EMG 81/85 Pickups with Rockerverb 50

[amesav]

Hey guys im lookin at buying an ibanez RG421 loaded with EMG 81/85 pickups
Has anyone had any experience with EMG pickups through the Rockerverb 50 amp thanks

Alex

[Randy Bass]

I think that's pretty close to what Jim Root uses. The Jim Root Telecaster has an EMG 81 in the bridge and an EMG 60 in the neck and I think he plays a Rockerverb (not sure which one though).

[amesav]

I think that's pretty close to what Jim Root uses. The Jim Root Telecaster has an EMG 81 in the bridge and an EMG 60 in the neck and I think he plays a Rockerverb (not sure which one though).

Yeah thats right he does too thanks Randy

[kmlabs]

My guitars have EMG 81s in the bridge & 60s in the neck. They're great with the Rockerverb; really crisp & clear, and a really open distortion

[amesav]

My guitars have EMG 81s in the bridge & 60s in the neck. They're great with the Rockerverb; really crisp & clear, and a really open distortion

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Thanks mate this one has the 85 in the bridge and 81 in the neck ,is that a strange set up ,I always thought it was the other way around

[everdrone]

my top five fav band DOWN uses thunderverb 50 with emg81/85 and so do I, sounds killer I also like my fuzz pedal and pushpull pots and seymour duncan c5/pg in my SG standard

[amesav]

my top five fav band DOWN uses thunderverb 50 with emg81/85 and so do I, sounds killer I also like my fuzz pedal and pushpull pots and seymour duncan c5/pg in my SG standard

Awesome mate,what guitar do you use and have you got the 81 in bridge or neck thanks !!!

[kmlabs]

My guitars have EMG 81s in the bridge & 60s in the neck. They're great with the Rockerverb; really crisp & clear, and a really open distortion

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Thanks mate this one has the 85 in the bridge and 81 in the neck ,is that a strange set up ,I always thought it was the other way around

I don't think it's that strange; one of my friends loves the 85s, he has them to the exclusion of all else. The 81 is a bit smoother sounding, the 85 has more of a raw sound.

This is an 81 through a Rockerverb 50. Settings I used to use were bass on full, middle 11 o'clock, treble 2 o'clock, and pretty much all the gain:

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From my (limited) experience of the 85, it'll sound a little less smooth, but the voicing will be similar.

[amesav]

My guitars have EMG 81s in the bridge & 60s in the neck. They're great with the Rockerverb; really crisp & clear, and a really open distortion

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Thanks mate this one has the 85 in the bridge and 81 in the neck ,is that a strange set up ,I always thought it was the other way around

I don't think it's that strange; one of my friends loves the 85s, he has them to the exclusion of all else. The 81 is a bit smoother sounding, the 85 has more of a raw sound.

This is an 81 through a Rockerverb 50. Settings I used to use were bass on full, middle 11 o'clock, treble 2 o'clock, and pretty much all the gain:t

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From my (limited) experience of the 85, it'll sound a little less smooth, but the voicing will be similar.

Thanks mate I ended up putting the 81 in the bridge sounded way better to me heaps more defined. The emgs sound amazing through the rockerverb thanks for your help mate

[starling1]

I personally think active pickups are garbage, and emg 81's are pretty much the worst thing ever invented. If you're after tone I'd avoid them like the plague. They sound too inorganic, augmented....so many bands use them and the there's now pretty much a whole sub-genre of homogenised emg 81 music.

I use seymour duncans. For me they support a range of tonal inflections which everything else I've tried simply doesn't seem to. Bareknuckle make some damn fine pups too.

[kmlabs]

Starling, it would be a boring world if we all liked the same thing, wouldn't it?

I had a Jackson Kelly with Seymour Duncans, a JB in the bridge and a Jazz in the neck, I think. They were indeed lovely sounding pickups, but for the music I play I just find EMGs have more clarity, definition and bite.

Then again I use a Dark Terror so I clearly know nothing about what sounds good

[mici88]

I personally think active pickups are garbage, and emg 81's are pretty much the worst thing ever invented. If you're after tone I'd avoid them like the plague. They sound too inorganic, augmented....so many bands use them and the there's now pretty much a whole sub-genre of homogenised emg 81 music.

I use seymour duncans. For me they support a range of tonal inflections which everything else I've tried simply doesn't seem to. Bareknuckle make some damn fine pups too.

I support your thoughts.

I have Rockerverb 50 and two guitar at this moment:

90s Jackson Kelly KE3 with EMG 81/85
90s Jackson RR3 with Seymour Duncan SH16

RR3 > KE3, I'm sorry. EMGs sound very flat, muffled and give too much fizz although I spend hours to twek my amp right for them.