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itsme
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There's something un-natural about putting batteries in a guitar. Reminds me of the toy guitar my kids play. I had an EMG 81/85 set in my first Les Paul Custom. Played it for a year, pulled them out and put '57 Classic in it. Was much happier. Now I use 7 - 9K output Duncans. I play very high gain, but let the amp provide the gain, not the pickups.
Scott Ians Beard
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midnightlaundry
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I dissagree with this. People talk all day about having a pure tube sound, but then they play their guitar through a stupid pedal board full of cheap stomp boxes. Pedals compress and eat tone, and it gets worse with each 1 you run in series.
What's more natural, a passive guitar through a pedalboard with a series of cheap pedals that run off' batteries, or a guitar with EMG's that's plugged strait into an amp?
WAIT, does anyone actually just plug strait into an amp and play the tone the amp designer intended to be heared???
itsme":10baa said:
I dissagree with this. People talk all day about having a pure tube sound, but then they play their guitar through a stupid pedal board full of cheap stomp boxes. Pedals compress and eat tone, and it gets worse with each 1 you run in series.
What's more natural, a passive guitar through a pedalboard with a series of cheap pedals that run off' batteries, or a guitar with EMG's that's plugged strait into an amp?
WAIT, does anyone actually just plug strait into an amp and play the tone the amp designer intended to be heared???
64DUECE
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I am in luv with my 81.
To me it's sound is strong, punchy, tight..........and quiet. I think I have really found the bridge pickup for me. And I'm no fucking shredder.
I think they're more dynamic than they are given credit for. Also, I don't get the compressed tone that I have always heard about. That's the one thing that kept me from getting an EMG for so long. My favorite part about mine IS the clarity, and the tightness. I don't have the pickup set so high that it touches my strings either.
I've tried the 81 in my Les Paul Special, BC Rich M-bird and now my LP Studio. It does react and sounded different in each guitar to my ear.
I've never been happier with my tone, but I'll still keep a passive S/D in at least one guitar though.
To me it's sound is strong, punchy, tight..........and quiet. I think I have really found the bridge pickup for me. And I'm no fucking shredder.
I think they're more dynamic than they are given credit for. Also, I don't get the compressed tone that I have always heard about. That's the one thing that kept me from getting an EMG for so long. My favorite part about mine IS the clarity, and the tightness. I don't have the pickup set so high that it touches my strings either.
I've tried the 81 in my Les Paul Special, BC Rich M-bird and now my LP Studio. It does react and sounded different in each guitar to my ear.
I've never been happier with my tone, but I'll still keep a passive S/D in at least one guitar though.
cobrahead1030
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i pretty much always prefer to plug straight in, whether i'm using active or passive pickups
leadfootdriver":fd913 said::|::QBB:
I dissagree with this. People talk all day about having a pure tube sound, but then they play their guitar through a stupid pedal board full of cheap stomp boxes. Pedals compress and eat tone, and it gets worse with each 1 you run in series.
What's more natural, a passive guitar through a pedalboard with a series of cheap pedals that run off' batteries, or a guitar with EMG's that's plugged strait into an amp?
WAIT, does anyone actually just plug strait into an amp and play the tone the amp designer intended to be heared???
i pretty much always prefer to plug straight in, whether i'm using active or passive pickups
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itsme
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I do. My Les Pauls into Diezel Herbert. I've never used distortion or overdrive boxes. If the amp can't do it on it's own, I don't buy it. My Rectifier & Marshalls don't need them either. That's why I buy an amp, 'cause it sounds good. I never think, "It sounds OK, but if I add this or that it will sound better." No need to buy an amp that needs help. If I absolutely need effects for a gig I'll use a wah & maybe chorus or other modulation effect on cleans only. But smaller gigs, straight in.
leadfootdriver":4e45b said::|::QBB:
I dissagree with this. People talk all day about having a pure tube sound, but then they play their guitar through a stupid pedal board full of cheap stomp boxes. Pedals compress and eat tone, and it gets worse with each 1 you run in series.
What's more natural, a passive guitar through a pedalboard with a series of cheap pedals that run off' batteries, or a guitar with EMG's that's plugged strait into an amp?
WAIT, does anyone actually just plug strait into an amp and play the tone the amp designer intended to be heared???
I do. My Les Pauls into Diezel Herbert. I've never used distortion or overdrive boxes. If the amp can't do it on it's own, I don't buy it. My Rectifier & Marshalls don't need them either. That's why I buy an amp, 'cause it sounds good. I never think, "It sounds OK, but if I add this or that it will sound better." No need to buy an amp that needs help. If I absolutely need effects for a gig I'll use a wah & maybe chorus or other modulation effect on cleans only. But smaller gigs, straight in.
Oblivion DC
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The EMG's aren't actually all that clean. They have a little pre-amp in them and when you run them at the standard 9 volts, the pre-amp doesn't have a lot of headroom, and they will distort and compress the guitar's signal. That's part of what the 18 volt mod is all about. The extra juice gives the pre-amp more headroom - which keeps it from distorting. It doesn't make it any louder, and it actually allows the pickup to stay cleaner under a heavy pick attack. If you like the cleans at 9 volts you'll love them at 18! It also sounds clearer in a high gain situation. Some folks don't like it but I think it sounds great.
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The EMG's aren't actually all that clean. They have a little pre-amp in them and when you run them at the standard 9 volts, the pre-amp doesn't have a lot of headroom, and they will distort and compress the guitar's signal. That's part of what the 18 volt mod is all about. The extra juice gives the pre-amp more headroom - which keeps it from distorting. It doesn't make it any louder, and it actually allows the pickup to stay cleaner under a heavy pick attack. If you like the cleans at 9 volts you'll love them at 18! It also sounds clearer in a high gain situation. Some folks don't like it but I think it sounds great.
