I had an Ibanez RGD with the EMTY in the bridge and the AHB1 in the neck for years
I thought they were super cool and an interesting alternative to EMG
Here's an old test clip I did with them when I was mostly still a recording noob
https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10126693
Can vouch that Eddie was a goddamn mess in that 2004 tour - the rest of the band was awesome but EVH was phoning in absolutely everything and burying everything under wah and whammy. Dude looked like your average tweaker outside Circle K
Conversely in the ADKOT tour, the band was on fire and...
No, you don't
But the Schaller roller TOM is a nice unit. Used to have a custom shop Washburn that came stock with it (and the matching fine tuning tailpiece)