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Oct 13 2008 04:26pm

My opinion's a bit irrelevant here since I primarily play bass... but... SDs all the way, only pups I use.

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Oct 13 2008 08:45pm

Quote (Nocturne @ Mon, Oct 13 2008, 10:26pm)

My opinion's a bit irrelevant here since I primarily play bass... but... SDs all the way, only pups I use.

they're clearly the better choice.

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Oct 17 2008 09:41am

Quote (Makemetalmusic @ Fri, Oct 10 2008, 05:02am)

Duncans = Experienced musicians who value tone.

EMGS = Kids who just picked up a guitar and think they know anything about good heavy metal tonality.

If your just starting out, you won't be able to tell the difference tone-wise very much, but if you have trained ears like me, you'll know duncans are infinitely superior.

No, just no.

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Oct 17 2008 10:51am

Quote (Makemetalmusic @ Fri, 10 Oct 2008, 09:02)

Duncans = Experienced musicians who value tone.

EMGS = Kids who just picked up a guitar and think they know anything about good heavy metal tonality.

If your just starting out, you won't be able to tell the difference tone-wise very much, but if you have trained ears like me, you'll know duncans are infinitely superior.

Thats the biggest load of bollocks i've ever heard lol. Pickups suit YOUR tone. EMG's suit certain players, and Duncans suit certain players. Don't say that you can generalise who uses certain pickups, thats just a stupid statement.

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Oct 17 2008 11:10am

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Oct 18 2008 05:40pm

Quote (Nocturne @ Mon, Oct 13 2008, 06:26pm)

My opinion's a bit irrelevant here since I primarily play bass... but... SDs all the way, only pups I use.

Duncans,

so superior to EMGs that even bass players choose them.

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#27

Oct 29 2008 09:54am

I use EMG 81/85 active set and I havent found anything that sounds better for me yet.

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#28

Oct 30 2008 07:34am

sd's imo.

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#29

Oct 30 2008 02:56pm

Duncan Blackouts are very nice, EMGs are pretty good for heavy downtuning though, they don't offer as much of a crunch tone as some other pickups, but they don't sound muddy on a low A.

I personally love the Dimarzio X2N and ToneZone, they are both amazing pickups.

Quote (bob(Cs2) @ Fri, Oct 17 2008, 12:51pm)

I completely agree.

This post was edited by Zodijackyl on Oct 30 2008 02:57pm

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#30

Oct 31 2008 02:33am

Any passive pickups besides ducans ftw..

Sorry dudes.. the Dimarzio Evolution wins.

EMG = Absence of tone.

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