EMG 707s or Evo7+air norton7

[777]

ok ive got a 1527 on the way from eric and i have the money for some new pups in it, and im not sure wheather to go for emgs or dimarzios, i have evos in my 2004 RG370 and am happy enough with them nice and tight but im looking for some nice strong output with alot of gain which i heard emgs are good for but i also want to still have the nuances of a virtuoso style so i guess the main question is are emgs versatile enough?

thanks again

 

[Leon]

if i had an EMG loaded guitar, i'd put some passives in the other. go ahead and try the Evo/AN7. if you don't like them, you can always pull them and sell them here

 

[777]

the thing is im selling the RG370 so its either EMG or DiMarzio no in betweens

 

[Leon]

ah ha! i see

well, we had a forum member do a side-by-side comparison of some EMGs and the Evo7. as i recall, the Evo7 won by quite a margin. as far as the AN7 goes, you can't go wrong with it.

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/showthread.php?t=3251

forum search, folks! it's a beautiful thing

 

[Karl Hungus]

Oh hands down, Evo & AN! I used to use EMGs, but swapped to DiMarzios, and they're far better in my opinion.

 

[bostjan]

I love EMG pickups, but with the extra routing that's required, and all of the other members who say they don't like them, it may affect the resale value of the guitar down the road, where installing DiMarzios will not.

As for versatility, the EMG 707 is versatile for an EMG, but the Evo7 and AN7 will give different tones as you play with your volume knob. EMG's are meant to give consistent tone at different volumes, so that means you'll be playing with a more narrow tonal spectrum.

I would go with EMG's, because I like them, but for you- I suggest DiMarzios for convenience and to broaden the tonal pallette.

 

[rogue]

i myself are trying to decide between dimarzios amd emg for my nj series warlock. i don't know much abotu them im looking for a crisp heavy metal sound. is there a big difference in installing them as i would have to get this done professionally. bostjan mentioned extra routing. is this likley to be expensive?

thanks
rogue

 

[7slinger]

Oh hands down, Evo & AN! I used to use EMGs, but swapped to DiMarzios, and they're far better in my opinion.

my main git for 5 years was an m307 with 707's in it, then I got my JP7 with dimarzios, and it's painful for me to go back and play the ESP through my main rig...to me the dimarzios just flat out kick the EMGs ass. The EMGs are higher output, but playing through a high gain amp (recto) I just adjusted my gain up some to play the JP7 and I think the overall tone is better than the EMGs.

...and I just got a 1527 2 days ago, and am doing the same thing you are...wondering which pups to throw in...I'm thinking d-sonic7 and an7

 

[guitarjitsumaster]

It depends what you mean by virtuoso style. If you mean having vai-esque dynamics by turning your volume knob up and down during a song. An EMG wouldnt probably be too friendly to that. However if your a flat out Metal shredding virtuoso ALA Rusty Cooley they will work great for you. EMG's are meant for extreme sounds they dont get all touchy feely when you roll back on them they always sound ticked off.

Here's rusty jammin his, Check out the track city of the dead. I dont know if he had switched to the 81-7 in the bridge yet on this one but he uses both the 707 and 81-7 http://www.myspace.com/outworld

 

[zimbloth]

DiMarzio.

 

[Rick]

I'd have to say the EMGs.

 

[rogue]

Question, disregarding how good EMG or DIMARZIO's are..is either pickup harder to install than the other?

 

[Elysian]

if i were building a 2 pickup 7 right now, i'd go x2n-7 and d-sonic 7 heh... but regardless, i'd go dimarzio, not emg


emg's are nice because they have simple connectors, but you have to replace your pots with active pots(25k i believe), whereas dimarzios you just wire em up pretty much the same way as the 1527 was wired already...

 

[Jason]

Question, disregarding how good EMG or DIMARZIO's are..is either pickup harder to install than the other?

the emg has a oversized pup housing so you will have to route out the pup hole to make it fit.

 

[rogue]

if i were building a 2 pickup 7 right now, i'd go x2n-7 and d-sonic 7 heh... but regardless, i'd go dimarzio, not emg


emg's are nice because they have simple connectors, but you have to replace your pots with active pots(25k i believe), whereas dimarzios you just wire em up pretty much the same way as the 1527 was wired already...

replace with active pots....sorry i don't understand what you mean?

 

[j7899]

EMG's and most active pickup require pots with a 25K value, while passive pickups usually use 250K, 500K, and even a 1M pot. Running an active pickup through a 250K or 500K pot sounds terrible, running a passive with a 25K pot would result in an extremely bright sounding pickup(If I remember correctly).

 

[rogue]

ok thanks once i get my new pickups in about a month then iv decided im going to install them myself because i cant afford to get it done professionally and i have to learn myself one day. my dads an electrical enginer so between us we should manage it. if anyone knows a site with instructions/circitry diagrams for EMG 18-7 and 707 it would be a big help. im going to put them in my warlock

 

[LordOVchaoS]

ok thanks once i get my new pickups in about a month then iv decided im going to install them myself because i cant afford to get it done professionally and i have to learn myself one day. my dads an electrical enginer so between us we should manage it. if anyone knows a site with instructions/circitry diagrams for EMG 18-7 and 707 it would be a big help. im going to put them in my warlock

EMG's come with the new pots and it's VERY simple to change them and install the pickups (minus the whole routing thing).

http://www.emgpickups.com/downloads/wiringdiagrams/EMG-707.pdf

 

[rogue]

thanks guys i'll let you know in a couple of weeks how it goes

 

[Elysian]

i hope you've got a good router setup... a dremel router would work, but would not produce results that look "good" by any means...