Members Bucksstudent Posted August 22, 2017 Members Share Posted August 22, 2017 So much nonsense in this thread. Changing pickups is a reversible mod. Save the originals and go for it. Forgive us, old wise one. Didn't know you'd step in here and dismiss all of our opinions as nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted August 22, 2017 Members Share Posted August 22, 2017 And we all know what a massive tone monster Zakk is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted August 22, 2017 Members Share Posted August 22, 2017 Excuse me, is that directed at me? If so, I'm not sure why. I specifically said stickers were fine by me and I didn't mention resale value. I simply asked why you were considering EMGs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted August 22, 2017 Members Share Posted August 22, 2017 I was thinking the old 81 and 85 combo. Pardon my ignorance but isn't the 81/85 set active? There would be way more involved than just swapping pickups and the mod wouldn't be readily reversible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bucksstudent Posted August 22, 2017 Members Share Posted August 22, 2017 Pardon my ignorance but isn't the 81/85 set active? There would be way more involved than just swapping pickups and the mod wouldn't be readily reversible. Bingo. It would be an invasive procedure. I don't know if you have to put in a battery compartment, but all of the guitars with EMGs I played had a plastic part that would require cutting a small chunk of the wood out. It's his guitar, so it's his mistake to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted August 22, 2017 Members Share Posted August 22, 2017 Actually, there's enough room in the electronic cavity to fit a 9 volt. A covered in tape 9 volt. And you need a different jack, and remove the ground from the strings. All reversible, but.... Seriously, you take 2 similar guitars, same scale length, same woods or so, Say a... I don't know, a Paul custom, and an Epiphone, and shove a set of EMG's in them, I doubt you could tell them apart from the "tone". But hey, why should I care what someone does to their "beloved" guitar. Go ahead, cover them in stickers, chicken feathers, lava from a volcano erupting at midnight during the new moon.... whatever makes you happy. Just don't expect others to support your possibly stupid decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steve_man Posted August 22, 2017 Members Share Posted August 22, 2017 I'm calling bull on you wanting to put stickers all over a $4000 guitar. Methinks you're just trolling... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bucksstudent Posted August 22, 2017 Members Share Posted August 22, 2017 I'm calling bull on you wanting to put stickers all over a $4000 guitar. Methinks you're just trolling... I'm torn between him being an elaborate troll or a moron. He is indeed posting under his real name, that's his real face in his avatar, and it appears he actually lives in the Philippines. Either he's incredibly audacious, or he's that stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steve_man Posted August 23, 2017 Members Share Posted August 23, 2017 Of course, it could be a fake Gibson... in that case, tearing it to shreds and treating it like a $200 cheapie would be more acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Etienne Rambert Posted August 23, 2017 Members Share Posted August 23, 2017 It's my most expensive purchase. and I love it to death! I but stickers on it. and I plan to put EMG's on it to make it a killer axe!! Fun thread. Fun guitar. I'm having a gas playing my LP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steve_man Posted August 23, 2017 Members Share Posted August 23, 2017 saw your car parked outside... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hellion_213 Posted August 23, 2017 Members Share Posted August 23, 2017 Then you, I refer back to David Gilmour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hellion_213 Posted August 23, 2017 Members Share Posted August 23, 2017 . Doesn't have to be invasive at all. If you can afford the Custom, you can afford the $130 power pedal from EMG eliminating the need for an onboard battery. Plus the power pedal is switchable between 9 and 18 volts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hellion_213 Posted August 23, 2017 Members Share Posted August 23, 2017 While I can understand sentiment over stickers on a $4000 guitar, and the potential for this to be a troll thread, I do have to ask - since when are EMGs Not considered Pro Gear? Awful lot of pros using them. Just saying. And with the Power Pedal eliminating the need for a battery box, it's no more an invasive mod than a general pup and pot swap, solder less even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hellion_213 Posted August 23, 2017 Members Share Posted August 23, 2017 Simple Solder less jack swap. Less involved than a traditional passive pickup, pot, jack upgrade, unless you spring another$100 for a Terminator system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hellion_213 Posted August 23, 2017 Members Share Posted August 23, 2017 Name more than one pro using the Motherbucker. (Matthew Bellamy is the only one I know of) Dragonfires? Can't think of one pro using those. I'll give you the MegaDrive, though it's a Custom Shop item, same as the Duncan El Diablo. On the other hand though, how many pros use EMGs? They have more traditional pickups now, the 57/66 set, etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bucksstudent Posted August 23, 2017 Members Share Posted August 23, 2017 While I can understand sentiment over stickers on a $4000 guitar' date=' and the potential for this to be a troll thread, I do have to ask - since when are EMGs Not considered Pro Gear? Awful lot of pros using them. Just saying. And with the Power Pedal eliminating the need for a battery box, it's no more an invasive mod than a general pup and pot swap, solder less even.[/quote'] Because this dude started thread after thread asking all manner of stupid questions, and usually incorporated that he owned a Les Paul Custom that he didn't play because he was worried about wearing out the frets. He'd go on to talk about his JEM and cheap Ibanezs, and he rarely responded to these threads. They were nebulous thoughts he shared like this was his Twitter account. So, now he's decided to not only put EMGs in the Custom that he supposedly doesn't play along with stickers. I mean, it's his guitar. He can do what he wants. That doesn't mean some of us won't shake our heads at his constantly misguided attempts to seem cool or be smart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Etienne Rambert Posted August 23, 2017 Members Share Posted August 23, 2017 At the risk of a fraught comparison, Clarence White put a couple of stickers on his old Tele. That guitar has to be worth 60k today. LPC's are a bit heavy, OP might consider using a band saw and router on the back for custom weight relief. Gene Parsons did that to install Clarence's B-bender. It didn't reduce the value one whit, even w/the stickers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bucksstudent Posted August 23, 2017 Members Share Posted August 23, 2017 At the risk of a fraught comparison, Clarence White put a couple of stickers on his old Tele. That guitar has to be worth 60k today. LPC's are a bit heavy, OP might consider using a band saw and router on the back for custom weight relief. Gene Parsons did that to install Clarence's B-bender. It didn't reduce the value one whit, even w/the stickers. OP isn't a famous guitarist who helped invent a device like the B-Bender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Etienne Rambert Posted August 23, 2017 Members Share Posted August 23, 2017 OP isn't a famous guitarist who helped invent a device like the B-Bender. Yeah, but who knows what cards fortune may deal him in the future? Destiny doesn't wait. He needs to make his mark. He owns it. He needs to really own it now. Get out the bandsaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted August 23, 2017 Members Share Posted August 23, 2017 Who mentioned "pros" Hellion? I was talking about the pickups in general. Besides, the word "pro" doesn't equate with a Philippine wanna be Eddie van Hamster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted August 23, 2017 Members Share Posted August 23, 2017 I'll believe it when I see the pictures (or clips). And as far as putting active pickups in a Lester, why not go all the way? Here is a Flying Vee getting an EMG and a Sustainiac, first a bit of routing a bunch of stuff gets stuffed in the hole (the black box is the battery compartment for two 9 volts). With Mbeng's love of metal noise, that would be the perfect pickup - come'on Mbeng, old boy, do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bucksstudent Posted August 23, 2017 Members Share Posted August 23, 2017 DEW IT! [YOUTUBE]-Gh1lTcwdGY[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted August 26, 2017 Members Share Posted August 26, 2017 If the OP wants stickers on his guitar he'd fit right in with the Zac Brown Band: That's a nice Taylor under all the stickers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted August 26, 2017 Members Share Posted August 26, 2017 If the OP wants stickers on his guitar he'd fit right in with the Zac Brown Band: That's a nice Taylor under all the stickers. Zac plays that classical guitar with a pic, so there some serious wear on the body. Kind of like Willie Nelson Trigger guitar. I don't mind some Zac Brown. I don't have any of there cd's [video=youtube;Sk5TsrmgEj4] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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