Seymour Duncan Blackout Bridge vs. EMG81 - ROUND 2!! (and DTB content :D)

That thing is fucking sexy. I've had my sights on a marshall JVM but after hearing about reliability issues I'm leaning towards a recto.

 

Yeah I've always heard this too, but strangely enough Jens Bogren owns one. I'm not sure if it ends up on most of his work though.

You're getting some great tones, keep up the steady improvement

 

ah good call.

 

I prefer both 'a' tracks. Really like how full the BO sounds here, but again it depends what you're looking for.

One thing to note about shootouts like this, it can give us a general idea about what pickups sound like, but it's not gonna be the same between guitars. I have two near identical jackson dr3's that sound different! Instead of one pickup sounds 'better' then the other, use it as a reference point so you know when a piece of gear can be beneficial. Like marcus finding characteristics in the 81 he likes enough to want a beefier sounding guitar.

 

of course. there's always been an assumption by many that EMGs sound very similar in different guitars. Not true at all, not any more than with any other pickup.

 

Should've seen the epic David vs Goliath argument I had to have against a majority of guitarists on a local Melbournian forum about that one.

Disappointing.

 

musicians should learn not to debate engineers on sound. I wouldn't debate a pro session guitarist on technique. Over in Germany they have a lot more respect for the recording process.

 

I love the open chords with the Bo b! The palm muted stuff is better with the 81 a. Under the line all 4 examples sounds GREAT as usual. I would like to hear your guitar sound together with a real recorded drumset and a proper Bass.

Edit: For your next project I´d contribute a few bars real recorded drums and a bass. Purely out of curiosity and fun..and this would be FUN, I´m sure Let me know, what you think about it.

 

I haven't read the other posts but I like 81a best, less muddy, more open and dynamic. Definately less work needed to make it sit

As for the tones they are very cutting and fat, I'm not such a huge "very mid"-style fanboy but in no way is this a bad tone, I just try to get my tones just above "too scooped" level so this has too much lowmids and say 800hz-1.2k mids, still a bit honky

 

Haha I hear ya, dude I was having bad interwebz troubles the last couple of days, I was typing most with my mobile or something else that is intewebz capable, I didn't listen to it until now Plus I think these kind of threads should reside within the "Rate my tone"-area, I wouldn't expect too much shootout clips here I know, I know, the pubs are equipment but blah, you know what I mean or maybe you don't

And of course, that's purely a matter of taste as far as the tone goes. But then again I'm listening more from a kinda mix-perspective. I'd rather have a spacey and wide mix, hard to do with such a very upfront tone

 

Just answered a query i was about to raise about 18v-modding a set of BOs...

thanks

I'll have a listen to these later

 

i think that the sound examples are very similar,
so similar that i would feel kinda stupid i if would say that i like one of them more
EMG sounds just a little bit clearer, that's it.

 

adam P11A