Seymour Duncan Invader vs EMG 81-7 (Ibanez / LTD / AXE FX)

[Jotun25]

Hi, fellas!

I´ve just recorded a test, throwing some riffs from very popular bands, comparing an Ibanez ARZ307 with SD Invader and an LTD H-1007 with EMG 81-7, all played through an AXE FX Standard, using the same settings for both of them.

This is the result:




Hope you enjoy it and guess the riffs!

 

[xXxMetalJunkiexXx]

Both sound really punchy and have alot of clarity! That's what I like about the Invader and EMG 81-7.
What song is this at 1:10? Cool Batman shirt btw

 

[Jotun25]

Thanks a lot for the comment, MetalJunkie!

I think both are very equal in distorted sounds, though I find the EMG more versatile than the Invader (besides the H-1007 being a better guitar than the ARZ307...)

Glad you liked my Batman t-shirt The song at 1:10 is Metallica´s Battery, man! Did you recognise the rest of the riffs?

Cheers!

 

[marios.blythe]

Trivium!but I cant remember the title of the song!

 

[Jotun25]

Sorry, man, but there´s no Trivium here in those riffs. Which one were you referring to?

 

[marios.blythe]

Sorry, man, but there´s no Trivium here in those riffs. Which one were you referring to?

1,46? I know that song :-/

 

[WalhallaM]

Really good sounding,some sound even better than original.And riffs are Feared,In Flames,Metallica and Carcass

 

[Teddyboy]

Nice tones there man!! I like the 81 more than the Invader, though they don't sound that different.
The riffs are Machine Head. In Flames, Metallica, Carcass.
Could you please tell us what "pedal-cab and mic" did you use in the Axe-fx for the Machine Head tone?

 

[Jotun25]

1,46? I know that song :-/

That´s Carcass´ R**k The Vote. I know that it may sound like Trivium sometimes, but it´s because Carcass (with At The Gates) were the fathers of melodic death metal, metalcore and different similar genres

Really good sounding,some sound even better than original.And riffs are Feared,In Flames,Metallica and Carcass

Thanks a lot, man! I´m very glad you liked some of them better than the original.

You almost got the riffs. The first one, as Teddyboy down here says, is Machine Head´s Old, but the rest were correct

Nice tones there man!! I like the 81 more than the Invader, though they don't sound that different.
The riffs are Machine Head. In Flames, Metallica, Carcass.
Could you please tell us what "pedal-cab and mic" did you use in the Axe-fx for the Machine Head tone?

Thank you, man! I also like the 81 more, but they´re quite close to each other (more considering one is active and the other is passive, and that I didn´t change any of the parameters while playing)

You got all the bands right!

The Machine Head Tone is:

- T808 OD
- Recto New amp
- 4x12 cab + 67 condenser mic


Hope it helps!

 

[xXxMetalJunkiexXx]

Thanks a lot for the comment, MetalJunkie!

I think both are very equal in distorted sounds, though I find the EMG more versatile than the Invader (besides the H-1007 being a better guitar than the ARZ307...)

Glad you liked my Batman t-shirt The song at 1:10 is Metallica´s Battery, man! Did you recognise the rest of the riffs?

Cheers!

Hmm I know most of them but I have problem with remembering names haha

 

[Jotun25]

Hmm I know most of them but I have problem with remembering names haha

Hahaha, there you go:

1 - Machine Head - Old
2 - In Flames - Jotun
3 - Metallica - Battery
4 - Carcass - R**k The Vote (which I may end up recording complete...)


Hope it helps!

 

[indecizo]

preferred the squeezyness of the 81.

btw what processing did you use for bass? sounds badass

 

[Mago]

That's more "Ibanez ARZ307 vs LTD H-1007" rather than a pickup comparision.
You're comparing 2 different guitars with 2 different pickups...not completely useless of course, but not much else to say than I like the LTD more than the Ibby.
Cannot comment on how much the pickup is the difference there tho, so I think the thread title is misleading.

 

[Jotun25]

Indecizo, I think I also prefer it, man. I recorded bass through the AXE FX, using a SVT sim, and in Cubase I added some compression,eq,sonic maximizer and some B.O.D. Hope it helps!

Mago, maybe you´re right. I couldn´t swap the two pickups into one guitar because the Ibanez/Invader isn´t mine. I don´t think the guitars are so different (both mahogany body and neck, rosewood fretboard, similar scale, TOM bridge, etc.) so I don´t think it´s an unfair comparison, though I agree it would have been better to use the same guitar.


Cheers!