What kind of sound do you get out of emg pickups?

I just installet some old EMG's ( 2 active jazzbass Ceramic single coils, from the early 90's ) on to my self built bass. They are quality pick-up's nothing to disguss there.
The sound is hard to describe. Most jazz players like them. cause they are very clean and clear because off the preamp that's build into the pick-up and because af the Ceramic magnets, very HI-FI. So if you want that muddy 1970's groove sound theese are not the ones. But EMG makes all kinds now active, passive, ceramic, pole.....

the ones i got sounds like: http://www.emginc.com/downloads/mp3/J-Set.mp3

if you more vintage alá fender, you want to try:
http://www.emginc.com/display....ogid=59

well that's all I know....

funny thing..... if you have a sound sample of your product on your webpage. Why the hell do they choose a crappy bass player to do a crappy slap sample...?
jesus....

try and listen to the difference:

from fender
http://www.fender.com/new_rep....500.mp3
http://www.fender.com/new_rep....802.mp3

which product would you buy.........?

sorry......

just got pissed off................................................................again!

you should listen to the EBS pedal samples found here the dude playing is so good!

but lets get back on topic  

all you can gauge on internet samples are how well the people play. Your speakers cannot accuratly reproduce the sound of the actual bass, or pickups etc. It may get relativelyt close, but imho, listening on certain sites isnt really going to give an accurate example of how something sounds.

Peace
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as I wrote... just a Funny thing. of cause you have hear them for real to compare..

I have played the EMG Hrz (sic) and had a active J-set installed in my custom Warmoth Jazz, I found the toneallity incredible, but the power I wanted wasn't there. I kept turning up my amp to hear myself over the my twanger, who plays passive Symore Dunc's.
I just recently got a 93' Fender Jazz stock, and I can finally hear myself now. My 2 cents. of corse I can't wait the start modifing this bad boy new bridge, new nut, new p-ups (q-pounds i think that's what I'll put in) and ........ :-P

I just replaced the stock pickups on my mid 80s Peavey RSB with pair of EMG Actives (a 35 at the neck and 40 at the bridge) along with a new bridge and on board EQ. Twice as loud and 10 times the tonal range. I'm thinking about removing the Peavey logo entirely    

EMG pickups are amazing, i have them on my fretless and they pick up everything, even some radio stations.

I absolutely love mine. For the tone I want, and style I play, I prefer them over the Bartolinnis. For another idea on the active j-bass pickup check here.

http://www.trudg.com/Music/audio

look for R.I.C.S. & Bottom both bass driven tunes, slightly different tone. Both were played with the bass's EQ settings flat, and with a pick.

Torn Apart is the same bass, same eq, but with fingers. Not as Bass heavey, but you'll get the idea.

Every Schecter I've ever played came equipt with EMG's and they've all sounded great. I wouldn't pause to consider using them. IMO, for the money they can't be beat.

my dean edge Q5 has EMG hi-Z soapbars. i'd say they sound pretty nice.......

i have Select by EMG P PUP's in two of my basses and they were loads better than the stockers........

i'm gonna put Select by EMG J PUP's in my jazz clone.........

i love my Barts in my btb1006eol..........

I think that it might depend on what kind of EMGs you put in your bass. I have played some soapbar style pups that are pretty beefy, but all the p/j style pups I've played, are punchy as all hell! I think it really does depend. Its just hard to get your hands on them all to make an accurrate comparison. Just my two cents.

I had a Godin BG-5 a while ago with EMG soapbars. I don't know if it was the bass or the pickups, but it sounded terrible. There was a lot of low end on the B and E strings, but then absolutely no low end or low mids on the A up. It ended up sounding like a totally different bass when going between the low and high strings, regardless of how you tweaked the equalizer.

I have to EMG soapbars (neck and bridge) powered by 18v on my Modulus. I've never heard a more versitile sounding instrument.