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Maybe I am becoming deaf because I didnt hear much difference. I wouldnt pay more money for the most expensive one. If I cant hear it in the guitars alone, much less I will hear anything in a full mix.
I don't think there's anything "official" on the matter, but there's been a lot of speculation regarding its similarities to the 81 and JH. People suspect it's one of the prototypes that James Hetfield mentions in an interview about his sig pickups.It's pretty surprising to me how similar they sound here, honestly. Is the 57 modeled after the 81 in any way?
I don't think there's anything "official" on the matter, but there's been a lot of speculation regarding its similarities to the 81 and JH. People suspect it's one of the prototypes that James Hetfield mentions in an interview about his sig pickups.
Found this, 57 steals the show here as well. Convinced me over the 85 and I can hear the 85X is meh...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxEPYr-07wU
I don't think there's anything "official" on the matter, but there's been a lot of speculation regarding its similarities to the 81 and JH. People suspect it's one of the prototypes that James Hetfield mentions in an interview about his sig pickups.
Yeah, I had read the Dave Mustaine thing too. Interesting...I can't find the post or comment anymore but an EMG employee named Chrys Johnson said that the 57/66 set was developed by him, Rob Turner and Andy James, and that it has nothing to do with any James Hetfield or Dave Mustaine prototypes.
I really want to give it a try. Slightly beefier 81 seems like what I want. The JH is really cool too, though... guess I'll have to A/B them both.I was seriously worried about giving up the classic 81 for something else since i've used EMG's for 95% of the time i've played guitar and the sound/feel just seems natural to me....however I gotta say these aren't a million miles away/brand new pickup from scratch. It's more like a modded 81 with less high mids and more low end, two things that people have often criticized EMG's as having an overabundance of.
If you dig the EMG flavour then have no fear about losing any of that. It's like the goldilocks analogy....the 57 is just right
I was seriously worried about giving up the classic 81 for something else since i've used EMG's for 95% of the time i've played guitar and the sound/feel just seems natural to me....however I gotta say these aren't a million miles away/brand new pickup from scratch. It's more like a modded 81 with less high mids and more low end, two things that people have often criticized EMG's as having an overabundance of.
If you dig the EMG flavour then have no fear about losing any of that. It's like the goldilocks analogy....the 57 is just right
Jaymz, totally agree with you here. I have a guitar with 707's in it and another with the 57-7/66-7 combo. I love both guitars and both sets of pickups. It just so happens that the 707's in this one particular guitar are the best 707's I've ever heard. But in comparison, there isn't a lot of difference. They both feel like EMG's. The 707's probably are a bit more compressed and are a bit more harsh, but some days, they are perfect for what I'm going for. The 57/66 on the other hand feel a little less compressed and more PAF sounding but with all the benefits of the EMG pickup, but it's really not worlds apart from the 707. At the end of the day, if they are EMG pickups, you're going to be ok. As long as they aren't the X series.
I don't think the 707 would be all that similar sounding.