EMG Ladder tournement, final 2 contenders! Help plz!

[Mephis]

OK after much deliberation, I've came down to the 60n/89b Or the 60n/81b So IM starting a poll to find out which pickup set would complement each other the best and offer the best over all versatility!

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[Mephis]

Re: EMG Ladder tournement, final 2 contenders! Help plz!

Bumpity Bump.

 

[Guitarist]

Re: EMG Ladder tournement, final 2 contenders! Help plz!

I'd imagine the 89 in the bridge for versatility, isn't that the one you can split?

Even though, both bridge pickups would most likely complement the neck pup fine. Doesn't Hetfield use the 81b/60n combo?

 

[Mephis]

Re: EMG Ladder tournement, final 2 contenders! Help plz!

Yea, he uses that. and yes the 89 is a splitable 85.

 

[Rainmaker]

Re: EMG Ladder tournement, final 2 contenders! Help plz!

The 89 will offer more versatility, seeing as it is an SA and an 85...

That way both pickups (or all three, really) can do good cleans... instead of just the 60.

What guitar is it going in again?

Bee

 

[Mephis]

Re: EMG Ladder tournement, final 2 contenders! Help plz!

my B.C. Rich Platium Pro Warlock *Metallic Red

 

[fusion101]

Re: EMG Ladder tournement, final 2 contenders! Help plz!

60/89 alot more versatile and wound just be an awesome set

 

[Mephis]

Re: EMG Ladder tournement, final 2 contenders! Help plz!

thanks for the info, yea, i was wanting to check b4 i invested more in pickups then the cost of the guitar(i got a hell of a deal on it, BRAND NEW)

 

[Mephis]

Re: EMG Ladder tournement, final 2 contenders! Help plz!

Btw, when you vote, state the reason why you voted, i noticed the 81 has 2 votes now.

 

[Neeradj]

Re: EMG Ladder tournement, final 2 contenders! Help plz!

89/60. I've tried the 85 which on it's own is a very versatile pick up. Any more versatilly and you might pull me to the active side again. Let's hope it'll work out for me this time.

For now I still don't like the 81. It's overly bright, unlike the 85 which is chunky and clear, kind of like a Custom with way more output! It's cleans aren't usable. And it just always sound the same to me. This is my personal experience with several guitars, which I own, I've heard and which I've played.

 

[fenderiarhs]

Re: EMG Ladder tournement, final 2 contenders! Help plz!

I always thought of the emg85 as a much warmer,natural sounding than the emg 81. Also there aren't many things the 81 does and that the 85 isn't able to do.......So i would certainly go with the 89 (which is in fact a splittable 85).....even more versatility than the 81........

 

[Imp]

Re: EMG Ladder tournement, final 2 contenders! Help plz!

81's cleans are not great by any stretch of the imagination. 89's sound much better in lower gain situations..

 

[Zerberus]

Re: EMG Ladder tournement, final 2 contenders! Help plz!

89/60 m hands down. The 85 is a much more versatile PUP than the 81 already, and being able to split it into an SA just adds that much more

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: EMG Ladder tournement, final 2 contenders! Help plz!

I voted 89/60, but I really like the 81 in the neck. The coil split is also pretty useless to me, so I'd go 85/81.

 

[Davey]

Re: EMG Ladder tournement, final 2 contenders! Help plz!

i got into a debate with the sound tech at the guitarmageddon i was at yesterday and he said he aint ever using anything else but 89's in the bridge. he's playing a japan jacky rhoads. sustain for days and splitable for cool clean tones. the 60 in the neck is a given hehe

 

[Mephis]

Re: EMG Ladder tournement, final 2 contenders! Help plz!

Well, i put an order for them at the local guitar shop and they made me a package deal with installation, ive bought tons of stuff there so they gave me a reasonable deal. Thanks for all you're help!

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: EMG Ladder tournement, final 2 contenders! Help plz!

What did you decide upon?

 

[WITH FULL DISTORTION]

Re: EMG Ladder tournement, final 2 contenders! Help plz!

60a Neck, 85 Bridge.

 

[Mephis]

Re: EMG Ladder tournement, final 2 contenders! Help plz!

60neck/89bridge Thats what i got. Going to get i installed, when the EMG-60 shows up.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: EMG Ladder tournement, final 2 contenders! Help plz!

Cool man, enjoy