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Are you going for active pickups or what? No one can decide what kind of tone you want. If you want trebley, overall shitty tone, go with the EMG 81.
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alexi_laiho_GuitarGod
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yeah active pickups. I just want different pickups from the ones i have now which i dont really like. I want a trebley sound but i dont want a shitty tone but from what u tell the 81 is not the right choice.
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alexi_laiho_GuitarGod
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i want a tone like Mitch has here tho im sure that's not becuz of his puckups it's mostly becuz of the things he uses plus his guitar too. How about a set of EMG Hz 3?
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As far as my influences go Alexi, and Kirk H are my main ones.
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As far as my influences go Alexi, and Kirk H are my main ones.
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Cover i did. sorry if the guitar is hard to hear. I think i pretty much nailed that song. Its so fuckin hard to get balance that i actually hear the backing track and what im playing. Fuck well...
[ame]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7147704404197981710&hl=en[/ame]
A bunch of sloppy and i mean sloppy riffs as tone test without backing tracks.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6985043525946137626&q=source:007166846144658385129&hl=en
[ame]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7147704404197981710&hl=en[/ame]
A bunch of sloppy and i mean sloppy riffs as tone test without backing tracks.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6985043525946137626&q=source:007166846144658385129&hl=en
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Yea EMGs are pretty shitty pickups. You would do best to look into something else. I recommend trying an X2N before. They are passive, but they're really high output.
eveningninja
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Same here.
No EMG 81s are shit
85s are better imo, less trebley, a fatter sound.
I supose you guys have finished bashing what you don't like, now someone who likes it might be able to give his opinion
EMG 81 is not the best pickup in the world, but it doesn't by any means suck. It can have way too much gain for some stuff and may sound shit on the neck position, but on the bridge position and with not excessive gain (don't go for 10, something around 6 is enough) it sounds really cool. Of course don't forget to get some mids and don't go for a full set on bass.
That beeing said, 81 will be shit if you want a super distorted and bassy tone. But for a normal gain and with enough mids (COB, Death since Human (before the tone was fucking shit IMO), Sinergy, Metallica the first albums, ... stuff like that) it's a cool pickup IMO. But all my experience is in bridge position, so I can't talk about neck or that stuff. If you have found it cheap on eBay my advice is get it and get rid of the Duncan designed on your RR3 on the bridge. Dunno about neck tho, as I don't use neck p-ups (in fact my guitar doesn't even have one, and I don't use anymore the one on my Ibanez,
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Same here.
I supose you guys have finished bashing what you don't like, now someone who likes it might be able to give his opinion
EMG 81 is not the best pickup in the world, but it doesn't by any means suck. It can have way too much gain for some stuff and may sound shit on the neck position, but on the bridge position and with not excessive gain (don't go for 10, something around 6 is enough) it sounds really cool. Of course don't forget to get some mids and don't go for a full set on bass.
That beeing said, 81 will be shit if you want a super distorted and bassy tone. But for a normal gain and with enough mids (COB, Death since Human (before the tone was fucking shit IMO), Sinergy, Metallica the first albums, ... stuff like that) it's a cool pickup IMO. But all my experience is in bridge position, so I can't talk about neck or that stuff. If you have found it cheap on eBay my advice is get it and get rid of the Duncan designed on your RR3 on the bridge. Dunno about neck tho, as I don't use neck p-ups (in fact my guitar doesn't even have one, and I don't use anymore the one on my Ibanez,
I like my EMG 81 with the Randall. It can get some mud in the low end but overall its pretty tight and nice sounding now.
Devin Townsend use 81's, go listen to Strapping Young Lad and tell me that tone is shit.
Also, putting passives in a RR3 guitar is a waste of time and money, the wood is bollocks, and considering that passives get more of their tone from the wood than active goes, i would seriously get Actives for it. Blackouts, Livewires, EMG81/85
For EMG 85 sound in bridge, listen to Alestorm feks
Also, putting passives in a RR3 guitar is a waste of time and money, the wood is bollocks, and considering that passives get more of their tone from the wood than active goes, i would seriously get Actives for it. Blackouts, Livewires, EMG81/85
For EMG 85 sound in bridge, listen to Alestorm feks
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I'm starting to belive that the main reason for the 81 hatred and saying it's bassy and muddy and etc is that it's frequently used in the neck postition, which gets much more muddy and bassy than bridge. I think that cos I have it in bridge position and it can be everything but muddy or bassy.
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Ive never heard a muddier tone honestly. James has pretty okay IMO. That's just my opinion so i won't even get to that argument because then people are gonna go "OMG NO WAI YOURE RETARDED" because i called it shit. Then again...im not a fan of alexi's tone either.
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