Whitedevilone just got this and I took some pic's of it for him to put on here.
He had me take out the Carvin C-22 pups and put in an EMG 81 and 85 for him.
Wow, what a difference that made! The EMG's coupled with the string through and a set neck is the Beast Incarnate!
I had to get my dremel out and knock the corners off in the pickup cavities to fit the EMG's in it, and I must say Scott, the look on your face when I fired that up was priceless. The guitar was not even a week old at that point and here I am hackin' at it.
I'm very impressed with the sound, and quality of the build on this.
I couldn't really rip on it, cause I'm a lefty. The 25" scale didn't feel all that bad. The neck was a little thick for my liking, and the painted neck isn't me either, but I'd say it's a great purchase.
Was that ordered new? Should have got the M22 pickups if so, they sound good. The carvin necks are wide and flat, they take some getting used to but you can really rip on em once you get used to the feel. 2 graphite rods and a truss rod in those necks they are solid no weak spots. Carvin does a good job on guitars but they should give up the audio/pa line.
Don't bitch to me about the economy while you're still buying Chinese products.
Mostly cause i've used Carvin pups in the past and was never satisfied.I knew i was ripping them out when i ordered it,so i saw no need to throw another 200bucks on top of the price.I'm a masher so the baseball bat neck suits me fine.Dude i'm sorry but if you think the m22 could hold a candle to the EMGs you would be sadly mistaken.The thing is built like a tank and puts my two Gibson Vs to shame.I hate to say it but it pisses all over them.The craftmanship is outa this world and the thing sings and rips.I love it!
And as you can see the ax was built to my specs.The head that usally comes on them is a hockey stick ugly looking thing.Changed..Truss rod cover was a nice touch i think.I pretty much designed it from the start.Piece buy piece,custom built for me.Tried to mirror my PRS in a sense.Jumbo stainless steel frets,abone block inlays,rosewood board,three on three headstock,sperzel tuners,string through M bridge.It just balls out rocks!
Gotta throw out a big Hellyeah to my good buddy Joe for helping me out with all those things i'm to dumb,or scared(dremmel tool anybody LOL)to do.Thank you Joe,you rock!!!
That's cool man, I love doing this shit. I never would have thought that the EMG's weren't a drop in.
And that fuckin wiring assembly of the EMG's that was done by the previous owner didn't help me out.
That was the worst wiring experience ever. There was a wire coming off of the stereo jack that was touchin against another wire. and also the dude had the quick connect on backwards on the Bridge pup.
I woke up the next morning around 4:30 and gutted it all back out and started over. By 5am it was wired strung and ready to rip.
Glad that you're happy with it. Got anything else, send it over.
I have the talent boost in my Black Jackson, but I have it going only to 25% of it capabilities.
As far as the suck cut, I found a recombinator that would work with a .020 micro farad capacitor and that might take some of the suck out of it.
I've heard great things about the Q-36, and I think that the full tonal spectrum of your amp will benefit from it's intrinsic tonalities 10 fold.
Did they discontinue the Q-34 or is the 36 just a reissue, or an updated version?
If you wire it with a master volume(w/ a .001 mFc) and 4 tones (two 250k and two 500k) and wire them in a series loop along with a direct parallel 5 way switch going through the outboard preamp, you could dial in all kinds of tone. Add to that a parametric mid boost and a push pull knob, and you could really let the tonal spectrum of that Cort shine through like you wouldn't believe. Of course the overall level of the pre-boost would take some dialing in to get it right.
Times like these are times, we need to holla at Esteban'
I loves my LB75. I've been playing the Jazz V for the past six or so gigs, and I am really missing my Carvin. The Jazz has the newer strings, so that's what I've been playing. I'm making it a point to get the Carvin restrung as soon as possible to start playing it on stage again.
I do agree that Carvin has a tendency to skimp on the pickups. We bass players have been vying for Carvin to offer a Bartolini option for some time now. The craftsmanship and fit and finish is immaculate on these instruments. If they offered better electronics, their basses could easily compete with Ken Smiths, Foderas, etc. From what I understand, the new preamps that they're putting in the newer basses like the Icons are pretty killer.
"He's the electric horseman, you better back off!" - old sKool making a reference to the culturally relevant 1979 film.
Good move on the EMGs....I really don't get why more guitar guys don't like em. I swear by EMGs in my Spector basses...you can't beat the clarity and punch.
Scott...how do you like the long lower horn on that axe? Does it catch you in the leg when you play?
grimmbass wrote:Good move on the EMGs....I really don't get why more guitar guys don't like em.
The blue ghost flame Charvel of old sKool's that you saw at Davey's is loaded with EMGs. Most of his other guitars have Duncans in them. We both agree that while the EMGs are quality pickups, there's just something more organic and reponsive about the Duncans. They seem to have a more open midrange. EMG's guitar pickups always sounded more compressed to my ears. Again, there's no denying the objective quality of EMGs, but my ears have always preferred Seymour Duncans and DiMarzios.
I like EMGs on bass, but I'm still more of a Bartolini guy when it comes to that. That only really matters to me, though, when dropping replacement pickups into an instrument. The brand of a pickup or a preamp isn't going to determine whether I purchase a bass or not, so as long as it sounds good. That's all I really care about.
"He's the electric horseman, you better back off!" - old sKool making a reference to the culturally relevant 1979 film.
i like the slight compression of the EMGs, Paul. the Duncan blackouts and Mustaine pickups have alot looser midrange for an active pickup, however.
other than the volume boost over passive pickups, you'd swear they weren't active.
Has anyone ever tried the single coil sized EMG's? I was debating on putting them in my strat, just wanted some opinions. I currently have 2 Duncan Hot Rails in it, I really like them, but they're very hot. It's hard to get a good clean tone. But I just don't want a single coil tone.
"well, why don't you make ten louder and just have that be the loudest one?"
stratobastard27 wrote:Has anyone ever tried the single coil sized EMG's? I was debating on putting them in my strat, just wanted some opinions. I currently have 2 Duncan Hot Rails in it, I really like them, but they're very hot. It's hard to get a good clean tone. But I just don't want a single coil tone.
I just put fender vintage noiseless in my strat, they clean up great but aren't real great for harder material. They make a vintage hot noiseless that may be better. I had a duncan stacked humbucker in my old strat ( the one malmsteen uses ) it was better for hard rock and also cleaned up good. The Duncan didn't give a traditional strat sound if that is what you are looking to avoid. I don't know if the Duncan stacked is milder than the Duncan hot rails but it cleaned up good for me.
Don't bitch to me about the economy while you're still buying Chinese products.
