The EMG Legend is true!

[pinto79]

Re: The EMG Legend is true!

I dislike how processed and overpriced they are.
I dislike how they refuse to improve their product after 20+ years.

Call me crazy, but I don't find EMG's any more expensive than Duncans. Everywhere I go they are about $135, so are most duncans except like a JB which is usually around $110.

And speaking of not improving their product, Duncan are still pushing the JB like it's the newest thing out there after like 30 years...

Anyways, Rant off. I primarily use DiMarzio...

 

[Imp]

Re: The EMG Legend is true!

I dislike how processed and overpriced they are.

http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/prodlist.php?category=Pick+ups

I dislike how they refuse to improve their product after 20+ years.

[emginc.com]
EMG-SV

In 1993 we decided to go through a renaissance of our own when the "Retro" trend was taking place in the guitar industry. It was time to visit EMG's own "Vintage Vault", after all we'd been in business for 17 years. After so many years, why not stretch out, the last thing players would expect from EMG is a "Vintage" Pickup.

 

[DeadSkinSlayer3]

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Yeah, I can get them for $65. Not overpriced at all, you just have to know how to haggle the salesman, or have a good hookup.

Not dynamic? I've said it before, I'll say it again. EMG's transmit the sound of your fingers to the amp, with much less coloration than Duncans. In effect, they don't hide bad technique. If your fingers have no dynamics, neither will the pickups.

 

[Imp]

Re: The EMG Legend is true!

i was just pointing out duncans are about the same in the UK.. most european countries have the same story..

it depends if you like compression as an effect, i love it when used right...

tom

 

[ex-250]

Re: The EMG Legend is true!

Call me crazy, but I don't find EMG's any more expensive than Duncans. Everywhere I go they are about $135, so are most duncans except like a JB which is usually around $110.

wow....youre getting ripped off (unless youre speaking in terms of canadian $), most duncans ive ever seen (or bought) are about $65. all the EMGs ive seen are $100, which is one of the reasons i havent tried em yet.....i dont feel like paying more for something i dont know i can trust yet (as opposed to duncans). if EMG had the 21 day exchange thing id probably be a lot more comfortable with their prices, but no dice.

 

[TheGZeus]

Re: The EMG Legend is true!

Call me crazy, but I don't find EMG's any more expensive than Duncans. Everywhere I go they are about $135, so are most duncans except like a JB which is usually around $110.

And speaking of not improving their product, Duncan are still pushing the JB like it's the newest thing out there after like 30 years...

Anyways, Rant off. I primarily use DiMarzio...

And DiMarzio does more R&D than either of these companies.

 

[TheGZeus]

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http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/prodlist.php?category=Pick+ups

THe SV line is an S pickup with polepieces.

 

[TheGZeus]

Re: The EMG Legend is true!

Yeah, I can get them for $65. Not overpriced at all, you just have to know how to haggle the salesman, or have a good hookup.

Not dynamic? I've said it before, I'll say it again. EMG's transmit the sound of your fingers to the amp, with much less coloration than Duncans. In effect, they don't hide bad technique. If your fingers have no dynamics, neither will the pickups.

THey DO have less dynamics.
I play VERY softly at times and they put out extremely low output at that point pluck a TINY pit harder and things suddenly become loud. after that things don't get much louder.

I didn't want to go her bot whatshisface LTIERALLY asked for it.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: The EMG Legend is true!

Yeah, I can get them for $65. Not overpriced at all, you just have to know how to haggle the salesman, or have a good hookup.

Not dynamic? I've said it before, I'll say it again. EMG's transmit the sound of your fingers to the amp, with much less coloration than Duncans. In effect, they don't hide bad technique. If your fingers have no dynamics, neither will the pickups.

:bigok:

Word.

 

[AmirH]

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THey DO have less dynamics.
I play VERY softly at times and they put out extremely low output at that point pluck a TINY pit harder and things suddenly become loud. after that things don't get much louder.

I didn't want to go her bot whatshisface LTIERALLY asked for it.

Try rolling off your volume a bit there champ.

 

[some_dude]

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wow....youre getting ripped off (unless youre speaking in terms of canadian $), most duncans ive ever seen (or bought) are about $65. all the EMGs ive seen are $100, which is one of the reasons i havent tried em yet.....i dont feel like paying more for something i dont know i can trust yet (as opposed to duncans). if EMG had the 21 day exchange thing id probably be a lot more comfortable with their prices, but no dice.

Yeah, those are Canadian prices.

And DiMarzio does more R&D than either of these companies.

THe SV line is an S pickup with polepieces.

THey DO have less dynamics.
I play VERY softly at times and they put out extremely low output at that point pluck a TINY pit harder and things suddenly become loud. after that things don't get much louder.

I didn't want to go her bot whatshisface LTIERALLY asked for it.

I knew you wouldn't be able to hold back....

 

[ranalli]

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Yeah, the two guitars were way too similar to conduct a serious test.

I think this pretty much sums up this thread.

 

[TheGZeus]

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Try rolling off your volume a bit there champ.

Rolling off my volume will make soft picking LOUDER?

This is CLEAN.

 

[TheGZeus]

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I knew you wouldn't be able to hold back....

you ASKED.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

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Ok, off the top of my head, I know that Screamingdaisy, Deadskinslayer and myself have no such dynamic problems with EMGs. If anyone else has, speak now or forever hold your peace. Let's get this silly debate over with once and for all, and never bring it up again.

 

[TheGZeus]

Re: The EMG Legend is true!

I guess you just can;t strum softly and like compression.

most people that LIKE EMGs aree that they're compressed.
if they weren't then running them at 18 volts wouldn't decrease that problem.

 

[some_dude]

Re: The EMG Legend is true!

I guess you just can;t strum softly and like compression.

most people that LIKE EMGs aree that they're compressed.
if they weren't then running them at 18 volts wouldn't decrease that problem.

They are, but it's kinda clear that you don't understand the cause of that compression.....

Overwound passive pickups are compressed like a compressor would normally do....ie, it boosts weak signals to make them stronger.

EMGs aren't overwound, and are actually pretty weak when compared to passives. They're compressed because they hit the upper limits of the preamps ability to boost the signal. So you get dynamics up until a certian point until the preamp saturates, and then they won't get any louder (the squashed feeling alot of people don't like about EMGs).

Running EMGs at 18v increases the preamps headroom, so you can get more dynamics because you can pick the string harder before it saturates....not because it's giving more or less boost to the overall signal.

As for normal picking dynamics....you have to learn to work the EMG just like you need to learn any other pickup that's different from what you're used to. I can't work a humbucker in the same way as I work a single coil, nor can I work an EMG in the same way as I work a passive. It just takes practice is all.

 

[vinterland]

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Ok, off the top of my head, I know that Screamingdaisy, Deadskinslayer and myself have no such dynamic problems with EMGs. If anyone else has, speak now or forever hold your peace. Let's get this silly debate over with once and for all, and never bring it up again.

No problems here either.

 

[AmirH]

Re: The EMG Legend is true!

Ok, off the top of my head, I know that Screamingdaisy, Deadskinslayer and myself have no such dynamic problems with EMGs. If anyone else has, speak now or forever hold your peace. Let's get this silly debate over with once and for all, and never bring it up again.

Nope.

But on another note- WHY would you be using emgs for playing clean? I mean I can understand a few clean passages or something but nitpicking that they don't have enough dynamics played clean is like complaining that a high gain amp doesn't sound like a fender. They're made for use with a lot of gain, period.

 

[some_dude]

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Nope.

But on another note- WHY would you be using emgs for playing clean? I mean I can understand a few clean passages or something but nitpicking that they don't have enough dynamics played clean is like complaining that a high gain amp doesn't sound like a fender. They're made for use with a lot of gain, period.

Some jazz cats like them for their clarity and even response.