Blackout modular pre vs EMG afterburner?

[Cowbell Fever!]

What is the difference between the Duncan Modular preamp and the EMG Afterburner 20db boost preamp?

[SamusChief]

The BMP is an actual preamp device. It splits the coils of the pickup and runs them as if they were Blackout AH-1's. The Afterburner is simply a boost. The BMP modifies tone.

[Despair]

A boost is a preamp. But the active electronics in the Blackout modular preamp are pretty different from a mere boost.

[Benjy_26]

The AB is a clean boost ( aa very good one, in fact). It's designed to NOT modify the sound. the Blackout Pre, from what I gather, is made to make passives sound like actives.

[DustyCat]

Supposing one were to combine a set of P-90's like a pair of phat cats with the modular preamp.

1) Is it still possible?
2) Tonal Differences?
3) Elimination of 60hz hum of single coil/P-90 pickups with high volume/high gain?
(Will they get the same effect that a humbucker gets in terms of hum canceling)