Sarj is thinkin hard about getting a DXMG in GMG..

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Re: Sarj is thinkin hard about getting a DXMG in GMG..

Originally posted by Hamner1:
The DXMG kicks but. All I have to say is that it is the first guitar that I have tried or owned that the neck pickup didn't sound muddy when I switched from the bridge pickup to the neck pickup while playing.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I heard that.

I'm not sure how well the EMG-Hz sound in other guitars, but my DXMG is only the second guitar I didn't want to change the pickups. The first being my Gibson explorer. Gibson pups from the 80ies are so powerfull, massive tone.

Interestingly, I got rid of the Duncans on both my DK1 and SL1.

DXMG/EMG-HZ- damm fine combo.

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Re: Sarj is thinkin hard about getting a DXMG in GMG..

Originally posted by Jon Villalobos:
I know the EMG HZ's are middle of the fence here between suck and not sucking. I plan on dropping in a set of EMG's anyway.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">actually i am hearing the complete opposite about the HZ's? most say they are as good as duncans?

[markD]

Re: Sarj is thinkin hard about getting a DXMG in GMG..

I think the EMG-HZ's are fine. I always change the pickups in my guitars to either the SD JB-59 combo, SD Custom Custom-Alnico II, or the DiMarzio PAF pro combo. I find that the HZ's are comparable to those pickups (tonally each is unique, as is their output characteristics...I DO NOT think the HZ's sound exactly like any of those)...now if I liked battery powered pickups, they might be a different story. Likewise, I don't play with excessive preamp distortion...I go for strictly classic metal sounds. I like some power amp distortion in my sound.

I did change the bridge on my DXMG to an OFR, and all the black hardware to chrome, including pickup rings (the guitar was a little too much like a kirk hammett rip off guitar being all black). I'll try to post a picture later...

The attitude on the HZ's seems like the EMG guys consider them to be cheap knock offs, like Duncan Design or those new Duncan Performers (yuck...$29 humbucker?). Now the EMG select pickups are more in line with Duncan Design...HZ's as raw pickups are $75 or so, which is about the cost of a "real" EMG...

At the end of the day it's up to you to decide if the HZ's are crap or not. Go try a guitar with some and see what you think.

[Hamner1]

Re: Sarj is thinkin hard about getting a DXMG in GMG..

The DXMG kicks but. All I have to say is that it is the first guitar that I have tried or owned that the neck pickup didn't sound muddy when I switched from the bridge pickup to the neck pickup while playing.

[RacerX]

Re: Sarj is thinkin hard about getting a DXMG in GMG..

Originally posted by Hamner1:
The DXMG kicks but

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">But what? [img]graemlins/poke.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]