Anyone install EMG's or Blackouts on their New strat yet?

[Balou]

I'm interested in seeing how you've place the tone knobs and or replaced the selector switch in a new So Cal or San Dimas after installing EMG's or Blackouts. :think: I like the Seymour stock passives but just can't get away from the active's on my other rigs.

[straycat]

Nice guitars dude.
My new Charvel is keeping its Duncans.

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

There is no need to replace the selector switch (did you mean, like, relocate the selector?) or add a tone knob. EMG's will work fine with just a volume.

I had an 89B/85N setup in both of my Pro Mods for a while. Just a volume (push/pull for the 89's single-coil mode) on each.

Not to start the whole "EMG's suck ass" festival, but when I put the SH5 bridge and Jazz neck in my blue Pro Mod before I sold it, I noticed how much better it sounded than the black one with EMG's, for anything but death metal rhythm guitar. I sold several sets of EMG's shortly afterwards.

You may have to radius the corners of the pickup routes a little to get the EMG's to fit.

[Balou]

Now that Ive played the new San Dimas for a while I do think I'll keep the Duncans. I have a BOSS GT-10 and ME-70 and I can tweak my tone better with the duncan then Ive been able to with the EMG's.
Sorry Ive been absent from here. I got a Rootkit Virus from Facebook a couple weeks ago and it took a while to resolve the issue.

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

Depending on what you like to play, if you like tight chunky palm-muted low-end, the Duncan Custom will sound pretty damned good in that guitar, at least it did to me.

I don't care much for the JB myself (unless I want to sound like I'm from 1982, but it's just too "loose" on the bottom end) but I find the Custom is really versatile and sounds great in about everything.

[SATCH1967]

White charvel looks good.