The EMG Legend Is FALSE

[DeadSkinSlayer3]

Hehe just to piss off MetalMan666...

As you can all see by my sig, I now have both of my guitars loaded with EMG's; and they just happen to be the same exact set.

Guess what? They both sound different. My Classic is brighter and a bit more articulate, while the Stealth has a bit more of a kick in the low end and less of a sizzle in the high end.

The guitars are both made of mohogany/maple/rosewood, the only difference being the neck joint. The Stealth is set neck, the classic is neck-thru.

I'll make some clips next week when my PODxt comes in.

 

[PFDarkside]

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I move that we stop all the EMG nonsense. EMGs do not suck. EMGs do have some character, however that character is completely different than Antiquity character. It's difficult to find a pickup that does heavy/ultra clean better than EMG, but I think almost everyone can agree that there are better choices for blues through a slightly distorting Bassman. If you want vintage, you don't want EMG. If you want to push the edge, give them a try, you may like them you may hate them.

Does that about sum it up? That's what I've found anyway.

 

[usagi]

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What happened to your RR1?

 

[WICKED LESTER]

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EMG is the best for pure metal but not as versitle as some passives
i like the emg stuff for the real heavy s**T

 

[DeadSkinSlayer3]

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What happened to your RR1?

There was a thread about it about a month ago; I sold it.

 

[Metalman_666]

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WRONG!

YOUR EMG'S ARE DEFECTIVE AS THEY ARE PRODUCING DIFFERENT TONES IN DIFFERENT GUITARS!!!



lol

Ok Jeff you win :bigthumb: I know I'm wrong, and you're more experienced with this stuff than I am anyway

 

[Tux789]

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WRONG!

YOUR EMG'S ARE DEFECTIVE AS THEY ARE PRODUCING DIFFERENT TONES IN DIFFERENT GUITARS!!!



lol

Ok Jeff you win :bigthumb: I know I'm wrong, and you're more experienced with this stuff than I am anyway

:banghead: stop it guys seriously

 

[Dirtbagg]

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Jeff get rid of those EMG and go with a Jazz/JB setup

 

[ex-250]

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im pretty sure thats what he had in there before

 

[DeadSkinSlayer3]

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Yup, didn't like it. Not tight or aggressive enough, especially the neck pickup.

 

[krankguitarist]

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Well, ya know, to be fair, those two guitars were far too different to be used for a proper test.


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Just kidding. : popworm:

I've actually been thinkin bout givin EMG's another shot, gonna put an 85/81 combo in an explorer I'm building. Gonna try it with the 18 volt mod this time. Still gonna be a while before that sucker's ready yet...

 

[theodie]

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Jeff get rid of those EMG and go with a Jazz/JB setup

:nono: Granted EMG's dont have the worlds best tone why make it even worse with a JB? LOL!!!!!!!!

The Jazz is cool, maybe a different bridge bucker to go with the jazz that will sound better than your average early 90's foreign made factory bucker (cause the JB sounds worse than that)! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Did I piss everyone off with this post???????? LOL!!!!!!

 

[joelap]

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Man, I love the color on the C-1 classic, but those inlays kill it for me. I wish they made a C-1 classic without the garden of eden all over the neck.

I wonder if there's a way to put a 2 way switch to switch between 9 and 18 volts using emg's? that would be a cool mod.

 

[Imp]

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Well, ya know, to be fair, those two guitars were far too different to be used for a proper test.


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Just kidding. : popworm:

I've actually been thinkin bout givin EMG's another shot, gonna put an 85/81 combo in an explorer I'm building. Gonna try it with the 18 volt mod this time. Still gonna be a while before that sucker's ready yet...

you'll love the 18v mod! i can't understand why EMG doesnt just recommend it in the first place.. it reduces or cures most of the tonal ills people describe..

we should do clips - someone installs a bypass switch for that second battery, and play the same clip with different levels of gain with each setting.. i would, but i sold all my guitar EMGs :sigh:

tom

 

[Mephis]

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Yup, didn't like it. Not tight or aggressive enough, especially the neck pickup.

Haha, Owned.

Glad to see ya like the EMGs, I stoped buying into biased opinions a long time ago and that's why I got mine in the 1st place.


And they amplify the vibrations of the guitar AND the strings, so duh, there will be a difference from guitar to guitar, its phisics.

 

[joelap]

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we should do clips - someone installs a bypass switch for that second battery, and play the same clip with different levels of gain with each setting.. i would, but i sold all my guitar EMGs :sigh:

tom

It's been done. Search the forum. I've heard them. They did it for both the 81 and 85. 18volt mod does sound much better.

 

[theodie]

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Can someone explain exactly what effect the 18V mod does to the tone?

 

[DeadSkinSlayer3]

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It's supposed to raise the headroom of the internal preamp, and make it sound more dynamic and less 'squashed.' Personally, I don't see a need for it, and when I tried it in my old Dinky, I couldn't hear the difference. Couldn't hear it in those clips someone posted a while back, either.

Although, that could be because I use an 85 in the bridge, and 85's sound godly as is.

 

[Richard]

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I noticed that the classic has covers on the pups and the stealth dosent. wouldnt that make them sound different. I heard that the covers will make pups a little brighter.

 

[Kac]

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I noticed that the classic has covers on the pups and the stealth dosent. wouldnt that make them sound different. I heard that the covers will make pups a little brighter.

That picture of the classic is an older picture when he has JB/Jazz in it. The pick-ups now look the same in both guitars.

Rock On!