ESPguy Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 I met a moron who put an 81&85 in his Les Paul. You could stick those emgs in a block of styrofoam and get the same no tone sound. What a waste of mahogany! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 I met a moron who put an 81&85 in his Les Paul. You could stick those emgs in a block of styrofoam and get the same no tone sound. What a waste of mahogany! Post of the week, for sure........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat-o-steve Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Personally, I agree with you! I would never put EMG 81/85's in a Les Paul. But it is all a matter of taste ;) I like tone, some like over the top crunch and could care less for even a touch of cleans LOL. The stock pups in most Gibson's crunch just fine. You will never find 1 pickup that will do everything, that's why they make so many (and why just 1 guitar is never enough!!!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 I used the EMG81's throughout the 80's and they had a mean sound to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 The "Gilmour" single coils are interesting....I played a Strat with them once...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vexorgtr Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 EMG's are a good way to make your Gibson sound less like a Gibson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanH Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 I met a moron who put an 81&85 in his Les Paul. You could stick those emgs in a block of styrofoam and get the same no tone sound. What a waste of mahogany! Next time you see Zakk please say "Hi" from me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 I have a single EMG Godin Which I like a lot... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 I much prefer my signature OMG pickups........ .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazerface Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 If emg pickups will get you closer to "your tone" by all means, go for it. The mqin reasons people say emgs sound "the same" is because many emg equipped guitars are played at high gain levels. Personally, i think emgs are great high-output pickups that retain clarity, whereas many others lose amlot of treble and can sound muddy. A/B a strat and paul both equipped with an 81/85 set, through a good tube amp, and then tell me theres no difference... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishPeacock Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I have EMGs in a Strat and I love them, that being said I am no real fan of the HB sized ones. They just don't suit my tone/music. But to each their own. If someone likes them, that's up to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeppelinguy Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Sort of like using a distortion pedal through a JCM2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom brown Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Kinman is making a smoking single coil pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aster1 Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Dang, when I read the heading I thought you meant this: Electromyography (EMG) Glad it's only a pup. They do kind of suck cuz it does hurt some. Aster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cú Chulainn Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 *ahem* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbi_aBoL720 this, ladies and gentlemen, is an EMG81 equipped guitar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 it's really up to signal chain, and how they're amped. EMGs can be made to suck, OR sound great....they're just p'ups which are 1/4 to 1/5 of the tone equation. but as always, YMMV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanH Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 this, ladies and gentlemen, is an EMG81 equipped guitar! ....a Charvel, not the LP which the OP was referring to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cú Chulainn Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 ....a Charvel, not the LP which the OP was referring to. Yeah, well, he also wrote this: You could stick those emgs in a block of styrofoam and get the same no tone sound. ...which my videoresponse was aimed at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanH Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 .......and the point he was making was that EMGs are wasted on mahogany. The Gary Moore vid is good b-t-w but I think he's the type of player that could make anything sound good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cú Chulainn Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 .......and the point he was making was that EMGs are wasted on mahogany. The Gary Moore vid is good b-t-w but I think he's the type of player that could make anything sound good. oh? So what he said about it sounding the same in styrofoam doesn't matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 *ahem* this, ladies and gentlemen, is an EMG81 equipped guitar! Not sure your point. Sounds like an active EMG pickup to me; just with the tone knob turned up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DestructorsKillMusic1982 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 In 1987 I put an EMG 81 in an Epiphone strat I had, I liked it then but we were also teenagers with terrible amps at the time. (I was playing through a 1970s Peavey Musician head with a 4x12 and a 2x12, and a yellow DOD overdrive pedal, as that head had 'tremolo' and 'fuzz' but zero gain.) It sounded more aggressive than the stock pickups, but also rather sterile and flat. Fast forward to now, and while I've still got that guitar I haven't played it in at least a decade, as EMGs seem far less necessary to me when running through a a decent Marshall. I do however use an ESP Custom Shop M series with an EMG 81 for a few situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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