Okay okay now Ive got it down to two things, and its both pickups but its a question of brand and sound. The ever so asked question about EMG or Duncan!? EMG or Duncan!? But this is not totally the case, you see I announced in the swedish guitar builders forum that I want to buy a SD JB/Jazz set. I haven't got any answers because it seems theres no one who sells one, or my price isn't right whatever. Heres the deal:

I can buy a set of EMG 81's, with everything included stereojack, pots, wires etc. for 1450 SEK (roughly 200$) which is below the price of a new tremspaced JB.

Or I can buy one tremspaced JB for little less than 100$ without any pots although I already have them in my guitar.

Both of these cost bout half the price they take in the stores, and ive seen that lots of people trade 2 passive pickups for one active around here so If i'm not content with my sound I could get 2 SD's for one of my emg 81's and sell the other one.

I guess I'm going with the EMG's because its a pretty good price for being around here and I do like the sound that alot of bands get out of them. I dont care about them being all the rage and nu-metal shitbands use them, if I decide I don't like them I will trade them for something else.

Now whats your view of the whole thing? I know BLS is gonna tell me SD! SD! But just say something.

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i say go for the emgs for 3 reasons:

1.) good sound
2.) good resale/trade value
3.) sL!PK|\|0t use them

personally, EMG.

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Yes, EMG's it is.

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try testing both of them in a shop, imo there is a big difference

Yeh I have tested them both and I think I liked the EMG's better at that time.

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Then go EMG I did..

actually, I prefer EMG 81 over JB
but I prefer Jazz over EMG 60

Well, I have settled on the EMG's now. End of discussion .

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ive heard it said on this forum

you get emgs to make a mediocre amp sound great
and duncans to make a great amp sound better

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what guitar are you going to put the emgs in?

are the emgs brand new or used?

what emg combo are you using?

Used, a pair of 81's, with all stuff included. And I chose the EMG's because it was a good price (for being in sweden) and I like the sound. Nobody was selling JB/Jazz but if anyone did I would have bought them.

That shit about EMG used to make a mediocre amp sound great and SD's to make a great amp sound better sounds like bullshit to me. Its all a personal preference.

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I replaced my JB/Jazz set with an 81/85 set. I like them much better.

ah cool, gdgd, i prefere emg's to most passives
what guitar are these emg's going into?



sweet

Especially, since preferring EMG's to the almighty JB is tonal blasphemy in these here parts ...

yea ino, tell me about

who's the one thats really anal about SD pickups... i frgt which one it is, is it DEF, BLS, or CC...? (sorry if i got the wrong peeps) i dunno lol, my bad

Im not anal about SD's im just anal about my pickup preferences. I like versatilite and a big open tone.

Something EMG's dont provide me.

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Yerr, didn't mean to say that your anal . I like EMG tone and if I decide I like SD later then Ill change.

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user01, you're dumb.

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i like the tight well balanced and clear, low noise, yet hot sound that emg's give... just not as much as other pickups in my ibanez's...

but it's all about prefference... there are reasons why i don't sport emg's...

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yea, your rite, i didnt mean to say anal, i guess that was a bit out of hand



calm down...