EMG 81X - "Not worth the extra $10 over the regular 81"
Now don't get me wrong, this is still a great pickup but I don't find it necessary to spend the extra $10 over the regular 81, not a big enough difference. I made a few recordings comparing the regu…
EMG 81 - "Tight crunchy, but stale tone"
I tried to avoid active pickups for the longest time, just didn't want to have to deal with batteries and all the negative views on them. Eventually I just bought one and was pleasantly surprised. Th…
EMG 60 - "EMG EMG60"
Product was purchased as an upgrade from www.gak.co.uk. It cost around £71. The humbucker was packaged with everything required to solder it together and also included a very easy to understand i…
EMG H4 - "EMG HZ-H4"
These came with my Jackson DKMGT, and I don't know how much they cost on their own. They look awesome, and my guitar has an EMG 0-20 db "Turbo Charger", thats sweet. OK crunch. Not enough crunch, …
EMG S - nickname009's review
I'm not sure why I didn't review this pickup earlier, I've had it in a lot of used guitars I've previously owned without consciously knowing it was the S pickup that was actually in the guitar! I can…
EMG S - "great great great"
A little background. I have used one of these in the middle position of an Ibanez rg550 along with 2 EMG 81's for about 6 years now. That alone should attest to the staying quality of this pickup. …
EMG JH HET Set (James Hetfield Signature) - "The new Metallica sound"
James Hetfield of Metallica has been playing EMG pickups for decades now. All his classic tones were done with the 81 and 60 EMG setup. Now he has a new set of pickups which are based on those old de…
EMG 81 - "Try 18 volt for extra awesome"
I tried my first 81 model probably a decade ago in an ESP guitar. At the time it blew my mind. It was super aggressive and super hot. It always cut through and seems to slice through every amp I u…
EMG 81TW - "good pick ups"
These are great custom made pickups, made by EMG. I have mixed feelings about their pickups in general, some of their stuff sounds awesome to me but a lot of it is really lifeless. These pickups are …
EMG 60 - "Great pickup"
The EMG60 is an active humbucker, usually put in the neck position. The thing I like most about it is that it is a warm pickup that still retained the EMG clarity. That said, it is a really compresse…
EMG HA - "Amazing pickup"
The EMG HA is a single coil in a humbucker housing. It will fit in any standard humbucker mounting and looks like a typical EMG humbucker. It’s the perfect single coil sound in my opinion. The cleans…
EMG 81 - "Great pickup but not my thing"
The thing I like most about EMG pickups in general is the absurd amount of clarity. The note separation is awesome and there is absolutely no mud. Its also dead quite due to the active preamp. Wha…
EMG P60A - " Fabulous!"
translatedA lot of waiting, I wanted ivory, suggests that two microphones came from states to swim ... Installed (2 times the same) to replace the infamous Gibson lespaul my 60s reissue or tribute I know mor…
EMG DG20 David Gilmour - " Excellent"
translatedSorry for the delay in response but it can still be useful. The kit outfitted a custom shop strat mapple neck that I bought in 1998 occas. It's perfect. There was no grain pure stratovolcano (SR…
EMG 81 - " EMG, What else?"
translatedI use this mic for a long time, I'm in love with my 81. Many people like to say it's bad, but EMG is sound. This mic to the character, then we like it or not. If you can use your chain of effects, co…
EMG 60 - " everything that we love ..."
translatedWho has not heard the famous song nothing else matters? Or one of the bridge? The emg 60, that's the sound. Precise and flashy, this micro is great. Recommended in the heats, it will open your game m…
EMG 81X - " EMG 40 and 40 cs-x dc x-Low terrible!"
translatedI just bought two EMG for my bass, a 40 x CS-mount Neck and a 40 x DC-mounted on a bridge Ibanez K5 (5 strings). I used since a week and all the sound is just terrible (much better than the origin…
EMG 81 - " excellent"
translatedHello I play metal for over 15 years. I played on guitars with pickups (position floyd), DiMarzio Tone Zone; evolution; superdistortion, of Seymour Duncan and all are very good microphones. but…
EMG 85 - " excellent"
translatedHello I play metal for over 15 years. I played on guitars with pickups (neck position), DiMarzio paf pro, evolution of Seymour Duncan and all are very good microphones. but since I'm on EMG, I …
EMG 89 - jmabate's review
translatedHello I play metal for over 15 years. I played on guitars with pickups (neck position), DiMarzio paf pro, evolution, and Seymour Duncan are all very good microphones. but since I'm on EMG, I ha…
EMG SA - jmabate's review
translatedHello I play metal for over 15 years. I played on guitars with pickups (middle position), DiMarzio and Seymour Duncan and all are very good microphones. but since I'm on EMG, I have a more airy…
EMG H4 - " It's heavy ..."
translatedHow long have you use it? 3 days. Have you tried many other models before acqurir? Some microphones on different MODELS guitar store. What is the particular feature you like best and least?…
EMG DG20 David Gilmour - hhub17's review
translatedIn August 2010. I have not tried before, except strato Mexico '70 in its original version, not bad for that matter. I love the most: his impeccable, with no hum and sustain looooooong. Like least…
EMG 85 - " "The micro"!"
translatedI installed beginning in November 2011 on my "imitation ibanez RG." reminder to everyone, my guitar has an alder body with a table that seems to be koa, the neck is maple rosewood fingerboard. So…
EMG 81 - rowerfox's review
translatedYabon! Since I changed my passive pickups (Di Marzio) against the Zakk Wylde EMG kit (81 and 85), I found the GROSSON! The active pickups are terrible, the pots volume and tonality are ultra pr…