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2006-03-10, 01:21
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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pickup arrangement + emg's
alright guys i have a few questions. Right now i have a shitty bc.rich warlock, in which i plan to install emg pickups. Now the pickup arrangment is 2 "P" pickups. I was wondering if i could install a "j" pickup and a "p" pickup? Also, im not really aware of the tonal differences between j and p pickups. Can anyone inform me? *awaits Tattered's advice*
on a side note, i bought some lite-med gauge DR lo rider strings and they sound incredible, i must recommend them!
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I think if you take an old morse code tapper from world war 2 era, hook it up to a microphone with some reverb and tap the shit out of it, it would sound the same. Maybe a bit more musical.
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2006-03-10, 01:46
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Post-whore
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Why install EMG's on a bcr?
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2006-03-10, 09:23
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i have been wanting to do the same but with 2 sets of P pickups on my mockingbird. but i'm not to sure wether to go active or passive, if i go passive i won't have to cut into the wood which makes me feel ALOT better, but then again active will give me better sound....and an emptier wallet
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2006-03-10, 10:27
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New Blood
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well iv actually heard bc rich's with emg's and they sound ALOT better, but that may just be my opinion, and i on;y have about $250 to blow anyway. Im definatly going active, because i want them to cut into the wood, perhaps making it slighly lighter. i know when i put emg's in my guitar it made it significantly lighter.
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Originally Posted by walpurgis
I think if you take an old morse code tapper from world war 2 era, hook it up to a microphone with some reverb and tap the shit out of it, it would sound the same. Maybe a bit more musical.
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2006-03-10, 13:08
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Post-whore
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It isn't the pickups in question, but rather the bass itself.
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2006-03-14, 22:29
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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You can install a j pickup but that will require routing and leave a hole in your bass.
Make sure you leave yourself plenty of wire so when you upgrade to another bass you can reinstall your EMGs into it.
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2006-03-15, 00:39
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New Blood
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yea i know, im gonna tell the guitar tech that. Im much to lazy to get it installed myself, and it only costs me $20.
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Originally Posted by walpurgis
I think if you take an old morse code tapper from world war 2 era, hook it up to a microphone with some reverb and tap the shit out of it, it would sound the same. Maybe a bit more musical.
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2006-04-11, 20:27
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If I was you I would save up more money, then take the 250$, the savings, and the bass to the music store and walk out with a better bass.
Why spend money on only better pickups when you can buy better pickups that come on a better bass?
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