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02-20-2008, 11:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Orange County, CA | |  Does anyone use EMG-HZ p/ups???
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And if you do...what basses are the pickups in?
Do you like or dislike them?
Post pics if you like. Your opinions are welcome!
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02-21-2008, 12:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Union City, California | | | I have EMG-hz in a borrowed schecter, on loan from my band.
they're toneful, well balanced and articulated, super hot pickups which makes the controls more useful. They get my thumbs up. |
02-21-2008, 12:41 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: S.E. Connecticut, USA | | | EMG hz are great pickups |
02-21-2008, 12:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: S.E. Connecticut, USA | | | FOR ME TO POOP ON |
02-21-2008, 12:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Union City, California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Lesfunk  FOR ME TO POOP ON |  |
02-21-2008, 01:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Rafael, California | | | I have them in my schecter C-4, they're my least favorite part of the bass.
They get the job and don't have any big issues, but they don't compare to the active EMGs.
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02-21-2008, 03:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denver, CO | | | I have them in a Dean Edge Q5, and although they have good clarity they seem pretty cold, sterile and brittle. Not enough character for me, but some people seem to really like them.
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02-21-2008, 03:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lowell/Amesbury Massachusetts | | | I also have a C-4... GREAT BASS! but I do find myself bothered by the pickups sometimes..
they do have clarity.. they do have some decent growl to them when I need it.. but the problem is that they just sound THIN!!!
It doesnt help that there arent tons of options for other pickups to switch to... apart from other EMG's or barts...
If nordstrand made pickups in the EMG 35 shape id be getting those REAL fast
they arent TERRIBLE pickups.. but i prefer more of a FULL sound.. they are NOT amazing pickups at all but what do you expect for the price... |
02-21-2008, 03:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Westfield, MA, USA | | | not worth buying, could be worth living with if they came in a bass you otherwise like. |
02-21-2008, 03:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lowell/Amesbury Massachusetts | | Quote:
Originally Posted by projectMalamute not worth buying, could be worth living with if they came in a bass you otherwise like. | +1 |
02-21-2008, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by jsingles
If nordstrand made pickups in the EMG 35 shape id be getting those REAL fast
| Available, you just have to ask.
And to the answer the OP, I'm one of many who hate them and have said so lots on this forum! |
02-21-2008, 03:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lowell/Amesbury Massachusetts | | no ****??? really? hmm I may have some new pickups soon  |
02-21-2008, 04:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rushville, Illinois | | | My Schecter Custom 5 came with 'em already installed. I like them just fine.
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02-21-2008, 04:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Denton, Texas USA | | | They came with my schecter and will be replaced soon with Barts or maybe SD soap bars. They are adequate but I'm not crazy about them. I really like my Schecter though it's got about 8 years of scratches, dings and mojo.
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02-21-2008, 04:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rushville, Illinois | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr-Wunderful They came with my schecter and will be replaced soon with Barts or maybe SD soap bars. They are adequate but I'm not crazy about them. I really like my Schecter though it's got about 8 years of scratches, dings and mojo. | mmmmm.....mojo....*drools*
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02-21-2008, 04:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lowell/Amesbury Massachusetts | | | one thing I wonder though is how the EMG 2 band active preamp that usually comes with the HZ's will work with new pickups..
perhaps a new preamp is in order as well... (MMM SADOWSKY) |
02-21-2008, 04:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wichita , KS | | | Have them in a Spector ,they are pretty good but I will replace them with active EMGs or Basslines.
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02-21-2008, 04:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mesa, Arizona | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Lesfunk FOR ME TO POOP ON | I agree. I had them in my old Schecter and I absolutely hated the lifeless brittle sound they had. |
02-21-2008, 04:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: St Louis, MO, USA | | | I owned a Schecter Stiletto 4 (2003-2007). Pickups had very smooth but sterile tone. Not to my liking at all and the highs were, as someone else mentioned, too brittle. They are dual coil humbuckers, wired in parallel, but I recently read that someone had wired the coils in series and got a really great J bass tone out them. I wish I had read that before I sold the bass!
PS. I also had an unfavorable experience with EMG PJ in a P-Bass so I am not a fan of EMG. My 55-01's Bartolinis on the other hand have some great tone and my other basses are loaded with SD or Dimarzio's
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02-21-2008, 04:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rushville, Illinois | | Quote:
Originally Posted by stuonbass I owned a Schecter Stiletto 4 (2003-2007). Pickups had very smooth but sterile tone. Not to my liking at all and the highs were, as someone else mentioned, too brittle. They are dual coil humbuckers, wired in parallel, but I recently read that someone had wired the coils in series and got a really great J bass tone out them. I wish I had read that before I sold the bass!
PS. I also had an unfavorable experience with EMG PJ in a P-Bass so I am not a fan of EMG. My 55-01's Bartolinis on the other hand have some great tone and my other basses are loaded with SD or Dimarzio's | I sold my J not long after getting my Schecter. I'll have to look for that article. I'd love to get the J tone back without buying another one.
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