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I never liked EMG pickups, never liked the idea of active pickups - too complicated etc. Until today, when for the first time I actually, well, tried them!
with this amp:
Very nice!!!
with this amp:
Very nice!!!
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LOL What's too complicated about using a 9-volt battery and having to change it once a year or so? :ROTF:Originally posted by tanpsi View Post
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Well, not the maintenance, but just a general and probably unfounded feeling that more things could go wrong. Plus it's another area that marketing from different companies can make confusing claims about! although they do that with passive pickups tooComment
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I am undecided on EMGs. I love them on some guitars and hate them on others.Comment
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I hate em-seems like you can put them on a economy 2by4 stud and they bwould sound like every other guitar. Like passives-sorry emg guys
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Originally posted by arjacobson View PostI hate em-seems like you can put them on a economy 2by4 stud and they bwould sound like every other guitar. Like passives-sorry emg guys"Now remember, things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is. ":JOSEY WALESComment
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That just needs a Floyd!!!!!Really? well screw Mark Twain.Comment
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I just put a set in my new RR1T today! Toejam rules. His recommndation is dead on. I put an 85 in the bridge and a 81 in the neck and running 9 volts. Just an awesome combination!
My guitars mostly have passives, with the exception of 2 of my guitars now. I love EMG's!
Tone is like Art: Your opinion is valid. Listen, learn, have fun, draw your own conclusions.Comment
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EMGs kick ass! I do love DiMarzios and Duncans as well. If I could, I'd probably put EMGs in everything, but I like having a little variety, though.
I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.Comment
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I'm ok with EMGs in the right guitar. They really can work.
But when I see EMGs in a Les Paul I just cringe. That's like putting Yosemite Sam mudflaps on a Mercedes.I want REAL change. I want dead bodies littering the capitol.
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:ROTF: :ROTF: :ROTF: Yeppers! I can tell you live near Raleigh. You have them saying's like my relatives in Garner and GoldsboroOriginally posted by hippietim View Post
Tone is like Art: Your opinion is valid. Listen, learn, have fun, draw your own conclusions.Comment
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EMG's are not for everybody and they certainly are not for every guitar.
Personally.. I like the tonal variations I can get using different models of passive pickups. EMG's are too generic for me.Comment
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Thats odd because I definitely hear a difference between my different guitars with EMG 81s in them. Its just varying degrees of how much ass they kick though, starting at "lots" and going towards "almost too much."Comment
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Originally posted by sakeido View Post
Yea.. you can tell the difference between a Les Paul and a Strat but its pretty hard to tell the difference between a Charvel Model 2 and an Ibanez RG.Comment
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I have 81's in all my guitars and although they have a distinct tone that I like (mostly the response I like)...
They sound different just like any other pick up from guitar to guitar.
A lot of people assume the active pups are some radically different design under them black covers but...Just a pup with an electrically chargerd magnet to get the output, instead of winding the hell out of them and in turn giving them a ass load of mids.
Fast attack...If thats what you like
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