Pickup sugesstions? (7 string actives)

[6Christ6Denied6]

I was thinking about swapping the pickups in my schecter loomis for a little while and have narrowed it down to these

neck: EMG60x EMG707TW (will that require modifications due to the push pull feature)?

bridge: Seymour Duncan Blackout

i am mainly looking for neck puckups, im pretty sure blackout is the way to go for the bridge, i just think my 707 for the neck is to bright and dirty and its hard to get it clean sounding, the 60x is supposedly one of the lowest output 7 string pickups for the extended housing.

also id like to keep it active because i dont want gaps in my routing cavity, unless there is someone who makes covers that will cover up that gap if i decide to get passives...

 

[6Christ6Denied6]

nobody?

 

[Necky379]

you can get covers that will allow you to run passives if you want. im considering it myself. Got Guitar Parts? : Guitar Jones USA

 

[6Christ6Denied6]

wow 2 doll hairs, that sounds pretty good to me, also about passives, im not sure if they are able to handle my low F tuning well. i am so used to active i dont think i want to go passive.

 

[Necky379]

meshuggah use passives (lundgren) in their 8 strings and their low strings sound fine. just depends on which apssive you use. not saying you should or shouldnt, just pointing out the option. what town you from btw?

 

[6Christ6Denied6]

well lundgrens area passive yes but they are very bright sounding and would not work out in my guitar and amp, (both very bright) i want a darker but still responsive you know, i think ill shoot the BKP dealer a PM, and im from voluntown BTW, are you from CT also?

 

[Necky379]

sounds like a good plan bkp are supposed to be sick. what rig are you using these with? yeah newtown

 

[6Christ6Denied6]

im running through a peavey 6505+ head, and a maxon od9 (if it ever comes in the mail lol)

hopefully i can find a better head soon, im not too satisfied with the tones i get from it, i really want a engl savage.

 

[Necky379]

running a similar rig, 5150 boosted by an mxr gt-od. i think im going to be swapping out the 81-7's in my sc607 real soon. i cant stand the ice pick highs from the 81-7 + maple guitar combo anymore. im either doing the new emg 707x pups or an invader bridge '59 neck setup with those 2$ covers.

 

[Insightibanez]

I have a set of Some Bare knuckle Painkiller pickups for sale if interested.

 

[6Christ6Denied6]

all it says on emg website that the X series has more headroom and its the bridge between passive and active tone, is there anything else about it that you know that the website doesnt say?

 

[Necky379]

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/pi...s-x-series-for-7-string-81-7x-707x-60-7x.html

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/pi...ral-tech/21760-emg-81-7-vs-emg-707-fight.html

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/pi...tech/106505-emg-81-7-swap-with-emg-707-a.html

these threads will give you some more info.

 

[6Christ6Denied6]

cool man, those helped me out a little, i think its between the 707twx or the 60x now.

 

[Soopahmahn]

cool man, those helped me out a little, i think its between the 707twx or the 60x now.

I too am interested in the EMG 707TWX. I'd like to know if anybody owns them or if anybody knows any production guitars that come with them. I've played a Schecter with the 707TW but never an X-series. Did you buy one, 6C6D6?

I have a big hard-on for SD AHB-1 Blackouts, they're much more what I desire vs. the EMG 81 sound. Would be going in a basswood or mahogany guitar ultimately.

EDIT: Frank Falbo, make a coil-tappable Blackout and I won't care about this any longer!

 

[6string40]

Can't really speak to the 7-string versions, but I used the EMG 60 in my guitars a few years back before I went to all passives. IMO, they were the best sounding EMG neck pickups. Very warm, certainly far from "ice pick."

 

[Soopahmahn]

Can't really speak to the 7-string versions, but I used the EMG 60 in my guitars a few years back before I went to all passives. IMO, they were the best sounding EMG neck pickups. Very warm, certainly far from "ice pick."

I'm sure the 60 is nice, but that's a far cry from a 707TWX

Basically I'd view this as EMG's "best" 7-string pup, and the only one I'd be willing to slide into a guitar... on paper. Now to find one of the damn things and try it out