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09-05-2006, 01:51 AM
| | | | Are these EMG Pickups... or not?
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Hi,
I have bought some EMG pickups online. My problem is that they don't have EMG written on them anywhere. They do have "G & B co." on the bottom of them. There is a logo which is a G and a B in a circle. I have a sad feeling I've been ripped off. Can anyone out there shed some light on my little mystery? |
09-05-2006, 02:03 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Marathon Man | | | Don't sound like EMG pickups to me! Not even the actually quite good Select models! |
09-05-2006, 10:24 AM
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Owner/designer; SGD Lutherie | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Montclair, NJ, USA | | | Those are not EMG pickups. I don't know what they are, but they aren't EMGs. |
09-05-2006, 11:05 AM
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Is that the logo on the pickup? If so, you may like it as much as if not more than an EMG.... http://www.gbguitars.co.uk/spitfire3.htm
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09-06-2006, 09:16 AM
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Owner/Builder: HJC Customs USA, The Cool Lute, C G O | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southwest Michigan | | | G&B is the overseas manufacturer of Import EMG pick-ups. The pick-ups you bought are most likely not EMG by logo, but probably the same content. G&B makes extras when they do runs for EMG. If you got them off ebay, and you got them from "Fret Doctor", I know the pick-ups you bought, and they are very good sounding pick-ups, almost identical in sound to the EMG DC soapbars. |
09-06-2006, 09:32 AM
| | | One other outside possibility is that sometimes people refer to pickups that have non-exposed pickup pole pieces/elements as "emg style" pickups. Maybe the seller possibly meant something along those lines? I hope for you they are they are those re-skinned emg's with G&B wraps. Emg's are awesome. I've been happily playing them exclusively for about 12 years now.  |
09-06-2006, 03:43 PM
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09-06-2006, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Musiclogic G&B is the overseas manufacturer of Import EMG pick-ups. If you got them off ebay, and you got them from "Fret Doctor", I know the pick-ups you bought, and they are very good sounding pick-ups. | Didnt get mine from Fret Doctor, but paid a very reasonable $12 + $10 postage to uk
Even if they were awful, ( which you say they'e not Musiclogic ) at that price , they must be worth checking out for anyone wanting a replacement P pickup... |
09-06-2006, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by danomite64 Is that the logo on the pickup? If so, you may like it as much as if not more than an EMG.... | I don't know about that, I think Mark King's GB bass that he used on the Ohne Filter dvd had those in, or at least prototypes of them, sounded bloody awful! |
09-06-2006, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Musiclogic G&B is the overseas manufacturer of Import EMG pick-ups. The pick-ups you bought are most likely not EMG by logo, but probably the same content. G&B makes extras when they do runs for EMG. If you got them off ebay, and you got them from "Fret Doctor", I know the pick-ups you bought, and they are very good sounding pick-ups, almost identical in sound to the EMG DC soapbars. |
Thanks Magus and Musiclogic they are the ones i got so I will put them in and see how they go. |
09-06-2006, 04:39 PM
|  | A Hard Rockin Lover of GREENBURST Moderator | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Where I lay my head is home | | | I understand with the pick up housing it may look like an EMG but I really dont think so.
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09-06-2006, 09:39 PM
| | | | I thought EMG Select pickups were the overseas versions ? I've heard good things about them though. Might get a set for the Squier P.
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09-07-2006, 05:19 AM
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Originally Posted by slaerts Thanks Magus and Musiclogic they are the ones i got so I will put them in and see how they go. | Me too - mine is still in transit from the US, but within the next couple of weeks i'll give it a roadtest and go from there.
It'll be partnered with 250k log CTS pots and .47uf cap |
09-07-2006, 06:23 AM
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Originally Posted by ScubaSteve I thought EMG Select pickups were the overseas versions ? I've heard good things about them though. Might get a set for the Squier P. | Yes, Selects are also made overseas, but these particular "Actives" are made for EMG's distribution to overseas manufacturers as an OEM active. they are quite nice, especially if you desire the EMG sound. |
09-07-2006, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by MAGUSŪ Me too - mine is still in transit from the US, but within the next couple of weeks i'll give it a roadtest and go from there.
It'll be partnered with 250k log CTS pots and .47uf cap | Are these active pickups?
Keep in mind that active pickups like EMG generally need a lower value volume control.. 25K in EMG's case.
That's not to say 250K wont work, but it might seem like it goes from full on to full off rather quickly.
Also sometimes the tone caps need to be larger.
I'll tell ya, the pickups in the photo aren't even in EMG sized cases. |
09-08-2006, 04:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: UK | | | The G&B's P bass pup i bought is passive - well according to the seller. And the photo i posted is of the actual pickup.
He better be right - i didnt want active ! |
09-08-2006, 06:34 AM
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Owner/designer; SGD Lutherie | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Montclair, NJ, USA | | | Yeah, those are passive alright. |
09-08-2006, 08:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: UK | | | Thanks Dave - you had me worried for a tad there |
09-08-2006, 01:52 PM
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09-10-2006, 02:24 PM
| | | | Dont active EMG's have external circuitry that goes with them ? Or is it just a matter of connecting the correct volume and tone pots and a 9V battery ?
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