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  • Quick EMG question

    Does pickup height matter at all with them? Will I get different string response if I lowered the bridge PU a little?

  • #2
    EMG's need to be as close to the strings as possible without actually touching them.
    My goal in life is to be the kind of asshole my wife thinks I am.

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    • #3
      Hell yes for more gain as close as possiable..........!

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      • #4
        ...which will make your clean tone suffer. it's a trade off

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        • #5
          EMGs aren't exactly known for cleans, so...
          "Quiet, numbskulls, I'm broadcasting!" -Moe Howard, "Micro-Phonies" (1945)

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          • #6
            EMGs sound fine clean, whether lowering your guitar's volume control or just having a dedicated clean channel on your amp.
            I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by toejam
              EMGs sound fine clean, whether lowering your guitar's volume control or just having a dedicated clean channel on your amp.
              +1
              I just roll back my volume control for cleans.

              Alvin
              MakeAJazzNoiseHere: You kidding me? I'd suck her fartbox dry in a heartbeat. 9/29/2011 quote about Megan Fox

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Alvin_Wilson
                +1
                I just roll back my volume control for cleans.

                Alvin
                +2. They aren't dirty, they are clean but with a pre-amp that overdrives most amp front-ends into distortion, for a "Clean Distortion" LOL! I think I'll trademark that term.

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                • #9
                  Exactly! Like everyone else said, just turn the vol down a bit and they sound pretty good clean. Especially the 85. 81's will do OK too.
                  My goal in life is to be the kind of asshole my wife thinks I am.

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