EMG without Cover -- Pics!
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THat is the sloppiest, laziest thing I've ever seen.
What a ****ing joke.
One more reason i hate this company.
"It's the passive 81" then why are the bars normal distance apart?
Why didn't you at least get the bars equally spaced? They don't even space as far apart as normal poles!
THat is the sloppiest, laziest thing I've ever seen.
What a ****ing joke.
One more reason i hate this company.
"It's the passive 81" then why are the bars normal distance apart?
Why didn't you at least get the bars equally spaced? They don't even space as far apart as normal poles!
danglybanger
ReelItInologist
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I think anyone who has a narrow spaced humbucker in a wider spaced guitar will agree, the difference is negligable. I doubt the fact that the bar ends a few millimeters east of the pole will affect anything.
slade
I've never had a problem with poles "going bad" while bending, in my experience as long as the pole is even anywhere in the neighborhood of the string it will sound fine.TheGZeus said:
I think anyone who has a narrow spaced humbucker in a wider spaced guitar will agree, the difference is negligable. I doubt the fact that the bar ends a few millimeters east of the pole will affect anything.
slade
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Yup....another internet "expert" who has no idea what they're talking about.
I've tried these and while they don't sound that great they do not have the problem you're claiming they have. I don't know any players that bend the outer strings outward anyway.
You're also looking at the cheapo line. Everyone's bashing a budget pickup...LOL. Let me say this...they sound better than the Duncan Designs by a longshot.
Gotta love the internet....everbody's an expert.......I'm sure EMG is dying to have some of the guys in this thread tell them how to make better pickups....LOL...
TheGZeus said:
Yup....another internet "expert" who has no idea what they're talking about.
I've tried these and while they don't sound that great they do not have the problem you're claiming they have. I don't know any players that bend the outer strings outward anyway.
You're also looking at the cheapo line. Everyone's bashing a budget pickup...LOL. Let me say this...they sound better than the Duncan Designs by a longshot.
Gotta love the internet....everbody's an expert.......I'm sure EMG is dying to have some of the guys in this thread tell them how to make better pickups....LOL...
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TaintedReality
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I haven't played an active EMG before, because Guitar Center never carries equipped guitars and no local music stores either. The HZ-4s don't sound as bad as everyone says (but they are nothing to brag about). I would still put them into my el-cheapo Squier.
The fact that it is a big block of epoxy is nasty, but like many people have already said: show EMG how to build a better pickup. It just means lower feedback.
I haven't played an active EMG before, because Guitar Center never carries equipped guitars and no local music stores either. The HZ-4s don't sound as bad as everyone says (but they are nothing to brag about). I would still put them into my el-cheapo Squier.
The fact that it is a big block of epoxy is nasty, but like many people have already said: show EMG how to build a better pickup. It just means lower feedback.
HarrisonDavid
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Looks pretty damn ugly....who cares though as long as they sound good. Whatever floats your boat. I like both EMGActives and Seymours passives the same. IMHO Gibsons PUPs are pretty damn good too.
Looks pretty damn ugly....who cares though as long as they sound good. Whatever floats your boat. I like both EMGActives and Seymours passives the same. IMHO Gibsons PUPs are pretty damn good too.
Zerberus
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Similar, but it´s totally encasaed in epoxy, for an untrained eye it´s almpst impossible to realize where the preamp actually IS
+1
If some of you don´t like EMGs, great... I´m not always a fan myself....
But as far as the build quality goes, I challenge anyone here to make a better, more reliable active pickup..... You´ll suddenly notice there´s a reason that the Duncan Livewires are also only available covered, when going active, you HAVE to change a few physical specs just to get all that crap in the same size casing
What some consider corner cutting often ends up plain essential to get that ****er to sound right and /or fit AT ALL... actives and passives are slightly different beasts, guys....
And that´s exactly why almost all actives are coveresd /encased in resin... THey ALL look like **** on the inside form a "Passive standpoint"
TaintedReality said:
Similar, but it´s totally encasaed in epoxy, for an untrained eye it´s almpst impossible to realize where the preamp actually IS
TattooedCarrot said:
+1
If some of you don´t like EMGs, great... I´m not always a fan myself....
But as far as the build quality goes, I challenge anyone here to make a better, more reliable active pickup..... You´ll suddenly notice there´s a reason that the Duncan Livewires are also only available covered, when going active, you HAVE to change a few physical specs just to get all that crap in the same size casing
What some consider corner cutting often ends up plain essential to get that ****er to sound right and /or fit AT ALL... actives and passives are slightly different beasts, guys....
And that´s exactly why almost all actives are coveresd /encased in resin... THey ALL look like **** on the inside form a "Passive standpoint"
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More-Gear-Than-Skill
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ouch...
ouch...
MikeS
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I guess the EMG bashing days are not over. Who cares how the pickup looks on the inside (a place that was never intended to be seen)? It's intended to sound good, not look good, so who cares?
Has the pickup broken as a result of it's construction? No! Therefore, this is not a build quality issue (why am I the first to realize this?!) This is merely an aesthetic issue. Any design professional (regardless of what they design) will tell you that if you can't see it, it will not be detailed to be pretty. It's detailed for functionality. Therefore, you have no right to make assumptions towards the build quality of this pickup simply because you find it aesthetically unpleasing.
That's my rant. I'm tired of the EMG (and other brand bashing) that's been going on around here the last many weeks. These companies are still in business today because they are obviously doing something right. All of your gripes are subjective in nature, and while your opinions are permitted, I do not believe that it's right to come here and openly bash another company solely on your subjective opinions. Grow up.
I guess the EMG bashing days are not over. Who cares how the pickup looks on the inside (a place that was never intended to be seen)? It's intended to sound good, not look good, so who cares?
Has the pickup broken as a result of it's construction? No! Therefore, this is not a build quality issue (why am I the first to realize this?!) This is merely an aesthetic issue. Any design professional (regardless of what they design) will tell you that if you can't see it, it will not be detailed to be pretty. It's detailed for functionality. Therefore, you have no right to make assumptions towards the build quality of this pickup simply because you find it aesthetically unpleasing.
That's my rant. I'm tired of the EMG (and other brand bashing) that's been going on around here the last many weeks. These companies are still in business today because they are obviously doing something right. All of your gripes are subjective in nature, and while your opinions are permitted, I do not believe that it's right to come here and openly bash another company solely on your subjective opinions. Grow up.
Young Angus
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+1
Bones said:
+1
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