Zakk EMG 81/85 set

[JMP/HBE]

Installed a Zakk 81/85 EMG set in my 90's Fujigen Orville LPC with long tenon.

Much heavier sounding, waiting for my wife to get up so i can crank it .....:usa2:

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: Zakk EMG 81/85 set

What was it before? Stock?

 

[JMP/HBE]

Re: Zakk EMG 81/85 set

What was it before? Stock?

Before it was SH-5 & 59 with gold covers, i still have them.

I had to wax pot those because they squealed with a boost pedal.

 

[ehdwuld]

Re: Zakk EMG 81/85 set

What sets the Zak wild set off from a 81/85 set?

 

[Darg1911]

Re: Zakk EMG 81/85 set

Not a fan of actives but I like the guitar.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Re: Zakk EMG 81/85 set

What sets the Zak wild set off from a 81/85 set?

Nothing. It's the same thing.

 

[JMP/HBE]

Re: Zakk EMG 81/85 set

Nothing. It's the same thing.

Pups are same, the Zakk set has long shaft pots that the standard doesn't.

And you get to contribute to the Zakk Wylde Retirement fund.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Re: Zakk EMG 81/85 set

And you get a Zakk Wylde pick. Or at least you did some time ago when I bought mine.

 

[Van Noord]

Re: Zakk EMG 81/85 set

Hope you put the 85 in the bridge...:smokin:

 

[JMP/HBE]

Re: Zakk EMG 81/85 set

Yes to Rex, no to Van.

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: Zakk EMG 81/85 set

I think everyone needs to have an 81/85 Les Paul at some point.

 

[dave74]

Re: Zakk EMG 81/85 set

If a guitar is naturally low-end tight with treble bite I put the 85 at the bridge.
With an LP or mostly mahogany guitar I usually like the 81 better.

 

[Van Noord]

Re: Zakk EMG 81/85 set

If a guitar is naturally low-end tight with treble bite I put the 85 at the bridge.
With an LP or mostly mahogany guitar I usually like the 81 better.

An LP with a maple cap and maple neck greatly benefits from and 85 in the bridge.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Re: Zakk EMG 81/85 set

I liked the 85 in the bridge better in my Nick Catanese too. I still like the 81, though.

 

[JMP/HBE]

Re: Zakk EMG 81/85 set

I like the 81 thats in the Bridge, but so far i liked my SD 59' in the neck better than the 85.

The 85 sounds best with the tone knob rolled all the way off.

FWIW the Duncan SH-5 & 59 set i had in before can run with the best of them. I still have that combo in 2 other guitars.

 

[dave74]

Re: Zakk EMG 81/85 set

An LP with a maple cap and maple neck greatly benefits from and 85 in the bridge.

Yeah I'm sure that's right. The only USA Gibson I've ever had was a Studio with no cap, in which I preferred the 81 for the slice.

 

[Adieu]

Re: Zakk EMG 81/85 set

85X @ 18v in the bridge is more fun

 

[JMP/HBE]

Re: Zakk EMG 81/85 set

I bought an 18 volt harness, be here next week.

 

[Gtrjunior]

Re: Zakk EMG 81/85 set

Not a fan of actives but I like the guitar.

Exactly...I feel the same way.

 

[Gtrjunior]

Re: Zakk EMG 81/85 set

And you get a Zakk Wylde pick. Or at least you did some time ago when I bought mine.

I got a real Zakk pick from the Generation Axe your. Much thinner than I would have thought.
Two actually, and a Nuno pick and 2 Yngwie picks.