Emgs

[kill your scene]

Re: Emgs

Gilmour uses EMGs pretty much all the damn time. I could have sworn he had a signature set, but I might be wrong. If you really want to get a taste for what they sound like, I would check out one of the newer live albums, like PULSE.

It boils down to this - you're not going to sound exactly like Dave Gilmour and you're not going to sound exactly like anyone else with EMGs in their Strat. You could use him as an example of the kind of tone you will approximate, but you'll invariably just sound like yourself. Your guitar, however, will take on tonal characteristics that are unlike a vintage Strat and unlike vintage sounding guitars, period. You can't get vintage tone out of EMGs, but you CAN get really cool tone that you'll like if you appreciate active pickups. If you like actives, give it a shot. If you don't, then skip it entirely.

[That90'sGuy]

Re: Emgs

kill_your_scene is right on... that's what I was getting at. Do you want vintage strat tones or do you prefer active sounding pups? What kind of setup do you have and what is it you want the pups to do? Those are all questions you need to answer SlashRules before we can definitively tell you one way or the other what pups to get.

[kill your scene]

Re: Emgs

Thanks, Chris. Your avatar and sig both kick ass, BTW.

[That90'sGuy]

Re: Emgs

Thanks

Your sig with a quote from Pulp Fiction kicks too

[kill your scene]

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Thanks

Your sig with a quote from Pulp Fiction kicks too

Ah yeah! You gotta love Tarantino references.

[Metalman_666]

Re: Emgs

Why don't you just stick with passives. Most people find them more versatile than actives for some reason; they just have more "personality"

[Schecter006Elite]

Re: Emgs

Dont put DiMarzio's in if your looking for real metal and classical metal tone. I love my DiMarzio's but they are not for metal. They play everything very nicely, and have the creamist warm tone, but for metal if you want classic or "real" metal alltogether, you can stick with the 81, and put in either EMG single coils, or duncan singles. I dont know How the Marzio singles sound, but If they resemble the humbuckers, they aren'tmade for what you want IMO. I want the Zakk Wyld EMG set in my Epi Gothic V (81's and 85's) I have Marzio's in my schecter (my baby) and I love them for everything else except metal.

[kill your scene]

Re: Emgs

Ah yeah! You gotta love Tarantino references.

OT: My new sig is just as funny. Anyone who names it's source gets a star for today.