southpaw rocker Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 anyone had experience with the EMG-HZ line? I've only used their active pickups. More specifically, anyone used the single coil HZs? I have another project that includes a pair of single coils (maybe a pair of S3s or an S3 and S4) rear routed in a strat, tele style (like the ritchie blackmore strat). again, I'm open to other suggestions too. i'm wiring this one volume/3 way/preamp booster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 i don't like the hz...i think there are way better passive pickups on the market...like the duncan line for example the active line is the only way to go imo with emg...and i don't like the select series either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ansil Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 haaa yeah i remember the select line.. i selected them for the trash.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hy_dro66 Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 We stock emg's at the store I work at and the HZ are almost as expensive as the active line...but they don't sound near as good. There are a lot of other company's that make better passive pickups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 From every forum where that question has been asked, there has been the same reply: Don't get EMG unless you're buying active. Go for Duncans, Dimarzios, Armstrongs, whatever, just don't get EMG passives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLS Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 Yeh, EMG HZ's are no good. If you want a good passive Seymour Duncan has some great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All the way to peoria Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 I have emg selects and they sound pretty good considering they were free but I am goin for duncuns after I pay off some loans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpaw rocker Posted May 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 Not to mention that selects are made in korea or someplace in asia. So the $150 question is what, if not EMG-HZs. I don't really want a rail pickup. i've never tried SDs and i've only tried diMarzio humbuckers. What about fender lace sensor pickups? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpaw rocker Posted May 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 oh and while I'm at it, how do I wire the two pickups so they can be in series and parallel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hy_dro66 Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 Well, one day we were very bored at the shop so we wired up a fulltone strat(cheap strat copy) with Lace Sensor Holy Grails and installed an earvana nut just for fun. We had a '55 Fender Strat and an old old Fender Princeton. We cranked the Fender setup and obviously it is the sound every player would love to have. We then plugged the loaded up Fulltone strat into the same amp, same settings and it was amazingly close. It wasn't the same... but it was very close. I'm not sure if you want single coils or humbuckers but lace has a new humbucker out called the Hemi. I haven't heard them yet but if they perform like the HG's then they'd be great. Seymour Duncan makes a ton of pickups and most of them are very good. A combination that has become very popular is a the '59 model in the neck and JB model in the bridge. The Pearly Gates is also very cool. The single coils to get are the JB jr. and little '59. They aren't as weak as most single coils and they don't hum. They also have 4-conductor cable. Wiring up a the series parallel deal is fairly simple. You can do it with a mega switch or using a dpdt switch. If you need a schematic or something just shoot me an email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivin Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 i agree emg selects are crap, but you gotta keep in mind the pricetag - its not like they cost $75US. Ive seen EMG select humbucker pickups for $20US Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasty Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 i agree emg selects are crap, but you gotta keep in mind the pricetag - its not like they cost $75US. Ive seen EMG select humbucker pickups for $20US ← Yeah, 20 dollars worth of ka-ka. I had some EMG HZ's in my beater Jackson and they were terrible. I use them as paperweights at my desk at work. JB bridge and Jazz neck. Yum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokeros Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 hello???*** u doin replying to a year old topic. Are you bonkers? Man, its almost like speaking to the dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gripper Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 He probably used the search function to look up EMGs and found the old thread. I don't always look at the date either. Search ROCKS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodBlessTexas Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 hello???*** u doin replying to a year old topic. Are you bonkers? Man, its almost like speaking to the dead. ← Newbies using the search function is a good thing. Please, do not discourage him from doing so. GBT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokeros Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 Sorri. I was in a bad mood yesterday. Aplogies.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 Um, just to interject a little something into the HZ-hating, doesn't Seymour Duncan make the HZ line for EMG in California? I see all these people recommending Duncans or any other pickup over the HZ's, but it seems kind of silly considering that Duncan makes them and they sound pretty good, IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ansil Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 well didn't know duncan was making them but then again my first seven string jb i got from them was total crap. but the next one was beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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