Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: willo on June 15, 2005, 12:42:16 PM
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ok, i was thinking about these the other day - and then i got a little confused, cos i dont really know too much about pickups. they need batteries to power them, now why is that? is it that the current produces a stronger magnetic field, and therefore a more powerful pickup? or is something else altogether?
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They need a battery to power the amplification for them because they use very few windings and are low impdedance.
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There's a lot of info on that on the EMG website. Phil King is right, there are just a few winds on the coils. The idea behind it is that it creates less pull on the stings for a more natural behaviour. The actual pickups are more like microphones. The very low signal is then amplified by an internal preamp.
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Active pickups are wound with a very thick gauge of wire (usually 36g, the thickest we use is 42g) and are wound with very few winds. This produces a very clear signal, but is very quiet. They use a pre-amp to boost the signal (that’s what the battery is for) and "sculpt" the sound using capacitors and resistors.
Tim and HJM will correct me if Im wrong!
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Steve, you forgot to mention that they also make every guitar sound the SAME!! :evil:
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Steve, you forgot to mention that they also make every guitar sound the SAME!! :evil:
Don't think so. I've had EMG81's in an Explorer and in a Les Paul. Very different soundwise.
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Steve, you forgot to mention that they also make every guitar sound the SAME!! :evil:
Don't think so. I've had EMG81's in an Explorer and in a Les Paul. Very different soundwise.
I find I can strap an 81 to anything, even a cricket bat and get the same ballpark tone-that's one of their strengths IMHO.The timber of an Explorer and a LP along with construction is sufficient to make a difference but I think the overall compressed tone is the same.
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ok, thanks for the help so far, guys!
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If I had a cricket bat with an EMG81 in it, I would change it to a Warpig.
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If I had a cricket bat with an EMG81 in it, I would change it to a Warpig.
nice one!
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If I had a cricket bat with an EMG81 in it, I would change it to a Warpig.
A miracle man would work better on willow
Heavy metal cricket bats - adds a new dimension to the concept of the sound of leather against willow :roll:
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the sound of leather against willow :roll:
i dont like the directin this thread is heading in, i feel vulnerable :?
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the sound of leather against willow :roll:
i dont like the directin this thread is heading in, i feel vulnerable :?
No - wasnt thinking of you
Was just the cricket bat thing - seemed amusing
**Edited to keep thread on topic- sorry Ol**
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If I had a cricket bat with an EMG81 in it, I would change it to a Warpig.
What would you do with a Warpig with an EMG81 in it? :lol: :lol:
Seriously, just replaced an EMG 81/89 set with Mules in a fixed neck custom guitar (much better!) so don't diss the EMG's too much till I shift them on eBay.............
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I've been a big EMG fan for years untill BKP came into my life. The LP had the anniversary ones. Great lookers. For heavy distortion I'd still recommend them over anything that DiMarzio, SD and others have to offer. Machine Head uses EMG's, they're perfect for that style. A bit mechanical.
Are you reffering to the Ed Roman Warpig guitar, R2/e or the subject of the Black Sabbath song?
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Are you reffering to the Ed Roman Warpig guitar, R2/e or the subject of the Black Sabbath song?
Neither. Just the english grammar possibilities in "If I had a cricket bat with an EMG81 in it, I would change it to a Warpig" where the second 'it' is implied to refer to the first.
I have to say I like EMG's for recording. It is something to park an EMG equipped guitar in front of a valve amp and have absolutely no sound until you hit the strings. They also lend themselves to processing. However, live, through a valve amp................NAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
(For the transatlanticly challenged among you - valve = tube. Biggest mistake we made, allowing a bunch of colonials to take independence, since when they've butchered the English language in revenge :lol: :lol: :lol: I mean 'aloominum'............ :?!! Sheeeeeesh!!!! )
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BTW, this topic is going nowhere.
Could we stay on topic please chaps. I have removed some very(!) off topic posts. :D
Ol.
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:oops:
Sorry...
Back on topic, I think that EMGs are great for metal, but too clinical and sterile. The Miracle Man gives me a more Organic tone, great midrange, non of that cardboard tone you can get with actives.
On the otherhand if you use loads of FX like Dave GIlmour, use rack processors, EMGs can be a great option because you don't have the loading and need for true bypass. But I think times have moved on away from rigs like that, and great handwound pickups always give better tone.
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I really can't stand EMG's. I've played them in one of the ESP Les Paul-a-likes, and the bridge and neck had no difference between them. Pissed me off royally.
A friend of mine was going to buy some EMG's for his LP, until I told him of the Warpigs and sent him some clips, he got them delivered last Friday... hasn't installed them yet but he will wet his pants.
Andy!
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I'm totally off EMG's, right now. I don't use many FX and I don't use wireless either so there's no point to use 'em anymore. Sure, EMG's are quiet but I can't say my Warpig is noisy. My amp makes more noise than the pickup hum.