sepultura999 Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 (edited) Everytime I go to the music store and see guitars with EMG active pickups I have to ask what kind of EMGs are in their just so I know for my knowledge. Some guitar stores don't know because some guy traded a guitar in and put them in. I do notice some of the EMG active pickups have different colour fonts on the pickup, but I can't tell the difference between all of them on the EMG site. Does anyone have a colour guide? Thanks! EDIT: I found it on the site, took me a while to find it so I'll post it if anyone's interested... EMG 60 - Gray EMG 81 - Silver EMG 85 - Gold EMG 89 - Copper EMG 91 - Gold EMG H - White EMG HA - Gold EMG 707 - Gold EMG S - Silver EMG SA - Gold EMG SV - Gold EMG SAV - Gold EMG FT - Gold EMG RT - Gold EMG FTC - Silver EMG RTC - Silver EMG P - Silver EMG P5 - Silver EMG P6 - Silver EMG J set, LJ pickup, SJ pickup - silver EMG-JV Set, LJV Pickup, SJV Pickup - gold EMG-HB - silver EMG-35P - silver Emg 35p4 - silver EMG 35j - silver EMG 35DC - silver EMG 35CS - Silver EMG 40p - silver emg 40p5 - silver emg40j - silver emg 40dc - silver emg 40cs - silver emg 45p - silver emg 45j - silver emg 45dc - silver emg 45cs - silver it would've been nice if EMG used more than 4 colours lol -Jamie Edited November 21, 2004 by sepultura999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivin Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 yeah, i want my writing in pink I'm pretty sure there is markings or a sticker on the underside of the pickup somewhere... so you could most likely find out that way if it was of importance to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 yes there is also a sticker on the bottom of the pickup. but all but a VERY tiny number of production guitars either use dual 81s(silver) or an 81 at bridge and 85(gold) at neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sepultura999 Posted November 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 yeah, it helps if there was more colours cause you always have people buy guitars, put emgs in and sometimes they end up in pawn shops and stores that just deal with used stuff. I mean I don't think I should be taking a screw driver and taking the pups out in the store to look at the back of them and see what EMGs they are lol. I'm kind of leaning for a guitar with an EMG 60 in the neck, because it's a real deep sound and I only play on the neck. -Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page_Master Posted November 23, 2004 Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 i think it's great that they use a limited amount of colours. because if you are in my situation, you can get stupid people to sell you an 81 when they think they are selling you an 85. and because they thought it was an 85, they sold it to me for really cheap, because they wanted an 81. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sepultura999 Posted November 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 lol lucky you. reason i wish though is cause at this guitar store they only sell used guitars and they're selling one with 2 EMG actives. I don't know the name of the guitar, it starts with a G and its in handwriting, looks like a scribble lol. I think it's a kramer baretta style body. 295 bucks canadian, but first i should try it out -Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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