I'm a big EMG fan, but the Motor City Afwayu is badass as is the PRS Tremonti. I also LOVE the Gibson 500t. I've had that sucker in probably 10 guitars.
+1, I have the Afwayu in my Les Paul and it rocks! I had the 500T before that which chunked quite nicely but a bit dull sounding IMO. I'm trying out the BKP Miracle Man soon. I miss the tightness of a ceramic pickup!
Joe
Yeah the 500t is a little sneaky. It doesn't work well in some guitars. The Tremonti kind of addressed those issues. The 500t sounded great in my maple necked 70's LP's, but in my mahogany necked LP's it was a little dull as you said. It sounded killer in my slightly thinner PRS Singlecuts though.
EMG's just fucking rule dawg! And yeah, my buddy I mentioned has the ZW set in his Wolfgang (with the 85 in the bridge) and it sounds BONERRIFFIC (and they're really not that hard to install, all you'll need to buy besides the pickup set is a stereo output jack - or maybe they come with one, I can't remember, but I don't think so)
Guys, what about d-activator? does it really "emulate" emg81 in convicing way?
why get an emulation when you could just get the real thing for not much more?
thnx.What type of wood is it?
I had D-Activator X's in my Ibanez which was Mahogany and the output level was similar to that of an EMG, and it sounded amazing.
The D Activator X's are a mix between the X2N and D Activators.
I rate em.