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Post subject: emg pickups
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 5:44 pm
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A friend of mine recently gave me an American series Strat. The guitar plays great, I'm just looking for more out of the pickups. Considering changing them to EMG SA single coils. Any advice on these pickups or others in general??


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Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 5:52 pm
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fordtorino wrote:
A friend of mine recently gave me an American series Strat. The guitar plays great, I'm just looking for more out of the pickups. Considering changing them to EMG SA single coils. Any advice on these pickups or others in general??


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Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 8:00 am
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For ease of install plus getting the SPC presence control pot (I have and recommend) that you look at the David Gilmour (DG20) setup since it uses the SA pups. it also comes with the EXG expander (I have no experience with this).

Another option might be the Vince Gill (VG20). It uses the S series pups and only has the SPC.

My fat strat is essentially a Steve Lukather set (overwound SAV pups with an 85 HB) coupled wtih the SPC and RPC tone pots. I play primarily blues and classic rock type stuff through a vintage Ampeg VT22 using a Boss OD-1 for distortion at low volumes and like the tone I get from this rig. Also use a Blues Jr. on clean with the OD-1 with this axe and get a creamier more traditional bluesy sound. No complaints about EMGs here.

I wouldn't hesitate to retrofit my next strat with EMGs. I'd go with the Pro series prewired sets though.


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Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 8:37 am
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May i suggest you try out bare knuckle pickups. they're expensive but in my opinoin they are well worth it


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Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 9:10 am
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Bare Knuckle are sheer knockout! I have a set of Stormy Monday humbuckers on an, ahem, non-Fender guitar, and they sound like the head on a glass of Guinness. (I know, that metaphor should apply to the Irish Tour set instead, but there you are.)

However, if you are buying Stateside the prices are going to put you on the ropes!

See for yourself: www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk


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Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 9:18 am
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For ease of install plus getting the SPC presence control pot (I have and recommend) that you look at the David Gilmour (DG20) setup since it uses the SA pups. it also comes with the EXG expander (I have no experience with this).

Another option might be the Vince Gill (VG20). It uses the S series pups and only has the SPC.

My fat strat is essentially a Steve Lukather set (overwound SAV pups with an 85 HB) coupled wtih the SPC and RPC tone pots. I play primarily blues and classic rock type stuff through a vintage Ampeg VT22 using a Boss OD-1 for distortion at low volumes and like the tone I get from this rig. Also use a Blues Jr. on clean with the OD-1 with this axe and get a creamier more traditional bluesy sound. No complaints about EMGs here.

I wouldn't hesitate to retrofit my next strat with EMGs. I'd go with the Pro series prewired sets though.


I say go with the DG set, like he^ said.
I have the EMG SA's in my G&L along with the SPC pot...very versatile and great sounding pickup set. You wont be disappointed!! Only draw back is...you have to remove the whole pick-guard to change the battery. Well i do for my G&L. Its well worth it in my opinion. 8)

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Only draw back is...you have to remove the whole pick-guard to change the battery. Well i do for my G&L. Its well worth it in my opinion. 8) [/color]


If you want to be adventurous you can route a cavity in the back for a battery box. These are available through warmoth or stewart (to name a couple of sources) for around $10. That's what I have and I don't need to remove the pickguard to swap out the battery. The batteries last quite a while anyway but the point is implied that you don't want to have your battery go out during a performance. I had it happen once, not pretty - and I didn't have a replacement battery with me. Thank goodness I had my LP and SG as backups.


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Post Note: I just remembered seeing pictures of guys using the trem cavity for the battery. They run the wire through the bridge hole into the cavity and use foam to keep the battery in place and not knock into the springs. There are pix of this application around if you so a little searching.

Still have to unscrew the trem cover but at least you don't have to change the strings at the same time. That's the direction I'd go.


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Hey I don't have suggestions but would like to ask if you could post your results after you have them installed. I have also considered putting emgs in my strat. I had a pair of their humbuckers in an SG and loved them but always wondered about the single coils. Thanks


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uteowl wrote:
rockon!! wrote:
Only draw back is...you have to remove the whole pick-guard to change the battery. Well i do for my G&L. Its well worth it in my opinion. 8) [/color]


If you want to be adventurous you can route a cavity in the back for a battery box. These are available through warmoth or stewart (to name a couple of sources) for around $10. That's what I have and I don't need to remove the pickguard to swap out the battery. The batteries last quite a while anyway but the point is implied that you don't want to have your battery go out during a performance. I had it happen once, not pretty - and I didn't have a replacement battery with me. Thank goodness I had my LP and SG as backups.


I have considered routing out a place for the battery, but decided against removing any more wood...out of fear of course. I change my battery out every six months. The battery life is like 3000 hours of playing time, and the battery is only being used when the 1/4 inch jack plug is plugged in.

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Thanks for the suggestions. What ever I end up doing I wil post the results. Can someone post a link for the routing a cavity in the body for the battery? Although I really don't feel like cutting any more out of the body, it sounds like an idea worth looking into.


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EMG DG-20 they are great pickups.


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EMG SV set if you like the polepiece look and they sound nice and punchy and like all emg pickups are very low noise but if you prefer the sa set go with emg-dg-20 my favorite.


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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 4:56 pm
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I have a set of EMG-SA pick-ups in my 72' RI Stratocaster, and I love them. Yes, the battery will fit under the pickguard between the tone know and output jack. (at least it does on mine!)

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I have had two Strat Plus's with Lace Sensors and still own one of the first MIM Strats with EMG SA's I had put in it . I love that guitar and would not part with it for anything nor would I replace the SA's, but I miss the Lace Sensors and would always recommend them over the EMG's.


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