Originally Posted by: SuperhumanNot very 'heavy' for rhythm though - to get major power out of them you would probably have to go through a tube amp with monster distortion pushing at high volumes. They do help generate nice distorted tones though, good crunch but it's not very thick and seems to lack bottom end - more suitable for lead IMO.

EMG's are a strange animal. I think they are the snowflake of pick ups cuz no two users seem to have the same experience. Reason is, I could dial in a nice, fat but clear chunky overdrive tone. You know, the fat, beefy, 'farty' tone. I'd used everything from Duncan Distortion's to to JB's etc and never found one that gave me that driving even and deep tone I wanted until the EMG. Granted, to everyone else ear, I sounded like me but to my ear, I got the low end punch along with the seering sizzle from them.

Why I noted the the snowflake experience was that I did so most often at low volumes. In addition to a wah, the only thing I had between me and the amp was a BOSS Turbo OD.

Thought I'd note that, not to contradict but thought it was odd and whenever I read about EMG reviews, it's so all over the board as to experience. I think it's the most 'honest' pick up I've played and think it represents the output of what's being played most accurately.

Then again, I'm the converted, what do I know ;)