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Razma_14
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 Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 9:56 pm Post subject: Active Emg pickups: 18v or 9v? |
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| I recently bought the signature zakk wylde EMG pickups. I read online that you can get a warmer sound out of them if you get a 18v mod, in other words, put in two 9v batteries instead of one? Does anyone know if it is worth it to get the mod? |
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dinofond
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:20 am Post subject: |
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It's all what you like really, personal prefence. I had t hat mod on my ESP explorer and it did make a difference in tone. I'm not really and EMG guy, I like saturated overdrive more then I like distortion. The mod does make a clear change in the tone, it's very colored and very easy to hear.
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Razma_14
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 11:35 am Post subject: |
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| dinofond wrote: | | It's all what you like really, personal prefence. I had t hat mod on my ESP explorer and it did make a difference in tone. I'm not really and EMG guy, I like saturated overdrive more then I like distortion. The mod does make a clear change in the tone, it's very colored and very easy to hear. |
The guitar I'm going to have them installed to is a ESP F-200. I heard also that Emg's are extremely easy to install because they have quick connect cables, but the guy at the guitar shop said it would be about $75 to install them. Would I just be better off doing it myself? I'm wondering because I'm also having a killswitch installed and now the 18v mod, and he said he'll do all of it for a little over $110. So should I install the pickups and just have the guy do the mod and install the killswitch afterward, or should I just let him do all of it? Thanks. |
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dinofond
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 11:49 am Post subject: |
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| Razma_14 wrote: | | dinofond wrote: | | It's all what you like really, personal prefence. I had t hat mod on my ESP explorer and it did make a difference in tone. I'm not really and EMG guy, I like saturated overdrive more then I like distortion. The mod does make a clear change in the tone, it's very colored and very easy to hear. |
The guitar I'm going to have them installed to is a ESP F-200. I heard also that Emg's are extremely easy to install because they have quick connect cables, but the guy at the guitar shop said it would be about $75 to install them. Would I just be better off doing it myself? I'm wondering because I'm also having a killswitch installed and now the 18v mod, and he said he'll do all of it for a little over $110. So should I install the pickups and just have the guy do the mod and install the killswitch afterward, or should I just let him do all of it? Thanks. |
Brohead you could do that mod in your sleep, it's easy. If someone told me they wanted $75 for that mod I would look them straight in the eyes and say "looks like I wont be bringing my guitars back here anymore."
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Razma_14
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| He said he'd install the EMG's for $75, the killswitch for $25 and he didn't give me a price for the mod. I dropped my guitar off yesterday, but only his nephew was there. So I called him today, and he said I should also give him $50 to "set up" my guitar to make the inotation better. I asked for an estimate of the total cost, and he said he would call me right back. That was at 11:00AM, and now it's 5:00PM and he still hasn't called. I don't know about this guy, it doesn't seem like he's in too big of a hurry to get the job done. |
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Razma_14
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| He said he'd install the EMG's for $75, the killswitch for $25 and he didn't give me a price for the mod. I dropped my guitar off yesterday, but only his nephew was there. So I called him today, and he said I should also give him $50 to "set up" my guitar to make the inotation better. I asked for an estimate of the total cost, and he said he would call me right back. That was at 11:00AM, and now it's 5:00PM and he still hasn't called. I don't know about this guy, it doesn't seem like he's in too big of a hurry to get the job done. |
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