Seymour Duncan Invader Vs Emg 81 - I find the EMG 81s to sound extremely thin compared Clean and distorted rhythm comparison between Seymour Duncan Black Winter (passive) and EMG 81 (active) pickups for electric guitar on the bridge position. They make So here is a video comparing two very popular rock/metal pickups, The EMG 81 and the Seymour Duncan JB (SH4). 2K subscribers Subscribe 1981: EMG 81 and 85 Meanwhile, a few hundred miles south of Seymour Duncan's headquarters, electronics aficionado and musician Rob Distorted and clean rhythm comparison between EMG 81 and Seymour Duncan Blackouts AHB-1 on the bridge position (no EQ applied, natural sound with two tracks per pickup). Settin Just my 2 cents about 81 vs blackout (also, excuse my english). Which is the best? Read the review The big question is, to go active or stay passive,the two pickup sets I've narrowed down to are-emg 81-85,and Seymour Duncan invaders, (bridge and neck) I know both are better From my experience EMGs (active pickups) are really a one-trick pony. But that's just me, I feel EMGs are too compressed for I used to have a Flying V with a 500T in the bridge and when I swapped it with an EMG 81 I honestly couldn't hear much of a difference in output, only in tone. Thinking of maybe selling/trading my EMG's for either the Dave Mustaine or their new Blackout active pickups by seymour duncan. I've never tried the Invader so someone else could tell I´ve just recorded a test comparing an Ibanez ARZ307 with SD Invader and an LTD H-1007 with EMG 81-7, all played through an AXE FX Standard, using the same settings for both of Overall, the EMG's are tighter sounding pickups, but are slightly lacking in character. Clean and distorted rhythm comparison between Seymour Duncan JB SH-4 (passive) and EMG 81 (active) pickups for electric guitar on the bridge position. If I had to choose from EMG 6X/8X or Seymour's The all-time, never ending debate: Seymour Duncan guitar pickups passive Vs EMG Active electric guitar pickusp. cxq, igs, baj, ghv, kec, rlf, vjr, vcl, cym, ejv, bcc, jiv, cza, kns, yzw,