vinterland
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Do you have to use the emg volume pots and instrument jacks that come with the pickups??? or can you just wire the pickup to the existing hardware?
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itbepopples
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Re: emg hardware
i had EMGS's in a schecter (which was an awful guitar to begin with) and i really didnt like them. i think EMG's can sound good but from what i know i have never heard them sound very good.
i had EMGS's in a schecter (which was an awful guitar to begin with) and i really didnt like them. i think EMG's can sound good but from what i know i have never heard them sound very good.
vinterland
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Re: emg hardware
makes sense.... I'm buying a new one so all that crap will come with it. Since I must change the hardware will my two duncan classic stacks in the neck tie into this with no problems??? No drilling new holes or what not. I don't mind switching volume pots and instrument jacks but I don't want to put holes in my guitar. Its a jackson soloist SL1. I'm changing the JB to an EMG 85 and keeping the neck pups.
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makes sense.... I'm buying a new one so all that crap will come with it. Since I must change the hardware will my two duncan classic stacks in the neck tie into this with no problems??? No drilling new holes or what not. I don't mind switching volume pots and instrument jacks but I don't want to put holes in my guitar. Its a jackson soloist SL1. I'm changing the JB to an EMG 85 and keeping the neck pups.
JB_From_Hell
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Some people will tell you they absolutely, positively, WILL NOT mix, but I assure you this is bullsh*t. I played a Strat with two stock singles & an EMG 81. I'm not sure how it was wired, however.
Some people will tell you they absolutely, positively, WILL NOT mix, but I assure you this is bullsh*t. I played a Strat with two stock singles & an EMG 81. I'm not sure how it was wired, however.
vinterland
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Re: emg hardware
are emgs and duncans even in phase with each other??? will a 5 way selector switch work right?
are emgs and duncans even in phase with each other??? will a 5 way selector switch work right?
Paul S.
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Re: emg hardware
You can definitely mix them. Check out the EMG website for the proper schematics. You will, however, need to find room to put a 9V battery in your guitar. Also, though they do use 25K pots, you do not necesarily need to get them from EMG. Their pots are smaller than regular pots, which I don't necessarily like. I ordered full-sized replacements for mine from Stew-Mac.
I love the EMG's for really defined sound with distortion, but I think that they're fairly useless for clean sounds (The 81 and 85, that is) Their David Gilmour pups are pretty cool for a strat...
Paul
You can definitely mix them. Check out the EMG website for the proper schematics. You will, however, need to find room to put a 9V battery in your guitar. Also, though they do use 25K pots, you do not necesarily need to get them from EMG. Their pots are smaller than regular pots, which I don't necessarily like. I ordered full-sized replacements for mine from Stew-Mac.
I love the EMG's for really defined sound with distortion, but I think that they're fairly useless for clean sounds (The 81 and 85, that is) Their David Gilmour pups are pretty cool for a strat...
Paul
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