Alexi Laiho Signature Pickup.....

Necromancer197666 said:
This is true.

His guitar tech turned him onto the marshalls then decided to try to the LJ through it. Who knows.

He looks old. How old is he?
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Who, neubi? Or how he is called...

But seriously, it's just a poweramp section. The KK signature only has some KT88 tube's in it ... and so has the VHT 2/90/2. And when im looking at the settings on the KK heads from alexi, i know he is using the preamp.
 
My co-worker called the norwegian distributor listed on EMG's site (we do business with them) about Alexi's pickup and the X series.

"It will be availabe in this year" they said, because they haven't signed a contract yet.

Just thought I would share if there is any norwegians reading this.
 
Looks like its going to be like the EMG Zakk Wylde signature pickups--y'know marketing a standard pickup set as a signature pickup. Looks like its an EMG HZ F-H2 and an MM-04 set. Nothing more. However, that's not the same MM-04 that they're selling out of Japan in the ESPs. Not sure about the MM-04s in the '09 series USA ESPs--it could be the same. But I know the one in Japan is the same as the original JE-1000 with 4 dipswitches (the first one not functional). I wonder if there will be tonal differences or if they just used different switches?

EDIT: It's called "ABQ." The gainboost is on a tap. So it's most likely and afterburner with EQ. I don't know how the EQ will work in comparison to the JE-1000/MM-04. I think I will stick with my MM-04, personally.
 
How do you know it's not basically the same as the MM-04?

EDIT: That's what I'm pretty sure EMG said it was, and they sound exactly the same in function. The MM-04 is also a 3-band EQ with gainboost on tap. Besides, while it would be nicer to have something more unique in the pickup, it is useful anyway as finding and buying a MM-04 wasn't so easy before.

I mean, I suppose they could sound different, but I don't see why. Especially since they MM-04 isn't mass produced.
 
Delanoir said:
How do you know it's not basically the same as the MM-04?

EDIT: That's what I'm pretty sure EMG said it was, and they sound exactly the same in function. The MM-04 is also a 3-band EQ with gainboost on tap. Besides, while it would be nicer to have something more unique in the pickup, it is useful anyway as finding and buying a MM-04 wasn't so easy before.

I mean, I suppose they could sound different, but I don't see why. Especially since they MM-04 isn't mass produced.
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FFS ... The MM04/JE1000 doesn't have a 3 band eq.
 
The HZ - H4 costs around 50€ or 60€ and the MM-04 around 120€. This pickup is at 82€ - 100€ difference - it won't sound like a HZ-H4 with MM-04 I think. And did you ever seen how a MM-04 gainboost looks like?
When I compare mine with this pic on Thomann it can't be a MM-04. I think it's only a FH2 with a db boost

Btw... what does F-Spaced for Tremolos mean? I can't see a difference. Their is an EMG ALX and and EMG ALX-F on Thomann...
 
i compared it with the thomann price which is about 72€
no, tbh, i haven't seen it yet.
the discription only says that there's an ABQ boost and i have no clue what this kind of boost is.


€: i was wondering what that could be, too. i can't see any difference than the -F in the name.
 
EMG said it was a boost and an EQ. And Thomann makes all kinds of mistakes, and their pricing is hardly any true indication of anything.

And F-spaced means that the pole pieces are spaced appropriately for a guitar with a floyd rose. Otherwise they are "wrong" as the pole pieces are spaced for a guitar with a fixed bridge. They are meant to be aligned with the strings, playing a good deal into what makes the tone.
 
Yeah, there is. Not major, but enough that it messes with that alignment.

The DiMarzio website has a good explanation.

F-spacing refers to the wider of the two spacings. For proper string alignment and balanced output, F-spaced humbuckers should be used in the bridge position on all guitars with string spacing at the bridge of 2.1" (53 mm) or greater. On these guitars, if the nut width is 1-11/16? (43 mm) or greater, F-spaced pickups can be used in the neck position as well.

Why are there two different spacings?

A long time ago (in the 20th century, actually) the electric guitar world was divided between Gibson and Fender designs. One of the differences between the two was string spacing. In general, Gibson chose a narrower string spacing at the bridge than Fender, and therefore the polepieces on Gibson humbuckers were closer together than the magnets on Fender pickups. When guitar shops started installing humbuckers in the bridge position of Strats, it was obvious that the strings didn?t line up with the polepieces, and if the E strings were too far outside, the sound could suffer. Our first humbuckers followed the original Gibson spacing, and we call them standard-spaced. When we released our first humbuckers with wider spacing, Floyd Rose bridges were very popular. Floyd string-spacing is the same as Fender spacing, so we naturally called the new pickups F-spaced.

How do I know which spacing to use?

F-spaced pickups measure 2.01" (51 mm) center-to-center from the first polepiece to the sixth. Standard-spaced pickups measure 1.90" (48 mm). Although some players believe that F-spaced pickups are only for the bridge position of tremolo bridge guitars, many guitars with fixed bridges (including late 1990s Gibson Les Pauls and Epiphone LPs) should have F-spaced pickups in the bridge position. Most tremolo equipped guitars that have a nut width of 1-11/16? (43mm) or more should also use an F-spaced pickup in the neck position. If you?re replacing a bridge-position pickup and you're not sure what your string-spacing is, it's usually better to get an F-spaced model. It is not necessary for the strings to pass exactly over the center of the polepieces for best performance, but it is wise to avoid a situation where the E strings are sitting completely outside of the outer polepieces.
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In such cases, your top and bottom E strings would have issues with being too quiet, since they'd be off. Among other issues.
 
Ensi said:
The combinations you make by flicking the switches affects the equalization?:err:
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Sort off ... but it's not a simple bass, middle and treble eq.

It's a high frequency filter. It cut's a certain amount of db of a certain frequency.

With a high frequency filter, if you increase the value of the resistor (ohms) the frequency that will be cut is lowered.

I don't know the value of the 4 resistors (3 selectable by the 3 dipswitches + 1 always "on").
By putting a dipswitch on, you basicly add a resistor. And thus, changing the frequency to a lower one.

This is the result:

Off - Off - On → cut about 5kHz
Off - On - Off → cut about 4.5kHz
Off - On - On → cut about 4.0kHz
On - Off - Off → cut about 3.5kHz
On - Off - On → cut about 3.0kHz
On - On - Off → cut about 2.5kHz
On - On - On → cut about 2kHz
 
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