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Are the het’s available without the pole pieces?
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Are the het’s available without the pole pieces?
I dunno guys, i just feel that once the initial hype of a new product/brand dies down, i want to go back to EMG again.
Truth!I cannot find that tight, big sounding, punchy chug that i find on the EMG 81, on any other pickup
Effortlessly cutting in a mix better than 99% other high gain pickups, is probably what people are talking about when they say "it's massive sounding" tbf.Big sounding and emg 81 don't go together. It's not a "big" sounding pick up. It's tight, compressed and focused. Comes through nice in a mix though. I've learned to appreciate it and the 85 more over the past year after finally getting a decent amp.
Makes sense. I know I've listened to myself play an Avenged Sevenfold song back on audio. Zacky V uses a JB. And to me my 85 cuts through more with more balls than the JB. I almost feel like the 85 is a JB with a tube screamer already on.Effortlessly cutting in a mix better than 99% other high gain pickups, is probably what people are talking about when they say "it's massive sounding" tbf.
I would say the bolded better describes the Fishman Modern
When you down stroke a palm mute the EMG is way bigger than any pickup, not as thinn, at least to my ears.Big sounding and emg 81 don't go together. It's not a "big" sounding pick up. It's tight, compressed and focused. Comes through nice in a mix though. I've learned to appreciate it and the 85 more over the past year after finally getting a decent amp.
Eh actives are a bit thinner sounding by nature since they are so compressed to my ears. The 81 and 85s do really punch through though which is what I've begun to appreciate about them. And yea the 85 being alnico it has a little more rounded to it than the 81. I am thinking of trying the 24v mod to open it up a bit more.When you down stroke a palm mute the EMG is way bigger than any pickup, not as thinn, at least to my ears.
The 85 is even more full, cause it has more bass i think.
I think the adjustement is just the 60A in the neck. And the green logo of course.Question about the Bonebreakers.
Did we ever figure out whether the bridge pickup is actually just an 81 with a green logo? Or is it a new voicing? I've seen YouTube reviews and comparisons - some where they sound identical, some where they sound different.
EMG website says "By making slight pre-amp adjustments and combining Alnico 5 and Ceramic magnets the perfect tone-beast was created. The Bone Breaker set consist of the BB-B Ceramic bridge and the BB-N Alnico 5 neck pickups."
Somewhat vague, as to whether the bridge pickup is the hybrid ceramic/alnico.
Then... where is the preamp adjustment? Just marketing bullshit? Oh, yeah, I can see that...