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Re: The Guitar Topic - B
edwinalink:
--- Quote from: Cernunnos on 14 May 2009, 05:40 ---Emg's
They are overdriven, high-output pickups. Good for metal type things. They also require batteries, because they have a built-in preamp.
Duncan-designed humbuckers are going to be More versatile i would imagine. More traditional. Both kinds will play the kind of music it seems you want to play. read about them here. Keep in mind that they are essentially the bargain version, and probably are not made to the same quality as the American-made Duncans, though i have not read any reviews for them.
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^thanks!^
it seems the duncan designed will be good for me to start with, then if i want to swap them out, or buy a different guitar i can at a later date....
I love the les pauls. if i was gonna spend around 1500 and up i would go for a gibson... but.
I am repeatedly told the quality is hit and miss on epiphone LP's. and since I would have to order my guitar (lefty) i could get a great one, or a pile o shit!
and since i dont really need the ULTIMATE METAL GUITAR just some thing to tool around on and learn with... I've darn near settled on a C-1... unless someone else can point me at a reputable guitar for under a grand that DOESNT require a 50/50 gamble?
zerobar:
The easy way to tell whether or not emg's are active is if they don't say hz on them. All the hz's are passive, and are more commonly put on lower-end guitars, rather than the usually used set of active 81's and 85's. I believe that ALL EMG's are made in the USA, where as i'm pretty sure that the Duncan Designed ones are import manufacture, so I would feel that the EMG's would be a nicer pickup, and would fit what you're trying to play better. They are both actually fairly versatile, even though emg's do cater to the high gain market more, because the active one's have the ability to handle so much gain.
valley_parade:
Dammit dammit dammit the guy doesn't want another P-90 guitar.
And apparently the duo's routed for mini humbuckers. I was all set to get a black pickguard, witch hats, mini hums, and make it into a Duo-Sonic Deluxe..Duo-Blaster?
zerobar:
--- Quote from: edwinalink on 14 May 2009, 11:15 ---
--- Quote from: Cernunnos on 14 May 2009, 05:40 ---Emg's
They are overdriven, high-output pickups. Good for metal type things. They also require batteries, because they have a built-in preamp.
Duncan-designed humbuckers are going to be More versatile i would imagine. More traditional. Both kinds will play the kind of music it seems you want to play. read about them here. Keep in mind that they are essentially the bargain version, and probably are not made to the same quality as the American-made Duncans, though i have not read any reviews for them.
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^thanks!^
it seems the duncan designed will be good for me to start with, then if i want to swap them out, or buy a different guitar i can at a later date....
It's a shame you bought a NJ series B.C. Rich, cause some of their newer stuff (Exotic class mockingbird, Perfect 10 Bich, ST mockingbird) actually seem pretty nice. They're some of the only guitar's you can get new under a grand now, with ebony fretboards. It kinda seems like they've started to realize that their old pointy guitars are kinda crap.
I love the les pauls. if i was gonna spend around 1500 and up i would go for a gibson... but.
I am repeatedly told the quality is hit and miss on epiphone LP's. and since I would have to order my guitar (lefty) i could get a great one, or a pile o shit!
and since i dont really need the ULTIMATE METAL GUITAR just some thing to tool around on and learn with... I've darn near settled on a C-1... unless someone else can point me at a reputable guitar for under a grand that DOESNT require a 50/50 gamble?
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It's a shame you got one of the NJ series B.C. Rich's, some of their newer stuff (Exotic Class Mockingbird, Perfect 10 Bich, ST Mockingbird) actually seems pretty nice. Some of the only guitars under a grand you can get with ebony fingerboards. Seems like they're starting to remember why people bought their guitars in the first place.
edwinalink:
--- Quote from: zerobar on 14 May 2009, 11:21 ---The easy way to tell whether or not emg's are active is if they don't say hz on them. All the hz's are passive, and are more commonly put on lower-end guitars, rather than the usually used set of active 81's and 85's. I believe that ALL EMG's are made in the USA, where as i'm pretty sure that the Duncan Designed ones are import manufacture, so I would feel that the EMG's would be a nicer pickup, and would fit what you're trying to play better. They are both actually fairly versatile, even though emg's do cater to the high gain market more, because the active one's have the ability to handle so much gain.
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thanks! I think i may have seen a few of the EMG-hz's on what I'm looking at...and the powered ones arent a dealbreaker either!
and as long as i can play clean, mellow mopey stuff with them too... that's all i need!
and back to the Warlock bashing... i tried playing smoke on the water...sounded like
BUZZZ, BUZZ-BUZZ BUUUUZZZZZZ BUZZZ. BUZZ BUZZ in the sky..
god i hate that thing, not that smoke on the water normally sounds all that good...but it at least has notes!
edit... @Zerobar: its OLD now! still has the split headstock! and they may get better, but i couldnt afford a new guitar after buying that POS. and have had to wait for like 4 years to get another guitar i could actually practice on! so now me and B.C. Rich dont mix.
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