Although i dislike them on guitars....

[Andii Syckz]

I've listened to many bands that use emg pickups on bass. Mostly wednesday 13 and his band murderdolls. I'm planning on getting an esp (ltd) viper set neck construction, strung through body, obvs. emg humbucker pickups, master volume, blend, and 3 band eq bass mid treble.

Im looking for a tone such as this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjAMG...ailpage#t=145s

[SGD Lutherie]

I like the EMG guitar pickups better.

[darkstorm]

Theres a whole lot of diff emg pup models for emg, several humbucker models for examples. Greater variety for wound pref then they offer for bass. I hope your viper with emg fullfills your desires easilly.

[mjac28]

I love the EMG's in my Treker and every time I read somewhere that they aren't the greatest pickup and I want to change them out I play that bass and wonder if I'm going insane about changing them because they have a growl like nobody's business and sound incredible.

[4Mal]

I hated the EMG JJ's in my Guild. Gone in favor of Sadowsky!

[mmbongo]

The first thing I do when I get a bass with active EMG's is yank them out! I actually don't mind the way they sound, but they sound awful when used with effects. Both of my USA Spectors now have passive pickups.