definition an active pickup is one that takes a battery. My question is, however, can I just simply snap the new EMGs I bought into the guitar and not have to rewire the whole system and do all that soldering? What makes me suspicious is that the clips that are in the guitar are a little bigger than the clips that came with the new EMGs. They clip into the new EMGs, but a couple pin holes are left. The clips however fit perfectly into the hzs leaving no pin holes behind. Does anybody know anything regarding this? I don't know a whole lot about gear, so this might be a stupid question.

The battery that was in your guitar was probably for an EMG Afterburner system.

You need to rewire most of the stuff. Your new pickups are 2 wire pups, while your HZs were 4 wire pups. And the battery needs to be connected differently.

If you have soldering experience, I say go for it. If you don't, talk to someone who does, or find someone who'll do it for you.

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That actually makes sense that it is for the afterburner system because that is on that guitar. I believe it was called something like a turbo-charger but that is most likely because it is the "Epiphone" like version of the afterburner. I've been waiting for EMG to e-mail me back for a while, so I appreciate your help. This whole time I was thinking the battery was for the pickups, primarily because the salesman that sold it to me said that if the sounds starts to crackle on and off I should replace the battery for the pickups. He probably didn't know. Sorry about the post in the wrong category, I didn't realize it until after I posted, that is why I then posted the quesetion here. Thanks everyone.