EMG-PJHz bass pickups, worth it? [Archive]

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Brogan

05-22-2006, 02:10 AM

hey dudes.
second thread for the day, my appologies to loyal forum fans who get pissed off.
Just after a little advice.
check this out.
http://www.instrumentpro.com/P-EMGPJHZSET.html

anyone know if they'd be worth buying to put in

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7412303872&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

cheers

SquierBasser

05-22-2006, 02:18 AM

Go for it.

:lol:

edgebass5

05-22-2006, 02:25 AM

EMG HZ stuff is VERY VERY VERY heavy in the upper-midrange frequencies, specifically those right around 900hz-1.1khz (to my ears at least). Its sort of a give-and-take thing with them. My thoughts were that they make the E and A strings (B on a 5 as well) sound fantastic... really really good. However, they make the D and G string pretty much unuseable in my opinion. Very unbalanced from string to string.

Scott01

05-22-2006, 04:12 AM

Would some slight EQ'ing fix that though?

Rowan S

05-22-2006, 05:33 AM

go for it. didnt know instrument pro did pickups

lais817

05-22-2006, 07:14 AM

Instead of making a new thread, I guess I can ask this here: Does anybody have any experience with the EMG 35Ps? Here's the link.... http://www.emgpickups.com/displayproducts.asp?section=Bass&categoryid=27

wicked_child

05-22-2006, 08:06 AM

im not sure but looks the same to the one on the dean i borrowed. those pups are has high midrange trebly. :)

edgebass5

05-22-2006, 10:09 AM

Would some slight EQ'ing fix that though?

Well, after massive amounts of EQ'ing I found this: Flat the B, E, and A strings sounded amazing, but the D and G were unuseable. EQ'ing in such a way to make the D and G useable (note: useable, not good or fantastic, etc.) made the B, E, and A strings sound acceptable, but quite lifeless. This is all just my opinion here, but EQ'ing to create a mediocre (at best) tone isn't really a solution.