duncans vs emg

[Last_Confession]

ok planning on swapping out my stock zebra(eww) pickups on my prs se custom. currently looking between the hot rodded jazz (sh2n -jazz neck and sh4 jb bridge) seymour duncan or emgs either zw set or an 81 and 60 combo any input guys? mahogany body playing metal and hardcore mainly

 

[kaomao]

zakk wylde is the way to go really.
If the 81 sounds too trebly on your guitar, just swap the 81 with the 85.
I got 2 axes: a Burny (les paul copy) with 81 in the bridge because the 85 it's too fat in the bridge, and a LTD MH1000 with the 85 in the bridge and 81 in the neck, this guitar has less low end so the 85 it's giving back the thunderous low end I needed!

cheers

 

[Jaymz]

+ 1 the ZW set sounds amazing in my LTD mahogany body.

 

[Last_Confession]

cheers guys always helpful here i've been told emg actives also have a lower db output so i can crank the tubes a little more or is this complete crap?

 

[gorath23]

cheers guys always helpful here i've been told emg actives also have a lower db output so i can crank the tubes a little more or is this complete crap?

Its crap. And lower db than what....hellfire and brimstone?

 

[colonel kurtz]

cheers guys always helpful here i've been told emg actives also have a lower db output so i can crank the tubes a little more or is this complete crap?

really the only thing that the EMG's will have a lower output than is the SD blackout

 

[Last_Confession]

ah right sorry it was me being a tard they have lower magnestism not output lol

 

[devouredremains]

really the only thing that the EMG's will have a lower output than is the SD blackout

I'm in the process of recording a band that uses blackouts in one of their guitars and when they have the volume pot on the guitar maxed out the waveform always looks clipped so I had them record all their rhythm's with the volume at about half. Is this normal for these pickups?

 

[JonWormwood]

I'm in the process of recording a band that uses blackouts in one of their guitars and when they have the volume pot on the guitar maxed out the waveform always looks clipped so I had them record all their rhythm's with the volume at about half. Is this normal for these pickups?

Yes, they are hot as shit.

PODs clip to fuck-ville.

They rule with tube amps. Gotta get one.

 

[colonel kurtz]

I'm in the process of recording a band that uses blackouts in one of their guitars and when they have the volume pot on the guitar maxed out the waveform always looks clipped so I had them record all their rhythm's with the volume at about half. Is this normal for these pickups?

yea...a while back i tracked some DI stuff with my blackout-equipped jackson, and had the waveform clipping with it as well

i've been meaning to lower the pickup to reduce it, but just haven't gotten around to it yet

 

[16S]

I found that even a JB into my boss GT6, the output was too hot. However sounds awesome straight into the 6505.

 

[viggen666]

Just try what you like best. Emg's or duncans, it's all very usable.
I prefer passives myself.

 

[LSD-Studio]

get the EMG and put another 9v in it