Product: EMG AT-93 Price Paid: N/A
Submitted 06/22/1998
at 10:58pm
by Timothy Garrison
Email: tgarrison at mgawest<dot>com
Features
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Pickup features: Piezo Elec w/preamp Impedence or other specs:
Instrument
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Model of guitar or bass: Martin D35 (1973) Position: bridge Pickup being replaced: Other pickups on guitar: Artists using this pickup: You musical style(s): Reason for pickup change:
Sound
:No Opinion
Perceived output level: Typical output level Tone: With the EMG pre-amp it was pretty natural, if anything very rich in the low end Sonic evaluation: I have used it straight into the main pa board but usually thrugh an Digitech RP-10.
It seems well behaved and has a rich warm sound - (my guitar is an older Martin D-35 and is
sounding pretty good these days). I don't have any complaints about the sound - in fact I pretty much like it a lot.
The trouble I have had is likely genereral with this type of system and that is balance between the different strings.
I wish someone would come up with a system that let you adjust the individual string levels.
For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Vineyard style worship - some up tempo and some folk/country/rock styles
Overall Rating
:8
Comments: I have been playing for over 20 years and I would recomend this to my friends.
I complained to EMG about some level of distortion I was getting and they
replaced the pre-amp section without charge. I LIKE that in a company!
Product: EMG AT-93 Price Paid: US $30+$20 installation
Submitted 08/08/1997
at 11:54pm
by David MacKenzie
Features
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Pickup features: piezo under-bridge strip for acoustic guitar, with endpin jack Impedence or other specs: very high impedence, passive circuit
Instrument
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Model of guitar or bass: Yamaha 6-string acoustic Position: bridge Pickup being replaced: none Other pickups on guitar: none Artists using this pickup: You musical style(s): folk Reason for pickup change:
Sound
:No Opinion
Perceived output level: needs an outboard preamp, since there's no battery. Tone: Typical ugly piezo quack. Sonic evaluation: By itself, it sounds rather artificial.
By running it through a Boss GX-700 I can make it sound almost like an acoustic guitar. I use compression, EQ, noise gate, reverb (to simulate the guitar's natural acoustic reverb from the sound box) and speaker emulation.
For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable:
Overall Rating
:4
Comments: I bought it on a college student's budget. These days I'd go for an L.R. Baggs Dual Source.
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