The new EMG E5Ws are what might finally convince me to get an Ibanez EHB, since all but their most expensive models have the poorly-reviewed Bartolini BH2s. (On Thomann, the EHB1265MS is less expensive than the EHB1135MS, for some reason I don't quite see.) I tend to prefer the EMG way of thinking: Active starts at the pickups, not by adding an active EQ after passive pickups and controls.