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Re: THE best metal pup/pup config.
Played through a Mesa Rectoverb with almost full gain:-
Zakk Wylde Les Paul with the ZW active EMGs - high output, drives the amp nicely, but retains definition.
Flying V with a calibrated set of BareKnuckle Nailbombs - not as high output as the EMGs, but dirty & retaining the V's growl.
Jackson SL2H with standard Seymour Duncans (JB & 59) - not as high output as the EMGs, but a good, dirty sound, bright & well defined.
Les Paul with Burstbuckers - good high output, flabby arse, bright top.
PRS Custom 24 with HFS in bridge position - rounded, more bassy than the others, but high output. Good clean, but from what I've heard the tone when dirty might get lost in a band mix.
It's horses for courses really, but I quite fancy some BareKnuckle "Miracle Man"s - designed to mimic the Zakk EMG sound, but aren't active. Was going to put some in the V, but was playing through a JCM800 at the time & Tim from Bareknuckle said the V with MMs would be too bright through it. I haven't tried swapping round guitars & pickups at all - different wood + different shape + different bridge (hard tail or whammy - the springs resonate & change the tonal quality too)+ different pickups = different sounds, I'd guess. The EMGs are good, high output, screamers though & I'd think that they'd retain all those characteristics whatever you put them in.
Played through a Mesa Rectoverb with almost full gain:-
Zakk Wylde Les Paul with the ZW active EMGs - high output, drives the amp nicely, but retains definition.
Flying V with a calibrated set of BareKnuckle Nailbombs - not as high output as the EMGs, but dirty & retaining the V's growl.
Jackson SL2H with standard Seymour Duncans (JB & 59) - not as high output as the EMGs, but a good, dirty sound, bright & well defined.
Les Paul with Burstbuckers - good high output, flabby arse, bright top.
PRS Custom 24 with HFS in bridge position - rounded, more bassy than the others, but high output. Good clean, but from what I've heard the tone when dirty might get lost in a band mix.
It's horses for courses really, but I quite fancy some BareKnuckle "Miracle Man"s - designed to mimic the Zakk EMG sound, but aren't active. Was going to put some in the V, but was playing through a JCM800 at the time & Tim from Bareknuckle said the V with MMs would be too bright through it. I haven't tried swapping round guitars & pickups at all - different wood + different shape + different bridge (hard tail or whammy - the springs resonate & change the tonal quality too)+ different pickups = different sounds, I'd guess. The EMGs are good, high output, screamers though & I'd think that they'd retain all those characteristics whatever you put them in.
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