EMG-707 pup

[studentofshred]

Anyone have any experiance with these? Also the site says something about it not being a direct replacement humbucker due to its extended bass housing. Does this simply mean that I need to route a battery pocket and rewire everything as I knew or does it mean something else?

[Roland]

Gotta route the edges of the pickup-route as well.

[C.Thep]

They are sound simliar to an EMG 85.

Most guitars have enough room for a battery in the electronics cavity

[RSVampire]

Originally Posted by Roland

Gotta route the edges of the pickup-route as well.

correct, the pickups are made in a bass pickup housing so they will not directly fit in a regular guitar pickup hole. You'll have to route it out a bit to allow the pickup to mount to the body.

[-Rhaab]

rusty cooley loves him
if you've heard him before
they dont sound too bad but im not into active pickups

[studentofshred]

I've heard that EMG's are not very versatile. how do they do with clean tones?

[Roland]

Originally Posted by studentofshred

I've heard that EMG's are not very versatile. how do they do with clean tones?

IMHO - crap. Very sterile, without character. Sounds like the guitar unplugged.

[-Rhaab]

yah they dont sound too good clean, theres a video of francesco fareri playing with his emgs clean and its pretty bad