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mcconnachiea · Post by **mcconnachiea** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:30 am

Since this thread is no longer 'what pickups should I get' but 'get new pickups, fool!' I'd advise EMGs

The quietest pickups I've ever had

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:59 am

those the ones you have to run using a fucking battery?

Post by **Mike** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:51 am

EMGs.

Great if you want your guitar to sound like a Plank.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:12 am

Mike wrote:EMGs.

Great if you want your guitar to sound like a Plank.

+1 I've never had any luck with them.

Armchair Bronco · Post by **Armchair Bronco** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:48 pm

mcconnachiea wrote:Since this thread is no longer 'what pickups should I get' but 'get new pickups, fool!' I'd advise EMGs

The quietest pickups I've ever had

No thanks. What I want is the jangle of a Jaguar pup but hooked up to a 250K pot. I want two of these and two 3-position switches for phase in / phase out goodness.

Post by **Mike** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:51 pm

Why do you care about the pot value? You realise increasing the pot value increases jangle, right?

Armchair Bronco · Post by **Armchair Bronco** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:17 pm

Mike wrote:Why do you care about the pot value? You realise increasing the pot value increases jangle, right?

I didn't know that. I just don't want to have to wire up my Jagmaster like a Jaguar. I thought Jags had mismatched pots (1 meg and 50K or something like that).

Post by **Mike** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:55 pm

You can wire a guitar up any way you like. I have no idea why you would connect those pot values (which are only in the rhythm circuit by the way) with not having a 250K pot.

If you want spank use a 500K or 1meg volume pot. You can also up the value of your Tone pot if you want.

mcconnachiea · Post by **mcconnachiea** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:12 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:those the ones you have to run using a fucking battery?

Dude I use 3 for Â£1 batteries and they last for months

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:13 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:those the ones you have to run using a fucking battery?

Some are passive.

EMG produce a decent range, its just they get associated with Thrash Metal or Zak Wylde. People forget the tonez of people like Dave Gilmour that used EMGs for a long time.

Post by **Mike** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:14 pm

Dave Gilmour is a hack.

mcconnachiea · Post by **mcconnachiea** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:15 pm

Fran wrote:
hotrodperlmutter wrote:those the ones you have to run using a fucking battery?
Some are passive.

EMG produce a decent range, its just they get associated with Thrash Metal or Zak Wylde. People forget the tonez of people like Dave Gilmour that used EMGs for a long time.

Fran!! Good to see someone from JS.com here

Did Gilmour use active or passive EMGs?

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:53 pm

mcconnachiea wrote:
Fran wrote:
hotrodperlmutter wrote:those the ones you have to run using a fucking battery?
Some are passive.

EMG produce a decent range, its just they get associated with Thrash Metal or Zak Wylde. People forget the tonez of people like Dave Gilmour that used EMGs for a long time.

Fran!! Good to see someone from JS.com here

Did Gilmour use active or passive EMGs?

I think they are active, i read the book written by Pink Floyds guitar tech. They were used because of the low noise, considering Floyds lighting rig combined with a Strat they must have had a nightmare beforehand. He may use a Rocktron Hush now though.

astro · Post by **astro** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:03 pm

mcconnachiea wrote:Since this thread is no longer 'what pickups should I get' but 'get new pickups, fool!' I'd advise EMGs

The quietest pickups I've ever had

I have an EMG active pickup in my '76 P-bass. Sounds pretty damn good, and looks totally out of place on that instrument. Never tried the guitar versions, though.