high output Pickup (neck) for my epiphone SG

[bedokkids]

i am a user of SG and only tinker with the neck pickup.. don know why:mrgreen:. just like that round sound, playing both lead and rythm, melodies... everything.

i am thinking of changing to a hot pickup and eyeing the EMG 81 and 85 for quite sometime.. but wonder how they sound on neck..

and right now.. also aiming at seymour or Dimarzio pickup too..

what a dilemma.. anyone can help??

 

[Dime]

you like round sound.81/85 is a bad idea.81/60 is a better combination.but what genre do play?amps you use?

 

[HarrisonYeo]

85/60 kills , i find that 85/60 is the most verstile one . the cleans on emg81 aint very good sounding .

 

[bedokkids]

oh.. thank... mostly funk rock like Rage against the machine, some general rock like alterbridge..

and i don use the bridge pickup at all..
so thinking of dropping it..

okie if 60s is the choice.. wonder Davis got stock.

 

[Dime]

always see a bunch of emg boxes.so maybe they have it in stock.

 

[AaronSoFat]

i think 85 sounds a bit mosquitoish on solos but great on riffs... can't remember which ones..

 

[ShredCow]

Threadstarter - what are you current pickups and what do you find lacking/missing in them?

 

[bedokkids]

Hi there,

okie the stock pickup is describe as this
the sound is muddy.
and lack of treble and mid..
and when tapping ... sometime if not dial hard..
it inaudible.

 

[Dime]

is it just me or is it harder to tap on jumbo frets?

edit:nothing to do with your post.cause you said dial hard.just a separate qns.

 

[Everdying]

i myself have a 85/60A combo...

 

[wayne1991]

hmmm.. anyone tried 81/89?
woah.. seems like alot of people lik 81/60, what so special about the 60 anyway?

 

[ShredCow]

Hi there,

okie the stock pickup is describe as this
the sound is muddy.
and lack of treble and mid..
and when tapping ... sometime if not dial hard..
it inaudible.

I'd like to suggest that you buy some bodaciously outrageously aweful to the MAX with TONE kind of pups but... I'm guessing - how clear are you on what you're about to get yourself into?

Here's a few questions to clarify:

1) Look at your neck pup - tell me the distance of top of pup to the high e string. Give me the distance for the low E string too.

2) What are your amp settings?

3) Do you use pedals? If so, what are they and what are their settings?

 

[bedokkids]

I'd like to suggest that you buy some bodaciously outrageously aweful to the MAX with TONE kind of pups but... I'm guessing - how clear are you on what you're about to get yourself into?

Here's a few questions to clarify:

1) Look at your neck pup - tell me the distance of top of pup to the high e string. Give me the distance for the low E string too.

2) What are your amp settings?

3) Do you use pedals? If so, what are they and what are their settings?

1. oki the distance is around 5mm

2. the sound described is a direct jack in. with mid/high/bass all in 12oclock postion

3. ya. use a distortion pedal switch between ts 8, a HM3, a MT2. that' all

 

[zac89]

dude.. you gotta tinker with the EQ on the amp to get better tone and what nots.. leaving it all in 12 O clock posistion isn't the best way to get "good tone" try turning the knobs in different directions. general Eq settings for rock are bass to 8 treble to 6 mids about 4 or 5 for me. just mess ard with em and depends on the amp as well.

thats why you find that your guitar lacks treble and mids, and also muddy.

 

[bedokkids]

dude.. you gotta tinker with the EQ on the amp to get better tone and what nots.. leaving it all in 12 O clock posistion isn't the best way to get "good tone" try turning the knobs in different directions. general Eq settings for rock are bass to 8 treble to 6 mids about 4 or 5 for me. just mess ard with em and depends on the amp as well.

thats why you find that your guitar lacks treble and mids, and also muddy.

hi,
thanks ..ya i know that. that's for shredcow.usually i meddle with it.
however the 12o clock setting is to produce an unbiased setting for shredcow to comment

 

[ShredCow]

bedokkids, regarding the amp settings - what are your settings?

I wouldn't be able to provide comments on your "unbiased setting".

 

[bedokkids]

all right..
thanks

it's bass at 11.
mid at 2
treble at 2 too.

 

[teleholic]

bro if you looking for neck pickup i got one to offload..pm-ed you..

 

[zac89]

all right..
thanks

it's bass at 11.
mid at 2
treble at 2 too.

the number are respective to clock posistions or?

 

[ShredCow]

the number are respective to clock posistions or?

Bass at 11 - Spinal Tap anyone?