Anyone Keep Going Back To EMG?

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Got a 81 with a 81x logo from the factory outlet

That is like a rare stamp or something.

Oh boy a shiny

 

[Seabeast2000]

Oh boy a shiny

Secret of NIMH but the bird hoards EMGs.

 

[Aliascent]

I recently traded my Ibanez RGT6EXFX for a LTD F250 that came with HZ in them, and that was the first time I got my hands on those since 2005-07.

I love the way the bridge one sound, you can hear a hint of 81 in it, and it's still tight at C#. I can't get the neck to not sound muddy though, I can get a good lead sound from it but rythm is no bueno. I'll tinker with it some more, but no success for far.

Also got a Jackson Rhoads (JS32l) as partof a trade, slapped a 85 in the bridge, single volume no tone. Which is absolutely fantastic and I wish EMG offered a 85/60 set.

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

I love the way the bridge one sound, you can hear a hint of 81 in it, and it's still tight at C#. I can't get the neck to not sound muddy though, I can get a good lead sound from it but rythm is no bueno. I'll tinker with it some more, but no success for far.

What is the scale length? How many frets? Also, what height are the pickups at?

 

[Aliascent]

What is the scale length? How many frets? Also, what height are the pickups at?

25.5, 24 frets, for the height I need to measure as I usually adjust that until I am satisfied and not by measuring.

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

25.5, 24 frets, for the height I need to measure as I usually adjust that until I am satisfied and not by measuring.

I put mine at about 3/32".

 

[CrushingAnvil]

I recently traded my Ibanez RGT6EXFX for a LTD F250 that came with HZ in them, and that was the first time I got my hands on those since 2005-07.

I love the way the bridge one sound, you can hear a hint of 81 in it, and it's still tight at C#. I can't get the neck to not sound muddy though, I can get a good lead sound from it but rythm is no bueno. I'll tinker with it some more, but no success for far.

Also got a Jackson Rhoads (JS32l) as partof a trade, slapped a 85 in the bridge, single volume no tone. Which is absolutely fantastic and I wish EMG offered a 85/60 set.

Fret the 24th fret and set them basically as close to the strings as possible without them touching in any way while the strings are vibrating, then adjust from there. The same rule of adjusting pickups applies here too, it's just that EMG's don't have the same magnetic pull as passives, so you can run them closer.

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

Gross. Do not do that. That is the reason EMGs have the bad reputation they have. Thanks, EMG. Why they'd print that in their literature and give people the impression they SHOULD be set like that is beyond me.

 

[CrushingAnvil]

Gross. Do not do that. That is the reason EMGs have the bad reputation they have. Thanks, EMG. Why they'd print that in their literature and give people the impression they SHOULD be set like that is beyond me.

I stand corrected.