What emg for the neck position?

[Simon Dorn]

To go with an old school 81 my brother from another mother hooked me up with… 85 or something different?

Like many said: 60 or 81

 

[JackBootedThug]

Sounds like an 89 might be in my future. I might do something weird and do 85 bridge and 81 in the neck. anyone ever try that? I actually like the 85 better than the 81….

 

[heath]

Sounds like an 89 might be in my future. I might do something weird and do 85 bridge and 81 in the neck. anyone ever try that? I actually like the 85 better than the 81….

I tried this a few times with my EMG guitar when I was trying to get the 81/85 combo to balance. There was still an imbalance. Whatever pickup was in the neck position was always considerably louder regardless how low I set it. The 85 in the bridge is a good sound though.

 

[JackBootedThug]

I tried this a few times with my EMG guitar when I was trying to get the 81/85 combo to balance. There was still an imbalance. Whatever pickup was in the neck position was always considerably louder regardless how low I set it. The 85 in the bridge is a good sound though.

Wonder why that is? I just assumed the 85 had more output… that’s very interesting you said that. Think it’s the frequencies being accentuated in the neck position? More boomy bassy ones?