EMG Select Humbuckers?

Leendrix · 12-20-2009, 12:15 AM

What are your thoghts? I put one in the bridge of my LP copy, and am considering replaceing it. What do ou think of them?

Fixxxer · 12-20-2009, 01:01 AM

EMG have their place. there are days I like them, and days I don't.

Its up to you, but I'm willing to bet you prefer the sound of the passives.

EEF13 · 12-20-2009, 01:09 AM

EMG Select pickups are the low end cheap stuff that EMG makes. Do not judge EMG bu these pickups.

Fixxxer · 12-21-2009, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EEF13

EMG Select pickups are the low end cheap stuff that EMG makes. Do not judge EMG bu these pickups.

My reference was to the EMG 81 / 85 / 60

Hedcrash · 12-22-2009, 03:09 PM

Yeah, the Select series are passive pickups for the low-end market. I made that mistake in the 80's when I was first exposed to EMG's.

Jason · 12-22-2009, 03:26 PM

I don't think the EMG Selects are even built in the same factory as their real pickups. If I'm not mistaken, they were just "designed by" EMG and are made in some cheap factory in China. Kind of like how Gibson designs Epiphones.

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Fixxxer V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,620 Thanks: 14 Thanked 9 Times in 5 Posts	Re: EMG Select Humbuckers? EMG have their place. there are days I like them, and days I don't. Its up to you, but I'm willing to bet you prefer the sound of the passives. __________________ Everything turns into something else.

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EEF13 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Panama City, Panama Posts: 8,409 Thanks: 307 Thanked 656 Times in 260 Posts	Re: EMG Select Humbuckers? EMG Select pickups are the low end cheap stuff that EMG makes. Do not judge EMG bu these pickups.

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Hedcrash Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 557 Thanks: 10 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: EMG Select Humbuckers? Yeah, the Select series are passive pickups for the low-end market. I made that mistake in the 80's when I was first exposed to EMG's. __________________ ======================== Hedcrash "I know you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure what you heard was what I meant."

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Jason Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 18,568 Thanks: 109 Thanked 176 Times in 37 Posts	Re: EMG Select Humbuckers? I don't think the EMG Selects are even built in the same factory as their real pickups. If I'm not mistaken, they were just "designed by" EMG and are made in some cheap factory in China. Kind of like how Gibson designs Epiphones.

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