EMG Revelation

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Uh, WOW...

Got EMG to send me a semi-custom Revelation Set for my new Charvel DK24 HH HT M... they threw in gold screws with the standard black plastic cap, and boy they look scrum-deli-ishous!!

I haven't used passives since I was a kid, but man, EMG crushed it with this set. Something really interesting going on in the mid-range which makes me want to just play and explore to find sounds, almost more than notes. I was a little worried that since they are low output, it wouldn't have enough punch on the front end of my amps and Theta Pro, so I grabbed an EMG Afterburner. As someone mentioned in another thread, it's super noisy, but really didn't need it so it'll come out soon... but if I need a touch more punch, a few tiny tweaks in the gain settings on the amps and that problem is solved.

Very clear and open, yet precise. A fun low end that isn't flubby at all, but the mids are where the magic is for these pickups. There's a certain something that always feels or sounds like EMG, but they are definitely not active. It's a tightness or compression, maybe? It's much more controlled than say, the Seymour Duncan Full Shred (came stock), which to my ears just felt and sounded like loose paper. The cleans are AMAZING, and the high gain stuff just makes me want to keep exploring...

Enjoy the look and here's a little sound too!

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Thanks! Just got done doing some more tweaking with the Theta Combo and my effect pedals. I've got the Andy Timmons Carl Martin Compressor out front and it franklin' rules. Using the compressor as almost a boost (saw Andy do that in a vid in front of his Mesa Lonestar) just makes these Revelations shine... I'm VERY impressed.

I thought EMG did something special with the Fat 55 set, and they did, but these Revelations are VERY interesting...
 
I've never even heard of these. Your video was fuckin awesome, and that guitar is sexy af!!
 
I love EMG's. Nothing sounds as aggressive for metal IMO. I got the 57, 66 set and 81's in my guitars. The 57, 66 set is like having active emg's with a more passive like open quality to them, they're great.
 
Just went to the EMG site to check these out - so these are passive? Very cool
 
I went to the emg site recently and had no idea they had so many different pickups you never hear anything about.
 
Excellent playing! Excellent tone! Makes me want to go snap one of these up!!!
 
Thanks, all! I was skeptical at first because every time I got a new (or used) guitar, they tended to be stock pickups, all passive... Never bonded. BUT, with the new Charvel, I really wanted something to look like the set I got (so it matched the hardware), but EMG couldn't put gold pole pieces in an active like the 57 or Het Set, so I started looking at the Revelation and Marty Friedman Set. I ended up listening to all of Prashant Aswan's demos and was not only super impressed with his playing and composition, but the actual tone... something so fun in there. SO glad I went with the Revelation Set.

The RetroActive Fat 55 set really got my attention as well, forcing me to play just a little differently and LOVE it so much, the 55 Set is in two guitars (one Charvel, one Jackson). The Revelation was a leap for me out of my comfort zone, and so glad I did it. So much to explore and it's a different world than the actives, but every bit as good in it's own way, which is what I was hoping for... just took me 30 years of actives to find it!!!

Would love to hear other demos of the Revelation if any of you out there commit... there's a few demos out there and I kinda like them all!
 
JackBootedThug said:
emg should hook you up. that video is gonna sell some pups for them.
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Hahaha! THANK YOU. Really... considering the sheer number of killer players out there and almost everyone on this forum either being one or seeing tons, that's a helluva thing to say. Thanks...

(and I would probably pee my pants a little if they wanted me to do a video...)
 
Yet another one just falls out because I'm having so much fun just playing!

Enjoy... it's a little mainstream for me, but who cares?

 
Thanks! Yeah, most of it was improv, so I actually have to learn it to fill a proper video!!!
 
A better version on the way... drums will have a bit more ambience, tighter harmonies, different ending... still a chunk that I improvised in the first take that I can't figure out! BUT, who cares! The Rev Set sounds so good...
 
can you also upload just the raw guitars so we can hear how they sound without being in a mix, etc?

thanks
 
One of these days I'll try to do some 'raw' guitars so you can hear the pickups outside a song setting, but in the meantime, here's a proper vid to show off the Rev Set (and the Charvel, and the ISP Theta Pro) AGAIN!!! :)

 
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