Ultimate Guitar/Bass thread!

[legionsOFtheDEAD]

Originally Posted by mexi cant

I play in a metal band called Gebeth (myspace.com/Gebeth)

My setup is pretty simple.
- Peavey 6505+ (Main amp)
- Madison Divinity 2 (Slave amp)
- Vader cabinets
- Korg rack tuner
- BBE Sonic Maximizer
- Boss noise gate
- Furman power conditioner
- Ibanez tube screamer (as a boost)
- LTD H-307
- Seymour Duncan Blackout 7 pickups
- Monster cables
- DR strings (7 string set / 56-10)

Cool Man My friend Has a 6505 them things are a beast. how are the blackouts compared to EMG's? I have been meaning to try them out.

[mexi cant]

Originally Posted by legionsOFtheDEAD

Cool Man My friend Has a 6505 them things are a beast. how are the blackouts compared to EMG's? I have been meaning to try them out.

You have more expression with the blackouts. To me, EMGs just sound so robotic. like, mainly a rhythm pickup for recording. I prefer the Blackouts since, IMO, they're cleaner than EMGs. I prefer to set my gain to about 5.5 on the peavey, and just crank the volume. That forces me to be a cleaner player, and the Blackouts pick up on that. They don't cover your mistakes with noise like most EMGs i've played around with.

[legionsOFtheDEAD]

Originally Posted by mexi cant

You have more expression with the blackouts. To me, EMGs just sound so robotic. like, mainly a rhythm pickup for recording. I prefer the Blackouts since, IMO, they're cleaner than EMGs. I prefer to set my gain to about 5.5 on the peavey, and just crank the volume. That forces me to be a cleaner player, and the Blackouts pick up on that. They don't cover your mistakes with noise like most EMGs i've played around with.

Ya true I might get them installed in my project guitar I am working on. after I scallope the frets.

[travis83]

Originally Posted by mexi cant

You have more expression with the blackouts. To me, EMGs just sound so robotic. like, mainly a rhythm pickup for recording. I prefer the Blackouts since, IMO, they're cleaner than EMGs. I prefer to set my gain to about 5.5 on the peavey, and just crank the volume. That forces me to be a cleaner player, and the Blackouts pick up on that. They don't cover your mistakes with noise like most EMGs i've played around with.

Yeah, a friend of mine recently purchased a guitar with EMG's and I allowed him to play it through my 6505+. It was muddy as hell. I'll stick with my Dimarzio's.

[legionsOFtheDEAD]

Originally Posted by travis83

Yeah, a friend of mine recently purchased a guitar with EMG's and I allowed him to play it through my 6505+. It was muddy as hell. I'll stick with my Dimarzio's.

fuck yeah nothing like a set of dimarzio's the tone you get form them makes me wet

[Savage Brutality]

Guitars:
ESP M-1000, ESP MH-301 both neck thru w/ EMG 81 & 85's pickups, Ibanez RG 7-String w/ Dimarzio pickups!

Gear:
Peavey Triple XXX amp w/ matching straight cab & 5150 slant cab
5150 Peavey w/ matching straight & slant cab
BBE Sonic Maximizer
Korg rack tuner
Boss Metal Zone/Noise Suppressor & Digital Reverb/Delay
Ernie Ball Strings Skinny top/Heavy Bottoms


Using the same set up for over 10yrs now, will never change and got own sound, heavy low end brutal metal!

[legionsOFtheDEAD]

Originally Posted by Savage Brutality

Guitars:
ESP M-1000, ESP MH-301 both neck thru w/ EMG 81 & 85's pickups, Ibanez RG 7-String w/ Dimarzio pickups!

Gear:
Peavey Triple XXX amp w/ matching straight cab & 5150 slant cab
5150 Peavey w/ matching straight & slant cab
BBE Sonic Maximizer
Korg rack tuner
Boss Metal Zone/Noise Suppressor & Digital Reverb/Delay
Ernie Ball Strings Skinny top/Heavy Bottoms


Using the same set up for over 10yrs now, will never change and got own sound, heavy low end brutal metal!

Nice man, ya I here ya once ya get the sound you want. I have used Randall for 4 years now and i will never switch

[legionsOFtheDEAD]

[Stillborn]

I am a guitarist, roughly been playing for 12 or 13 years now.
Mainly play Death metal and fusion
Gear:
Fractal Axe-Fx Ultra (preamp/effects unit) -> samson studio monitors
Steinberger GM4S
Ibanez J Custom RG 8127

Future add-on:
Vigier Excalibur or Suhr modern
QSC powered Monitors or Atomic cab for the fractal (whenever it comes out)

[Ash Williams]

Played for an hour and a half the other night...felt good