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I had an 81/85 combo for a while and tried it in both of my V's. With the 81 in the bridge, one V was kind of thin sounding, the other was just fine. With the 85 in the bridge, things we so nice and smooth. My black V, the one that sounded thin with an 81 in the bridge, actually sounded fatter than my other V with the 85 in the bridge. I still haven't figured that one out.
uh........ in what way is an emg thin. they are the FATTEST sounding hums on the market. that is MY main question. but i wont contribute to this too much i'm just trying to find out for personal reference if there is a pickup that is significantly fatter sounding than an EMG or at least enough so to say that it sounds thin.
and how could sound vary from 2 vs with a different paint job