Anyone try a different EMG in a luke 2?

[vexed73]

Just wondering. I have a hankering to try a 60A, 58, 57, and maybe a 60. Wonder if one would balance better with the singles.

 

[BrickGlass]

I haven't tried one, but I think the bridge humbucker is the weakest part of that guitar. Not to say it isn't a good pickup because it is certainly decent enough. The two single coils are amazing and the bridge just isn't quite on par with them.

 

[ksandvik]

Now, the neck single coil EMG in HSS Luke 2 is *amazing*, never had problems with the bridge humbucker. I think it really depends what kind of music style you intend the guitar for, maybe the pickups are not suitable super-tight death metal....

 

[vexed73]

Just want it to be closer in sound to the transition in my LIIIs.

 

[NorM]

I think kbaim (kBoom) put an EMG 89 in the bridge of on of his.
I seem to recall he liked it

 

[threeminutesboy]

I think kbaim (kBoom) put an EMG 89 in the bridge of on of his.
I seem to recall he liked it

EMG 89 is the same as EMG 85 plus single SA. So sound as humbucker is the same

 

[vexed73]

89 is nice a little different sounding then 85 but similar. Just sucks almost as much trouble wiring it in as going passive.

 

[LordRiffenstein]

The 57 is one of my favorite EMG offerings. It's less tight and compressed than the more traditional 85/81. I also think the 60 is pretty cool in the bridge. I wanted to like the 60A but found it a little underwhelming. Seemed to me to have noticeably less output and clarity than the 60. For me the 57 > 60 > 60A. I have no experience with the 58.