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The guitar currently has an EMG81/85 set that came stock. It does not have a tone pot so has that rather typical super piercing high end that is rather unpleasant. It's a rather typical thing I have experienced, EMG loaded guitars with no tone pot seem to have a super-pronounced bump in the...

Hi I am installing some new pickups into my Fender Modern Stratocaster (Japanese). I don't really want to have to drill out the base plates on the pickups so does anyone know where I can order the same size screw that comes with Seymour Duncan pickups but has a little shoulder at the top to...

I have just gotten a Fender Japan Modern Stratocaster HH. https://shop.fender.com/en-GB/electric-guitars/stratocaster/made-in-japan-modern-stratocaster-hh/5280400323.html Excellent playing guitar, but given my metal tastes I would like to change up for higher output pickups. I'm usually an EMG...

So, the EMGs in my Jackson V are great. Just one problem, they lack low end in this guitar. I like the hot output of the 81/85, they have been "my pickup" for as long as I can remember. I can pinch harmonic my heart out and the rhythms sound nice and grindy. But despite various attempts to...

Does anyone know anywhere in the UK I can get replacement quick-connect cables for EMG pickups? I need a few and having a devil of a time finding some, apart from ordering from the states at £20 a throw. I'm about ready to just solder some hook up wire to the pickups and solderless gumph!

So just a quick rundown, got myself a 2017 Gibson Flying V T in white. Plays great but the Dirty Fingers sound too compressed to me. I'm sure half it's down to the 300k pots but in short I'm going to be wasting no time with the electronics. So first question, am I right in saying that I need...

So I'm experimenting with a few 7 string pickups once my orders have all arrived. They're going into a Jackson Broderick Pro. However, I don't want to modify each one the same way as it's slightly destructive. Namely the mounting ears need to be triangled-off and being direct-mount pickups, the...

Any UK SD'ers have a good source for decent electronic components like 500k pots and the like? I can order through my usual supplier but they don't have things like CTS pots or switchcraft switches etc. I do electronic work for a living but it's been yonks since I had to order these sorts of...

Humbucker and two single positions (HSS). I need to get this right first time as the pickups need to fit into single coil routes routed for single coils which means a special order most likely. Guitar is ash construction with a floyd rose, maple neck and rosewood board. The guitar itself is...

I have an EMG SA in the neck of a Jackson SL2H. It came with the guitar. My problem is I love the EMG81 in the bridge position but the SA's output is markedly lower than the bridge, to the point where it's just weak. So questions: - Any suggestions on naturally increasing it's output like a...

Quick rundown: Jackson Broderick Pro Series 7 string guitar. All mahogany neckthru with a floyd rose, ebony board, currently has a 7 string set of Black Winters. Amps: Peavey 6505+ Problem: The guitar itself is very bass-heavy and the BWs don't seem to help me out much in the midrange despite...

I have a plain-jain acoustic; I use Martin Phosphor Bronze strings which I like the sound of. I need a pickup system, looking for a good balance of sounds good and cost. Some of the ones I've seen are £500 odd plus... I'm sure I don't need that lot. I'm looking for £100 or so, maybe a little...

Does anyone know where to get 7 string baseplates from? I want to try a couple of pickups in my 7 string but I don't want to have to modify every baseplate as it's pretty destructive - I need to trim the ears and widen holes. So I'd rather get one and just use the same on all of them if...

Does anyone have experience with the Seymour Duncan Blackout single coil pickups? More specifically can anyone compare them to the EMG SA pickups? My issue is I really like the sound of the SA pickups, but the output is overbearingly weak when compared with the EMG 81 I have in the bridge...

I have determined that I have a dead EMG 81. I'm not totally sure if I am going to be able to get support but wondered if anyone had ever had any luck trying? I have an ESP MII guitar I bought in 2014. I noticed a while back that the bridge pickup had suddenly dropped in output. After various...