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Old 09-19-2010, 12:05 PM
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MEC's vs. EMG's

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Specifically in a Warwick Thumb NT. What are your thoughts? Thanks!
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Old 09-20-2010, 04:33 PM
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MEC's for transparent tone, EMG's for Hi-Fi Tone.
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Old 09-20-2010, 04:37 PM
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What's a Hi-Fi Tone?
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EMG. I like the sound better.
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Interesting. I always feel hi-fi and transparent are similar things, not different things.
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I think hi-fi generally means clean, hyped in the lows and highs, and often somewhat lacking in warmth.

Don't know mec, but I'm not a fan of EMG.
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Old 09-22-2010, 02:08 AM
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I've owned a few made in Germany Warwicks. Although the MEC pickups are fine, I much prefer EMG.
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MEC pickups are generally considered to be "meh" at best.
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Old 09-22-2010, 06:08 PM
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I swaped the mec pickups for emgs on a Thumb BO and that wasn´t a big difference.
I only did it to get rid of some annoying radio signals that the stock pups were picking.
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