MzI Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 humbuckers all the way and everynow and then emg's tho i hate hate hate single coils, the look and sound just dont compare to humbuckers, if i want a really really good clean sound ill go play my classical MzI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 i don't think i could have said it better DaveQ, although i seem to have one constant, the higher output the better, cause you can always turn it down a bit or roll back the drive on your amp, but adding drive with the EMG preamp booster or a overdrive pedal before the amp adds more hiss to pickups... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLS Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 Humbuckers, i dont like the sort of "Generic" sound of an EMG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 57'Gibson Hums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucky1 Posted August 21, 2004 Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 (edited) Edited September 19, 2004 by lucky1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanglewood15dlx Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 single coil (strat) for me! with a humbucker, you c'ant get that clarity that a single coil has! it sounds so so muddy! and i hate muddy sound on clean... but with a single coil you also can get that big sound...just add some efx! and you also can get that muddy sound for blues (but not as bluesy as a humbucker) so for me SINGLE COIL just RULES!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 P-90's! nothing beats the anit social howl of em through a non master vol. tube amp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivin Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 I put my vote in for Humbuckers, cause thats generally what I like for the majority of stuff I do, however when I want to clean up my sound, I really am of the opinion you cant beat the crisp sound of a single coil. I've played a lot of different guitars, but unfortunately i dont actually -own- guitars with a lot of the combinations I still want to try, like the dimebucker/jazz combo. My fav humbuckers are ones ive only just discovered for myself recently, the Mastertone SPA (Super Phat Ass) and vHO (Vintage High Output) combo. They are active pickups, and as I understand it they are manufactured here in Australia. Ive been playing a les paul that has a set in it that belongs to a guy im housesitting for, and godamn, i love it Ive only had limited experience with EMG's, but these babies go hard! Still dont clean up as well as i'd like, but they have this raw edge to them that i love. Im not one of the people that thinks EMG's sound sterile, but there are people who think these are the missing link between passive and active pickups. Im not quite sure its like that, but I love these a bit more than the sound of EMG's, i think its just cause they are australian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deshibs Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 EMG's by far are the superior pick-ups these days, the Zack Wylde configuration seems to be my favorite, but then again there are some great sounding Humbuckers that PRS makes, The Dragon for instance sound great too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thoughtless 7 Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 I'm a humbucker man myself. My weapon of choice are usually DiMarzio's or SD cos its hard to find any decent 7 string humbuckers >_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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