Members wtfg89 Posted May 19, 2005 Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 is it possible to fit a generic chrome cover onto an EMG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 4nkam Posted May 19, 2005 Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 Yes, you need to sand the black "cover" down until you reach the tan material, then install the new cover. MJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 4nkam Posted May 19, 2005 Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 Or if you don't mind the writing, you can get a set of the 25th anniversary EMGs. MJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheGZeus,OnFire Posted May 19, 2005 Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 There's nothing wrong with taking a belt sander to EMGs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheGZeus,OnFire Posted May 19, 2005 Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 Originally posted by 4nkam Or if you don't mind the writing, you can get a set of the 25th anniversary EMGs.MJ Or spending ludicrous amounts for 1970s technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wtfg89 Posted May 19, 2005 Author Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 or getting your ass out of my thread.......homo........ anyways. the 30th anniv. editions are WAY too expensive and aren't the greatest looking. cant you pull an EMG apart just like other pickups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shocker Posted May 19, 2005 Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 Originally posted by RockinIt or getting your ass out of my thread.......homo........ anyways. the 30th anniv. editions are WAY too expensive and aren't the greatest looking. cant you pull an EMG apart just like other pickups? I dunno. I've often wondered this. I'd love EMGs with solid chrome or chrome with polescrew covers. But they don't ever seem to offer 'em. You can get some of them in white, if that helps. Oh yeah, and *bump* //S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shocker Posted May 19, 2005 Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 Originally posted by TheGZeus,OnFire Or spending ludicrous amounts for 1970s technology. This, I actually totally agree with. See, technology that's over a half second old is just ridiculous! I mean, sure, the electricity, phone lines, keyboards, monitors, computers, the internet, and online message boards were all around at least 10 years ago, but dammit, it's gotta be new! Yes, rather, seek non-active humbuckers, which were of course invented 3 minutes ago. //S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wtfg89 Posted May 19, 2005 Author Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 hm.........i think im gonna try it....ive got money to burn! =) i think it would look great with part # PC_0307-010 from allparts........gives it that Iommi look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheGZeus,OnFire Posted May 19, 2005 Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 Originally posted by RockinIt or getting your ass out of my thread.......homo........anyways. the 30th anniv. editions are WAY too expensive and aren't the greatest looking. cant you pull an EMG apart just like other pickups? WAAAAA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wtfg89 Posted May 19, 2005 Author Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 :careface: anyone else wanna chime in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shocker Posted May 19, 2005 Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 I think he wants you in a family way. //S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wtfg89 Posted May 19, 2005 Author Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 hahaha. il ressurect this thread for the morning crew. i could have SWORN someone had posted about taking apart their EMGs. it'd probably be alot more cost effective to get the covers. and mold them down on the inside to fit on the emg. make the covers fit the emg not the emg fit the covers. ya know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheGZeus,OnFire Posted May 19, 2005 Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 Originally posted by Shocker This, I actually totally agree with. See, technology that's over a half second old is just ridiculous! I mean, sure, the electricity, phone lines, keyboards, monitors, computers, the internet, and online message boards were all around at least 10 years ago, but dammit, it's gotta be new! Yes, rather, seek non-active humbuckers, which were of course invented 3 minutes ago. //S ...and of course passives cost what, 1/3 the price? EMG prices their products far higher than any other manufacturer despite NO R&D in 30+ years and all they do is make a NORMAL passive and put a preamp in it. DiMarzio has several new patents on various technologies involving differnt tonalities and noise reduction, and even Duncan works at coming out with at least MODERATELY innovative products. Lace Sensors are FAR more complex, and actually DO offer what EMG only accomplishes with what amounts to internal EQ curves and compression(and the compression comes from a low-headroom preamp). Hell, they even make lower-impedence pickups with the same output. EMG makes NORMAL impedence pickups, then puts a low-impedence out on their preamp. OOooooo. There's nothing to justify the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheGZeus,OnFire Posted May 19, 2005 Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 Originally posted by Shocker I think he wants you in a family way.//S Why would I want them pregnant?If you meant SEXUALLY, since when does sex have anything to do with one's family?You have sex with your family? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wtfg89 Posted May 19, 2005 Author Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 lol Gzeus your so funny sometimes.the way you put that last sentence made me think of someone being really serious...... i get EMG pickups for i THINK around 65bucks each at my local guitar store. they sell the ZW set for $149.99 think about all the other super expensive pickups that you only get the pickup. no special upgraded wiring,pots nor do you get it PREWIRED. i love the way EMGs sound. will that make you not want me in a family way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shocker Posted May 19, 2005 Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 Originally posted by TheGZeus,OnFire ...and of course passives cost what, 1/3 the price?EMG prices their products far higher than any other manufacturer despite NO R&D in 30+ years and all they do is make a NORMAL passive and put a preamp in it.DiMarzio has several new patents on various technologies involving differnt tonalities and noise reduction, and even Duncan works at coming out with at least MODERATELY innovative products.Lace Sensors are FAR more complex, and actually DO offer what EMG only accomplishes with what amounts to internal EQ curves and compression(and the compression comes from a low-headroom preamp). Hell, they even make lower-impedence pickups with the same output.EMG makes NORMAL impedence pickups, then puts a low-impedence out on their preamp.OOooooo.There's nothing to justify the price. Let's see, taking the average of prices I've paid for EMGs (I now have 7 EMG pickups), one was $99 new, the others were all used - an 85 for $55 shipped, a pair of 81's that came in a $700 Explorer, and 3 in a $285 Pacifica 1221M. The average used price for an EMG is around $50-$60, which is the average used price of a good passive (see the prices on used JBs or '59's). The 3 used ones that came by way of the guitar I paid $285 for in total, even if you were to discount the fact that it comes with a guitar and HSC and shipping, still comes to well under the retail price for each pickup new, and not far above the maximum price for each pickup used ($60 x 3 = $180). EMGs aren't overpriced. They can be found for far less than retail with the simplest bit of effort (someone spammed tonight for an EMG 81 for $50). They are a very simple, distinct, proven sound that people like, at a pricepoint not dissimilar to other similar offerings (Duncan JB street price: $69, EMG 81 street price: $99). This is not a Gibson vs. Agile comparison where one costs 10% of the other, you're talking about a $30 difference (note EMG's come with potentiometers, input jacks and capacitors prewired, as well as the quick-connect system). The fact that YOU don't like them doesn't make them suck or make them overpriced. Your argument has no semblance of validity, and it'd be a real pleasure if you'd stop trolling these threads. //S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheGZeus,OnFire Posted May 19, 2005 Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 Originally posted by RockinIt lol Gzeus your so funny sometimes.the way you put that last sentence made me think of someone being really serious......i get EMG pickups for i THINK around 65bucks each at my local guitar store. they sell the ZW set for $149.99think about all the other super expensive pickups that you only get the pickup. no special upgraded wiring,pots nor do you get it PREWIRED. i love the way EMGs sound. will that make you not want me in a family way? it'll sure make me hate your tone, that's for sure. They've come out with 2 new pickups in 20 years. They didn't even bother to build a different cover for them. "Put them in a bass pickups case. If they want our pickups, they can use a router." They're the most arrogant stupid company I've ever seen that wasn't 'boutique.' Well, next to Gibson. There's no upgraded wiring, unless you mean the easily reversed quick connect cable thing, which can be purchased at Radio Shack. The anniversar models are a joke, at the very least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheGZeus,OnFire Posted May 19, 2005 Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 Originally posted by Shocker Let's see, taking the average of prices I've paid for EMGs (I now have 7 EMG pickups), one was $99 new, the others were all used - an 85 for $55 shipped, a pair of 81's that came in a $700 Explorer, and 3 in a $285 Pacifica 1221M. The average used price for an EMG is around $50-$60, which is the average used price of a good passive (see the prices on used JBs or '59's). The 3 used ones that came by way of the guitar I paid $285 for in total, even if you were to discount the fact that it comes with a guitar and HSC and shipping, still comes to well under the retail price for each pickup new, and not far above the maximum price for each pickup used ($60 x 3 = $180).EMGs aren't overpriced. They can be found for far less than retail with the simplest bit of effort (someone spammed tonight for an EMG 81 for $50). They are a very simple, distinct, proven sound that people like, at a pricepoint not dissimilar to other similar offerings (Duncan JB street price: $69, EMG 81 street price: $99). This is not a Gibson vs. Agile comparison where one costs 10% of the other, you're talking about a $30 difference (note EMG's come with potentiometers, input jacks and capacitors prewired, as well as the quick-connect system). The fact that YOU don't like them doesn't make them suck or make them overpriced. Your argument has no semblance of validity, and it'd be a real pleasure if you'd stop trolling these threads.//S Pots are friggin' cheap, and I've already said the 'quick connect' can be made from Radio Shack parts and is easily reversed.THey don't even MARK the things.You'd think they could get the SCHEMATICS they send out with them right, at least. The leave out ESSENTIAL parts, draw them out from the FACE of the guitar, which does NO ONE good, unless they want the bridge pickup to work in the neck position of their fat strat, and $99 is STILL silly when there's NO R&D work. Tone is subjective(and GOD do I hate the tone that comes out of THESE) and a 10% difference, when subjective, should have no bearing on price. Solid state electronics have advanced quite a bit over the last 30+ years.They could improve their pickups, but they don't.They sit on their laurels with their artificial sustain from preamp clipping, false claims of a lack of string pull(a 10k pickup with overall normal contruction save blades rather than poles will and DOES have a fair bit if string pull. Stick a paper clip to an EMG, now try it with a Lace Sensor), and an EQ PRESET built in. Why not get a set of low-output passives, a compressor, and a parametric EQ?now YOU control all the things EMG preset to begin with, and you only had to do it once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wtfg89 Posted May 19, 2005 Author Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 did EMGs rape you when you were little? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheGZeus,OnFire Posted May 19, 2005 Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 Originally posted by RockinIt did EMGs rape you when you were little? They rape my ears whenever I have to hear them. Bad tone for high prices pisses me off. Gibsons are just as bad, bad playability for a high price. Bad finishes to boot. Do they even HAVE a QC department? If they DO, i'd hate to see what gets rejected! *pictures a guitar with the fingerboard on the wrong side* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wtfg89 Posted May 19, 2005 Author Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 haha you are so whiney its awesome. im calling it a night. tootles dad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheGZeus,OnFire Posted May 19, 2005 Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 Oh and if you want to chrome cover them, dremel the sides off of that Allparts cover and epoxy it to the top.That's about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheGZeus,OnFire Posted May 19, 2005 Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 Originally posted by RockinIt haha you are so whiney its awesome. im calling it a night. tootles dad Yeah, and when someone expresses their opinion, the mature thing to do is to call them a homo. GENIUS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Craqster Posted May 19, 2005 Members Share Posted May 19, 2005 Originally posted by TheGZeus,OnFire They rape my ears whenever I have to hear them. Bad tone for high prices pisses me off. Gibsons are just as bad, bad playability for a high price. Bad finishes to boot. Do they even HAVE a QC department? If they DO, i'd hate to see what gets rejected! *pictures a guitar with the fingerboard on the wrong side* EMGwn3d. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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