| Re: OT - EMG 89 pickup report [message #101649 is a reply to message #101602] |
Mon, 15 December 2008 20:16   |
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I have that same pot on mine Bill... "RPC" as I recall (sooooo long ago
now) and it does throw a rise on output that really drives any amp nicely,
clean or dirty. Here's a tip on those SA's.... run them on 9V and they
remain kinda compressed sounding. Put them on 18V and they thrash nicely.
I simply cut my strat for 2 9V batts and added a series/parallel switch for
9V/18V. I also elected to have an on off for every pickup output as opposed
to a 5-way switch. It gives me three extra positions: all on / all off /
1 & 3 only. The 1 and 3 only position with the RPC up full makes for some
great pedal steel tones if you can vol-pedal and whammy emulate pedal steel
vibrato.
Mark
"Bill L" <bill@billlorentzen.com> wrote in message news:4943f487$1@linux...
> Mark, I've got SAs in my custom mid-80's "strat" too (my guitar tech calls
> it my "pointy guitar" 'cause of that 80's headstock), and I still love
> 'em. On the strat I installed a mid boost circuit replacing the 3rd pot (I
> found a tone control on the bridge pickup oxymoronic anyway). This circuit
> gives a little more balls for crunch and sometimes a little extra body for
> playing jazz or fusion (which I try to avoid with this guitar). Anyway, I
> do agree EMGs are sweet.
>
> One thing I was not aware of until reading the diagram for this install
> (which was a bitch in a semi-hollow, BTW) is that they recommend adjusting
> their PUPs as close to the string as possible for maximum tone. They state
> that the mag field is so weak there is no danger of string pull.
>
> W. Mark Wilson wrote:
>> Bill,
>>
>> EYE----LLLLLLOOOOOVVVVVVEEEEEE EMG's. There are only a few passives
>> that I wish for and I do have them (the Bill Lawrence L500 being 3 of
>> them). I've got a set of original SA's in a strat I built 22 years ago.
>> Rod Lincoln will probably remember seeing this guitar as I had just
>> finished it when he and I did a little touring together. I haven't
>> touched the guitar since the day I put it together. These SA's have seen
>> action every day with rare exception for 22 years and they still blow me
>> and everybody else away.
>>
>> W. Mark Wilson
>>
>> "Bill L" <bill@billlorentzen.com> wrote in message
>> news:493fe8f0$1@linux...
>>> A few months ago I posted asking my friends to talk me out of adding a
>>> single coil pickup to my Ibanez Artist semi-hollow electric (335-style).
>>> I withdrew from that path of no return and installed EMG 89s. They are a
>>> humbucker case with both a complete humbucker and a complete single coil
>>> inside, side by side.
>>>
>>> While I lost the predomoinance of gritty high mids that worked for some
>>> sounds, but were a problem with others (and which I can get back easily
>>> with tone controls), I have gained a lot of new sounds which are hugely
>>> advantageous and make the guitar a true Gigmaster. I can use it for
>>> jazz, rock and spanking R&B and everything in between.
>>>
>>> It does not sound like a Strat, mind you; it doesn't have the je ne sais
>>> quoi - dare I call it "deadness" - of a real Strat but it does give
>>> sweet single coil sounds that fit really well in music on which I would
>>> normally use my strat. An interesting unexpected benefit is how I love
>>> the single coil neck position for straight ahead jazz tone.
>>>
>>> Check 'em out!
>>
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