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.

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

I stand corrected.

Sorry, but I've never once thought they sounded good like that and I love EMGs.

 

[Zhysick]

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.

Nah, the low magnetic pull is only with active EMGs so those (HZ H4 pickups) are not to be set like that.

On the other hand, as Spaced Out Ace said, that's the way the EMGs sounds worse. Lot's of people like it, surez but only because they are looking for maximum gain and not looking for better clarity or dynamics.

Anyway, to each its own. If you like them REALLY close, good for you. There are no rules about tone but objectively speaking, you have more headroom if the pickups are not that close.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

I proudly keep my pickups cranked the fuck up
If I want dynamics that's why there's a volume knob

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

Nah, the low magnetic pull is only with active EMGs so those (HZ H4 pickups) are not to be set like that.

On the other hand, as Spaced Out Ace said, that's the way the EMGs sounds worse. Lot's of people like it, surez but only because they are looking for maximum gain and not looking for better clarity or dynamics.

Anyway, to each its own. If you like them REALLY close, good for you. There are no rules about tone but objectively speaking, you have more headroom if the pickups are not that close.

I do the same with actives. I set them between 3-4/32", as you would most pickups. Cranking them close sounds horrible and got the brand a shit reputation.

 

[gnoll]

I also don't like my Emgs close, my experience is they sound much better backed off a bit.

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

They compress and clip unnaturally to me if they are too close.