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08-27-2006, 10:08 AM
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hey, i've got these in my spector and i'm putting active EMG's in regardless, but i was wondering what everybody else thought of them
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08-27-2006, 10:39 AM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ohio | | | I find them pretty harsh and clanky. |
08-28-2006, 08:23 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Glasgow, Scotland | | Got them in my REX2000/5...I quite like them!!!
Mind you I also have DC40s in my Spector NS5CR ,now while the DC40s are nicer ,they're a bit too rich for my cashflow, and so the Hzs will do fine for now!!!  |
09-05-2006, 10:13 AM
| | Pat's the best! | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Northern Virginia, USA | | | I liked them a lot in my Dean Edge 5. As a matter of fact I like the passive HZ pickups a lot better than the active EMG pickups. Go figure. |
09-05-2006, 10:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kansas City, MO | | | Seems like a lot of people don't like these pickups, but all my Spectors have them, and I think they sound full and ballsy. Maybe it's all in the EQ, I don't know. Anyway, I like mine.
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09-05-2006, 10:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Murray, KY | | | The right eq can make them sound ok, but I agree with an earlier stated opinion, that they are quite harsh and clanky. If you play smooth jaco-like fingerstyle, they sound ok. If you play pumping eith notes, they sound like total garbage in my experience. No warmth to them at all. |
09-05-2006, 10:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vermont | | | I got 'em in my Spector DLX4 REbop. First off, these pickups, for being passive, are pretty hot. Albiet, I haven't had too much experience with that many other pickups, I can still say that I can get a pretty nice tone/sound out of these guys.
I play finger style and have the volume of the neck pickup at about 60% and the bridge at about 90%. I also have the treble on my bass to about 80% and bass to about 50-60%.
I mostly play rock/hard rock/metal and haven't really been dissapointed with them. I guess I might not notice the "harshness" of them b/c of my fingerstyle and they seem to figh the types of music I play, mostly.
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09-05-2006, 10:54 AM
|  | I fling carrots | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Scranton, PA | | | I think they are fairly harsh. Also, they are abnormally quiet. They have very little output.
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09-06-2006, 10:22 AM
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09-06-2006, 10:27 AM
| | Sonoran Fury!! | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ | | | I have EMG-HZ in my 5 string and they are great if I am playing melodic smooth stuff. Great tone for that. But when I use it for Rock, I just cant get the punch and quickness Im looking for. Very rounded tone and I just cant get the attack to cut through.
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09-06-2006, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Albot I have EMG-HZ in my 5 string and they are great if I am playing melodic smooth stuff. Great tone for that. But when I use it for Rock, I just cant get the punch and quickness Im looking for. Very rounded tone and I just cant get the attack to cut through. |
Of course you can't get any attack....you're in Phoenix, and all the attack in Phoenix is south of Durango.....LMAO
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