So uh the EMG 58...
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King IzzO)))
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Re: So uh the EMG 58...
It's more like the EMG version of a PAF (rather than P90) if you ask me. F73's description doesn't sound flattering, but it's true. That doesn't mean it sounds bad, it's just more of a rock & roll pickup. I can see people liking it as an alternative to the 85 in the neck for a more vintage-ish sound, but it's still pretty tubby (like the 85 in the neck).
I like it as a bridge pickup for sludge doom.
It's more like the EMG version of a PAF (rather than P90) if you ask me. F73's description doesn't sound flattering, but it's true. That doesn't mean it sounds bad, it's just more of a rock & roll pickup. I can see people liking it as an alternative to the 85 in the neck for a more vintage-ish sound, but it's still pretty tubby (like the 85 in the neck).
I like it as a bridge pickup for sludge doom.
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Funkfingers
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Re: So uh the EMG 58...
It would be interesting if EMG produced a -58X but this is highly unlikely when they have the -57/-66 pair.
Last year, I obtained a P90 soapbar-sized EMG active pickup whose packaging and ID label both described it as a -91. (Definitely a USA 9v active model and NOT the passive EMG-HZ model of the same name.) This item sounds more P90-ish in the neck position. This is unfortunate because I wanted to install it in my PRS SE One.
It would be interesting if EMG produced a -58X but this is highly unlikely when they have the -57/-66 pair.
Last year, I obtained a P90 soapbar-sized EMG active pickup whose packaging and ID label both described it as a -91. (Definitely a USA 9v active model and NOT the passive EMG-HZ model of the same name.) This item sounds more P90-ish in the neck position. This is unfortunate because I wanted to install it in my PRS SE One.
King IzzO)))
Ultimate Kitten Puncher
Re: So uh the EMG 58...
I think they do make a 58X. The "X" is just a different preamp as far as I can tell, might even be the exact same preamp between all models.
I think they do make a 58X. The "X" is just a different preamp as far as I can tell, might even be the exact same preamp between all models.
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Funkfingers
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Re: So uh the EMG 58...
Surely, on the -58, the pre-amp IS the issue. It is responsible for more noise than later designs but to change it would adversely affect the tone.
Surely, on the -58, the pre-amp IS the issue. It is responsible for more noise than later designs but to change it would adversely affect the tone.