8 String, Finally! Pickups/strings Right |
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8 String, Finally! Pickups/strings Right |
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Oct 13 2014, 10:19 PM |
After being pretty unhappy with the sound of the EMG 808 in my Dean Rusty Cooley 8 String, I decided to learn everything I could about pickups options for 8 string guitars. It took several months and after all of it I kept coming back to one pickup.
THE EMG 57-8 *These are the pickups you see being used quite often in 8 string Strandberg guitars for a very good reason. Quite simply, they are one of the most organic, open, natural, high headroom, alnico tone, pickups ever created and they also have the typical EMG aggression on top. I"m not a big EMG fanboy as you guys know. I was skeptical even after buying this pickup. I just installed it in the bridge today and HOLY CRAP!!!! I"M AN EMG FAN AGAIN!!!! IT's the way they "feel". They have a very PAF quality. I can hear each pick attack, just like with my Ibanez V2 pups from japan. Each strike is very clean and audible. My previous emg 808 tended to sound compressed and un naturual. Just didn't like it. But these are amazing. I see why so many folks are stuffing these in to guitars that cost $4,000 instead of going for Bareknuckles. In short, if you have an EMG equipped guitar, 6/7/ or 8 string, I'd say get one of these for your BRIDGE position asap!! Link to info @ EMG http://www.emgpickups.com/guitar/7-and-8-a...ctive/57-8.html Here is Allan Marcus on EMG tv with his strandberg loaded with 57-8 in the bridge. Here is SARAH LONGFIELDs Strandberg 8 String (custom paint of course) rocking the 57-8 in the bridge. P.S. STRINGS!!!! I"ve been experimenting with 8 string sets for months and have yet to find one that I'm sold on. I like the LABELLA but they are a bit loose and buzzy sometimes. Today I tried a set that I think may have finally solved it. HEAVY CORE GUITAR STRINGS by DUNLOP These are purpose built for low tunings. I've put them on the low four string positions and WOW. No buzz!! Sooo tight!!!! Just amazing. However, I"m not digging them on the high strings so I used half a set of SLINK .08 for the top 4 strings. BINGO!!!!!! Leads and bends are a btreeze and djenting is tight and brutal!!! It's the .08 to HEAVY CORE combo set!! This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Oct 13 2014, 10:24 PM |
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Oct 14 2014, 07:11 PM |
When are we gonna get a video of this sexy beast ????
I wanna see it being shredded by T-Sim ! |
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