VESmedic
Well-Known Member
For years, I, like alot of you, have been on the bare knuckle bandwagon. And yes, to me, they are THAT good. I have an aftermath, a set of miracle mans, a cold sweat, and 2 warpigs, all in various guitars, in various combinations. I absolutely love the way they sound, do not get me wrong...However....
Plugged my schecter 7 string with an 81-7 in the bridge in the other night, in B flat standard: and LOVED IT! For "that" specific tone, I still really love EMG's, and I never thought I'd say that. The clarity and midrange grind that the 81 produces in DOWN TUNED/ 7 string guitars, is hard to beat, atleast in my opinion. Keynote: I am speaking only in downtuned/7s, not in standard tuning. I have no desire really to use EMG's in anything close to standard tuning.
The clarity especially that EMG's produce, with that much gain, and how tight they stay in low tunings, is great. I actually STILL think they are tighter than everything I have heard (the aftermath is RIGHT there though, that is for sure), or at the very least, they seem to NOT have the extended bass response of other passives, making them "seem" tighter, which again, is great at low tunings.
Just food for thought I guess, I have been around quite awhile, and have an ear for what I like, but your ear changes, and so does your taste, make no mistake about it. On that note, my main live guitars are all BKP equipped. Do I feel that the BKP's offer more "tone" (for lack of a better term) than EMG's, and alot more going on and alot more harmonic complexity? Absolutely. Is that necessarily better always? Absolutely not..No absolutes in this business that is for sure. I can guarentee you though, my EMG equipped 7 will get alot more play time now though from now on
Just thought I would share, and see if anyone feels the same.
Chris
Plugged my schecter 7 string with an 81-7 in the bridge in the other night, in B flat standard: and LOVED IT! For "that" specific tone, I still really love EMG's, and I never thought I'd say that. The clarity and midrange grind that the 81 produces in DOWN TUNED/ 7 string guitars, is hard to beat, atleast in my opinion. Keynote: I am speaking only in downtuned/7s, not in standard tuning. I have no desire really to use EMG's in anything close to standard tuning.
The clarity especially that EMG's produce, with that much gain, and how tight they stay in low tunings, is great. I actually STILL think they are tighter than everything I have heard (the aftermath is RIGHT there though, that is for sure), or at the very least, they seem to NOT have the extended bass response of other passives, making them "seem" tighter, which again, is great at low tunings.
Just food for thought I guess, I have been around quite awhile, and have an ear for what I like, but your ear changes, and so does your taste, make no mistake about it. On that note, my main live guitars are all BKP equipped. Do I feel that the BKP's offer more "tone" (for lack of a better term) than EMG's, and alot more going on and alot more harmonic complexity? Absolutely. Is that necessarily better always? Absolutely not..No absolutes in this business that is for sure. I can guarentee you though, my EMG equipped 7 will get alot more play time now though from now on
Chris