I finally Purchased an EMG 85!

[Nitronium Blood]

Brand new via eBay.

All I need now are strings.

Having an EMG 85 on a guitar with no strings is like... having a really hot chick, while not having a dick.

 

[Razorjack]

Welcome to a world of better tone!!

I just got an Afterburner to replace my tone pot, I'm sending my guitar to the tech next week to get it fitted (and the guitar wired to 18v).

 

[Eat Pop Slop]

@ Nitronium!!!

 

[Nitronium Blood]

I finally got strings!

Oh man!

This pickup has got some BALLS and TONE. Balsy tone. Balls to the walls tone. Tone with balls. Balls with tone...

 

[Ermz]

How's it treatin' ya for non-metal stuff?

 

[Nitronium Blood]

How's it treatin' ya for non-metal stuff?

Err... what non-metal stuff?

 

[James Murphy]

Err... what non-metal stuff?

excellent point! congrats on buying a man's pick-up

 

[Ermz]

 

[Nitronium Blood]

excellent point! congrats on buying a man's pick-up

Thank you for your wisdom and advice.

 

[UniversalGenesisShock]

Just wanted to show my new parker, and my SG with the emg 81 pair, they both rule. Comment!

 

[Nitronium Blood]

Err... why no EMG 85 in any of 'em?

 

[UniversalGenesisShock]

Guess im just an 81 man , i can swap the parker pickups, they will fit in the models based off of the nitefly, but not in any flys themselves. I can do that myself, but to be honest, the parker stinger pickups sound so badass that im going to leave them there.

 

[Metaltastic]

I've always been curious about this...what difference does wiring two 9 volt batteries in Parallel to get the 18 volt effect make?

 

[UniversalGenesisShock]

None, you can power all EMGs products in a single guitar with one battery, so what good would it do?

 

[Metaltastic]

Welcome to a world of better tone!!

I just got an Afterburner to replace my tone pot, I'm sending my guitar to the tech next week to get it fitted (and the guitar wired to 18v).

Apparently, UniversalGenesisShock, this guy does, and so do many others I've read about. The EMG website even mentions it as being a popular mod, but they imply that it'd only be useful in increasing the headroom for slap bassists so those big bursts of signal wouldn't distort as easily. Maybe it allows for a nicer clean tone on a guitar (but wouldn't that detract from the distortion?) Any insight, Razorjack or anyone else, would be appreciated.

 

[UniversalGenesisShock]

My mistake, apologies to you!

 

[Razorjack]

My guitar still hasn't come back from the tech yet, but many people have their EMG's wired at 18v and I decided to give it a try after a very reliable source reccomended it to me.

I'll let you know how it sounds when I get the guitar back.

 

[Metaltastic]

So how's it workin out for you Razorjack? Or for that matter, anyone else

 

[Razorjack]

It's great, amazingly clear. I've always been into high-gain high-definition tones and the 85/81, 18v, Afterburner set-up gives me the exact sound I want. It even makes my JMP-1 rack set-up sound high-gain.