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ibanez edr pickups

  • 10-06-2005 1:59pm
    #1
    jcoote
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭


    was think bout puttin emg 81/85 in the edr but what other alternatives would i have...what could i put in the single coil position...just lookin for afew opinions


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  • #2
    david
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,691 ✭✭✭david


    Nah dont get EMG's. Get some seymour duncans. I've said this before, but you should get great clean pickups, you should be able to get your gain from the amp and not have to rely on the pickups. In my experience, active EMG's sound like muck on clean.


  • #3
    jcoote
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭jcoote


    i agree but on high gain how would the emgs compare to duncans...i'm swaying towards duncans at this stage either way


  • #4
    david
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,691 ✭✭✭david


    The EMG's will have higher output because of the preamp. But if you get duncans you can always turn up the amp gain to compensate...


  • #5
    david
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    Duncans are cheaper, and sound better and they don't need battery power so you cant lose really with the duncans.


  • #6
    jcoote
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭jcoote


    true yeah i might go for duncans alright cos i'm not gonna shift that edr to get my strat so i may as well just upgrade it


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  • #7
    david
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    Yeah... just save for the strat


  • #8
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,363 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    EMG's clean are incredible! Just listen to any Metallica recording since Justice. I can get lovely shimmering cleans from the EMG in my LTD. 85 and 81 is a great set.


  • #9
    david
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,691 ✭✭✭david


    feylya wrote:
    EMG's clean are incredible! Just listen to any Metallica recording since Justice. I can get lovely shimmering cleans from the EMG in my LTD. 85 and 81 is a great set.
    Haha, i knew you'd say that! Well still... duncans = tone. The End.


  • #10
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    I wouldn't advise EMGs. I had an 81/85 set, and they sounded like pure mud. I swapped them out for DiMarzios in the end, and have been MUCH happier altogether.

    I might incur Feylya's wrath here, but honestly didn't like them at all. Go with the Duncans, or seeing as I'm the local DiMarzio pimp here, go for DiMarzio's!


  • #11
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,363 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    TBH, my main criticism of EMG's would be that they're too clean at times. I don't know what happened with your EMG's Karl.


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