mcleanab
Theta Sagan Swords
Man oh man...
I'm fixing up an old guitar and needed a new pickup. The EMG 85 has been the standard for damn near 30 years... I've tried the 81, 81x, 60a for my standard high gain/leads and cleans... 85 beat 'em all... I own the HA, HAX, SAV and SAVX that are in other guitars...
I figured I'd try the 57 thinking that I'd have to do a shoot out and record a whole bunch to really hear a difference... NOPE. Immediately noticed a huge difference... I started with the clean channel on my ISP Theta and wow the tone was clear, smooth, round and open... lots of rich complex mids and great highs that didn't spike at all... really lovely.
Shifted gears to the high gain stuff and got a searing tone that seems equal in output to the 85, but same characteristics of smooth, round, open and RICH... very articulate on fast leads, huge sounding chords... I'm stunned. I love my 85, don't get me wrong... but I am super impressed with the 57... lots of punch in the low end - so much so, I had to turn down the low end on the Theta just a hair... so much tone!!!
Do yourself a favor... if you are a fan of EMG, get the 57... I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir, but damn it's nice...
![](http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh573/McLeanAB/IMG_1142_zps057cd7ed.jpg)
![](http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh573/McLeanAB/IMG_1143_zps8b9ac51f.jpg)
![](http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh573/McLeanAB/IMG_1144_zpseeaa3da8.jpg)
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I'm fixing up an old guitar and needed a new pickup. The EMG 85 has been the standard for damn near 30 years... I've tried the 81, 81x, 60a for my standard high gain/leads and cleans... 85 beat 'em all... I own the HA, HAX, SAV and SAVX that are in other guitars...
I figured I'd try the 57 thinking that I'd have to do a shoot out and record a whole bunch to really hear a difference... NOPE. Immediately noticed a huge difference... I started with the clean channel on my ISP Theta and wow the tone was clear, smooth, round and open... lots of rich complex mids and great highs that didn't spike at all... really lovely.
Shifted gears to the high gain stuff and got a searing tone that seems equal in output to the 85, but same characteristics of smooth, round, open and RICH... very articulate on fast leads, huge sounding chords... I'm stunned. I love my 85, don't get me wrong... but I am super impressed with the 57... lots of punch in the low end - so much so, I had to turn down the low end on the Theta just a hair... so much tone!!!
Do yourself a favor... if you are a fan of EMG, get the 57... I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir, but damn it's nice...
![](http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh573/McLeanAB/IMG_1142_zps057cd7ed.jpg)
![](http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh573/McLeanAB/IMG_1143_zps8b9ac51f.jpg)
![](http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh573/McLeanAB/IMG_1144_zpseeaa3da8.jpg)
![](http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh573/McLeanAB/IMG_1145_zpse190409a.jpg)