Emg 85 18 volt mod?
- Thread starter Rupturemetal
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Yeah I did it on my guitar with a pair of 85s and it sounds so much more alive. Before the tone was kind of sterile, but now with the added headroom, it seems a lot more dynamic while still having that aggression we all know and love.
Nebulous
Daniel
With our search function being shit when it comes to our popular terms (EMG, Pod, any other three letter word/ achronym) I might add to this thread and ask for any links RE carrying out this 18 volt mod.
http://home.comcast.net/~mgollihur/emgmod.html
This is the site I used when I did the mod. I decided to use the temporary harness with 3 9volt clips soldered together. It takes up a little more room, but it works great and you can always switch back to 9 volts if you don't like it.
This is the site I used when I did the mod. I decided to use the temporary harness with 3 9volt clips soldered together. It takes up a little more room, but it works great and you can always switch back to 9 volts if you don't like it.
deanbailey
O.C.D Member
Fuck I still need to do this mod... my friend has a Washburn WG587 something-or-other 7-string with a 707 in it (which I advised against) and his guitar was always wayyyyy too gainy, I noticed his pickup was really close to the strings. I made him lower it, which helped but it was still super gainy through settings on an amp that were fine for my EC1k with an 81. He did the mod and came back and it really did make a big difference in the headroom. Now I can actually tolerate hearing him jam in the corner, haha. Now if there was a way to make the 707 not suck he'd be in business...
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