I don't recall any dimensions or so, but it was more normal picks for rock guitar. But somehow I continued trying with thicker picks. I read somewhere in Guitar Player or so that it was better with thicker picks so I tried it but it really felt awkward. I started with really thin Sharkfins and Dunlop picks just because I thought that was the way to go. Excuse me for the casual dressing and sloppy playing :-PД«ack in history I did not really care what guitar picks I used. To be able to compare the pickups I did some recordings with the old and the new setup. Luckily I ended up finding a used Strat-90 neck pickup. I emailed Lundgren pickups and got a suggestion from Johan Lundgren himself to go for the Strat-90. Since the M6 is a high output metal pickup I wanted to have a really high output single coil pickup as the neck pickup. So what model to choose? The problem with the EMG 81 and SA combination is that the output from the 81 is much higher that from the SA. Since I never use the middle pickup I decided to leave that empty and try to find a single coil for the neck position. The pickup combination in this guitar is H-S-S. I decided to use my old trusted workhorse, my Charvel Model 6. At least according to the description of the pickup: 'The Black Heaven combines the power, aggression and tight response of the legendary M6, but with more refined, organic character that lends itself to more diverse tonal applications'.ДЇor the testdrive I got hold of a used M6. But I also like things a little more classic sounding, so something like the new Black Heaven seemed like the perfects choice for me. The most modern metal pickup they make is the M-series. But I know one thing, I like EMG and EMG sounds modern metal.

For me the audio clips did not tell me much of interest about the different aspects of the pickups. I have read a lot about the different pickups they make and listened to a lot of audio clips. I visited their web page,, and found out that they have many different pickups. I have seen that there has been a lot of very good things said about the Swedish Lundgren pickups everywhere. And I think my newest pickups, 808, sound a little unclear. I am currently using EMG SA, 81, 85, 81X, 85X, 81/7, 707 and 808 pickups.Дuring the last couple of years I have begun to hear some things that I do not like in my sound.

I have during the years replaced all other pickups in my guitar except for a couple of DiMarzio D ActiВvators. I just loved the punch and power that they created through a distorted amp. Since my very first test with an 81-85 setup I was totally floored. Good luck.I have for a long time now been using EMG pickups in all my guitars. Having said that, IвЂ™ve found it useful to locate progressive rock MIDI tracks and pull out the drum parts, and then work with them to create prog rock and hard rock tracks. Neal P., Mangini, Portnoy (!) would all be great, but I think you hit a nail on the head about that type of MIDI track not being in the mainstream that a for-profit company like TT has to keep in mind. I had the same thought when I saw вЂњArenaвЂќ in the title - Springsteen is not what came to mind. They fuel my creativity and desire to play music every single day. Thank you so much for the awesome products you have created. I have searched the Internet for those types of midi loops and there is nothing close to that style available. I imagine its not condusive to the standard songwriting grooves that many people want but personally, that is the style and groove which I write and play. It would be awesome to publish some drum midi from the great power/technical drummers like Neil Peart, Mike Mangini and others that are true Legends of Rock Drumming. When I first saw the release of вЂњArena RockвЂќ I thought of names like Rush, Dream Theater, Queensryche to name a few.ДЄlthough so far Arena Rock is a really good pack, the names of Springsteen & Bon Jovi just donвЂ™t come to my mind.

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