Had a new experience this weekend...my son was selling his 6 string...a nondescript Alvarez with what appear to be passive EMG humbuckers on it (branded Alvarez). I bought it and gigged it Saturday (told him he could "buy" it back anytime).
Going from a Dano Longhorn to this...all I can say is wow...I actually got used to the neck pretty quickly, although I got disoriented (like "lost") a few times.
What a powerful muscular sound...don't know whether its the pickups, or the long scale. And it's passive...no crispy hi-fi pre-amp...just raw power...maybe there's something to this humbucker non-sense.