Opinion on EMG pickups?

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Opinion on EMG pickups?
guitarnerd333	September 16, 2009 1:57:51 AM UTC	Post #1
Posts: 11 Member #: 21,495 Joined: 09/15/2009	Good or bad?
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trivium-axendancy	August 19, 2008 8:20:53 PM UTC	Post #1
Location: Magnolia, TX Posts: 615 Member #: 10,468 Joined: 09/01/2009	I use them in my custom les paul, I like them.
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madden	August 20, 2008 10:56:46 AM UTC	Post #2
Posts: 7340 Member #: 13,679 Joined: 09/15/2009	Decent, active pickups are never as dynamic as passive pickups. I prefer Dimarzio, Seymour Duncan and Bare Knuckles myself.
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guitarnerd333	August 20, 2008 9:28:36 PM UTC	Post #3
Posts: 11 Member #: 21,495 Joined: 09/15/2009	Compared to the pickups on a B.C. Rich bronze series Warlock or a Dean MLX?
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psychotic	August 21, 2008 12:00:42 PM UTC	Post #4
Posts: 38 Member #: 21,475 Joined: 09/15/2009	People say EMGs are shit, and they aren't. The truth is, they are decent, but only decent. They have a lot of output for some pretty beefy distortion, but they don't have very good dynamics. I guess you could say that they sound '2-dimensional.' Everything about their sound is right there in your face, which is alright(just alright, as in: there are passive picks out there with better dynamics AND high output) for high gain, but piss poor for just about anything else. I prefer dimarzio myself. I just put an X2N in my Ibanez and it sounds great, much more dynamic but sill high-output.
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kakos	August 23, 2008 7:29:26 PM UTC	Post #5
Posts: 82 Member #: 20,654 Joined: 09/15/2009	im my case its --- SD>Dimazio>EMG theyre not bad but they sound to computer like to me i want a 7 String with 707's in em tho
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minister bonesaw	August 24, 2008 8:46:49 AM UTC	Post #6
Posts: 5727 Member #: 17,831 Joined: 09/15/2009	Why does everybody bum Seymore Duncans at all? Biggest rip off for cash going. Bill Lawrence. [Thread/]
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inceptiontoembrace	August 24, 2008 1:10:52 PM UTC	Post #7
Posts: 74 Member #: 21,487 Joined: 09/15/2009	Seymour duncan got some of the best Passive pickups I have ever tried. And now when I tested the Blackouts, they have the best actives to. And I have had many pickups, Dimarzios, Duncans, Ibanez, Gibson, EMG...
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minister bonesaw	August 25, 2008 5:55:27 AM UTC	Post #8
Posts: 5727 Member #: 17,831 Joined: 09/15/2009	QUOTE(inceptiontoembrace @ Aug 24 2008, 06:10 PM) [snapback]447110[/snapback]Seymour duncan got some of the best Passive pickups I have ever tried. What makes them the best? I know i dont like them at all, i know i can get something much better for cheaper too.
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madden	August 26, 2008 1:50:53 PM UTC	Post #9
Posts: 7340 Member #: 13,679 Joined: 09/15/2009	In my honest opinion, SD's are only at their best when you put them in a Jackson. They do have a few great pickups, but the Dimarzio D Activator is a fucking metal beast.
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inceptiontoembrace	September 02, 2008 1:07:50 AM UTC	Post #10
Posts: 74 Member #: 21,487 Joined: 09/15/2009	QUOTE(Minister Bonesaw @ Aug 25 2008, 09:55 AM) [snapback]447174[/snapback]What makes them the best? I know i dont like them at all, i know i can get something much better for cheaper too. I said the best "i have tried", personal thing you know? to guy aboveI had Diactivators once, must be one of those situations when the guitar make the pickups sound bad as you said with SD and Jacksons. I had the Ibanez VBT700 and they sounded shit, I got rid of the whole guitar at once
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