High Gain to Vintage Blues.. Same Amp Settings! EMG-81/Crossroads HSS

[@tomeast0]

Definitely wasn’t expecting a blues riff for the intro😂

[@joehernandez6260]

SRV my brother 🤘🏼

[@Dejvi1997]

Never thought I'd hear SRV or Hendrix riffs from you, amazing tone aside (a given at this point) I have to say your playing is always amazing, so much depth in the touch for each sound you get out of your guitars/amps no matter if it's metal or blues.

[@joebush9756]

I was gonna make this exact post then i seen this so +1 😄

[@jamescarter3708]

"People say they make all your guitars sound the same but that's because all the guitars sound absolutely kick-ass". Hell yeah! Thank you Lamb! Greatest guitar channel on KZbin!

[@mercatorjubio3804]

it's also the case for any other pickup, an Invader will always sound like an Invader or a JB always like a JB, no matter what guitar they are in

[@Zach-zf7mv]

Love it, lamchopper playing blues! Can’t go wrong with either metal or blues! Keep it up brother.

[@terrybilbrey3377]

9:50 the little bird recognizes Little Wing and starts dancing…made my day. I’ve been using EMG since ‘90…emg85 , 2- DG20’s loaded pickgaurds , T-52 set so far. Solid , dependable , and versatile. Very tasty video and demo. Right on

[@johndo9648]

Very sweet indeed 😊

[@peterwaynelegend]

That's such an amazing pickup combination, the intro of children of the next level sounds amazing on that guitar!

[@andrewbecker3700]

I just modded my Sterling Cutlass CT50 HSS with a Seymour Duncan TB-14 and two SSL-6's. Basically all bridge pickups. I'm really dig'n the fat warm tones I'm getn now from it. I didn't care for the twangy edge the factory pickups had. With the switching mods I've added to it, the middle position gives me neck and bridge, and the push pull tone pot coilsplits the humbucker. The out of phase tones are still there for chicken pick'n. Hard to beat an HSS S type for versatility.

[@newrosesartworx4662]

Got a tele with an 81 and a p-90...similar vibe...

[@seanmorgan9020]

This is my ideal set-up, best of both worlds.

[@zimbabwevic]

Great sounding combo, and especially on the clean parts when you're playing Castles Made of Sand at 10:09 - and as always great content and love the birds 🤘

[@sjaakvandervrande9414]

That Testamentriff sounded very good 👍🤘👍

[@wootks]

Emg makes good stuff. On the subject of the 81. Don’t listen to all the random forum dummies that say stuff like “I don’t like active pickups” or “an 81 compresses the midrange too much”. This is all junk people repeat to sound informed. It’s BS. Try some 81s in a decent guitar and you will be won over. The battery lasts hundreds of hours.

[@shirtpants4203]

Only complaint about the 81 is you can't tune it too low or its too bassy

[@stevemueller4703]

Great combination. The tones sound awesome. I really liked the Crazy Diamond solo sound. You are a helluva player too.

[@mikerauter1859]

Another great video Lamb. Rob from Cannibal sometimes uses a LP with a passive Charvel in the neck and an EMG 81 in the bridge. A circuit which I've heard people say is impossible - but he does it - according to a Florida based luthier that does his and Erik Rutan's guitars pre tour.

[@espertempo]

Thank you for the review, EMG pickups have very interesting qualities. BTW, awesome Frankie Hill and Mike Vallely boards behind.

[@vanessajazp6341]

Back in the mid 90’s, I replaced the noisy single coils on my with EMG’s. I have been a die-hard fan of the pickups ever since.

[@samvance8642]

I'm so glad the channel is back!

[@captainchaos8701]

the pink floyd tone was spot on. Excellence as always. Thanks a lot for your content. It helps some newer guitarists such as myself. I always wondered what mixing pickups would do.

[@BattleofTrenton]

One does not simply go from slayer to srv Lambchopper hold my pint mate.

[@LabiaLicker]

Okay this has just made my day! My 2 favorite genres in one guitar. Amazing setup and great playing. You nailed that Gilmour solo, bloody tricky that one is.

[@corycourtney8923]

The little guy was grooving off the Stevie/Jimi stuff. Love to see it. Thing sounds phenomenal. I have a tele I was thinking about new pick ups for and you might have pushed me toward EMG's T set.

[@christopheranderson2158]

Killer tones, man!!! I have a LTD super Strat with a Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates in the bridge and 2 DiMarzio Cruisers in the mid/neck positions. With that guitar, I can get killer metal and hard rock tones, and awesome Texas blues and clean tones. Best of both worlds!

[@portuguesebeer5069]

"Shine on you crazy EMG's" 😄 Cheers from Portugal 🤘🍺🇵🇹

[@jmar482]

Another great vid🤘. I’ve been playing EMGs for a long time. Most of my guitars have them loaded in. My favorite is the 57/66 setup. Thought I do use 81/85s as well. I’ve even used the H4 and H4a passives and really like them. I read somewhere that Gary Holt Will sometimes use them as well said he likes the passive tone. Cant go wrong with any of the EMGs.

[@LambChopper678]

The H4’s are killer, Gary uses them in the studio for tracking all the rhythms. He’s done it since Tempo

[@progpogs]

Under my hands I'm not usually a fan of emgs, but enjoy your thoughtful tones regardless of signalchain.

[@fndjufri]

If the little birdie is digging them tones, I'm buying them.

[@CraigCrider]

That's awesome! I loved the SRV-Pink Floyd-Metallica progression through the pickups. Right on!

[@shanedeel2]

Wow that is a versatile setup. I never considered a hss before.

[@619dar]

I'd love for you to do a video just playing Jimi riffs mate.

[@zacharydavid403]

Damn it sounds great. I love the EMG 60 in the neck of a strat style for that wonderful wiry but boomy tone.

[@markbrooks8623]

Interesting. I have this exact setup in a Fender American Deluxe HSS. EMG 81 in the bridge, Crossroads single coils in the middle and neck.

[@davidwelch2438]

Good stuff mate i really enjoyed that video. It has inspired me. Thanks again. 👍

[@davidzamora9973]

Those cleans sound divine

[@NathanMichalik]

Great playing and demo! One of my main guitars uses 81x/sax/sax. I love that combination so much. I do have the retroactives in my tele style guitar though

[@jww732]

Man when you busted into Lenny! Amazing

[@doctoribanez]

I just picked up an early 90's hss made in Japan charvel

[@mikewatkins3533]

Glad you’re doing some Testament tunes. Cheers👍😎🎸🍺🍺🍺

[@larsrae186]

Shine on you crazy diamond.

[@Cold_Hearted_World]

Another great video.

[@groopuskul]

Amazing setup. I read so much bad comments about emg pickups, I honestly don’t get it. I used to play on esp MII custom loaded with emg pickups in the 90’s, I had a lot of different guitars and pickups since then, but nothing came close to emg.

[@T0neXIII]

Sup Lammy... consider an Afterburner in that mix... when you roll off to that killer clean.. you roll on the afterburner and the volume comes back up with some extra pristine and still you are at real low vol... it will add another dimension to that roll off so you can be very light pick and low vol and pick up additional nuance and equal actual volume. Good for recording and performance in this scenario.

[@LambChopper678]

Yeah wow, I’ve not thought about that. They make some of the coolest things to horrid your guitar 🤘🏻

[@T0neXIII]

@@LambChopper678 for sure... I never turn the AB variable above 1/2 way... which is 10db gain at that point... but to be able to "dig in" somewhat with the volume pot at 1.5 or 2 and some tone cut also... without blowing out your clean tone with gain / harmonic distortion (from Iron Fisting) and still have the actual volume there is great. Removes the need for a compressor in some cases. So you're just amping the volume... not turning up the volume.

[@blessedwithdeath]

Love the Floyd.

[@UltraPvnk]

I use 85 SA SA combination

[@konradchudy1491]

I already have EMG 81 in my 7 string Schecter but I like the sound of EMG single coil pick ups. I think I'll buy a set for my stratocaster.

[@Sthvhvn]

Live at El Mocambo . I can’t even describe it .

[@LambChopper678]

Coolest concert ever!

[@talkless.domore.2138]

Haha! New little guy was really getting into it there!

[@thomasanderson1190]

Great vid! Really enjoyed the tone and playing! Been a LONG time since I’ve had a single coil guitar. I love the tones tho. Maybe I’ve grown up enough to get another 😎

[@MrDISTORT6]

Your smaller parrot seem to like Little Wing.😅😂

[@kuruptmetalhead2739]

Sounds killer.. love EMG.. might look into these for my strat.. but maybe try something different for bridge pup

[@blakkno666]

My old workhorse tokai explorer has an EMG 85 in the bridge position.. it sounds nasty, a slightly different tone to the 81. Maybe try it yourself, would make a good comparison video 🤘

[@Sport-Enduro]

Awesome riffs!

[@AUBCodeII]

Hi Lamb. I hope you're doing extremely well. I know I am

[@marcnoel]

Very cool picking!

[@vincentlau8876]

Well Ill be damned... Ill need to re watch it a couple more times lol

[@EricBertrand777]

🤣 brah your bird is so digging Jimmy

[@dylanantenberg5561]

You should do a mastodon video of hushed and grin or blood and thunder!

[@bc454irocz89]

The vintage 81 and 60 hardwired creambacks sound so much better than the new ones. I swear the old script quick connects even sound better than the new logo ones

[@robertjose6086]

Great Vid 😄👍

[@JayW6]

really unique vid love it

[@Deano.1978]

Great tutorial, fuggin hell you nail tunes easily from Jimi to Floyd. Can you pls do Frusciante at some point? In the background, is that the same Dean you used for your original Frayed Ends cover, but painted? Havent seen it in a vid for a long while compared to the others. Time for a crack at Cementary Gates or Cowboys with it (if not already done)

[@LambChopper678]

I sold those deans mate. They weren’t very good. This is a Washburn replica but we’ll made and sounds good

[@jww732]

I know Becky Lawrence told me a bunch of blues players use the L500XL just as dimebag did. Stevie ray Vaughn's tone was nuclear hot.

[@BcBaxley]

Killer sounds 🍻🤘

[@daveroberts476]

Amazing playing and tone,as always.Any way you could share the settings you used on the EVH?

[@LambChopper678]

I should’ve put them up but you can see it past me in the vid. Gain was 5, bass 6, mid 7, treb 4, presence and density 5

[@daveroberts476]

Thanks man,love all your vids.

[@dustblowingman]

Nice Rockape records shirt 🤘

[@LambChopper678]

Mick’s a legend! Best dude

[@RonnieD50]

Awesome tones. What height are you using for the 81?

[@LambChopper678]

Around 5 or 6mm gap from the strings

[@kyledadams]

what's the ME pedal snuck in there between the eqfh and the pmeq?? I havent seen this one yet! Video incoming??

[@LambChopper678]

Can’t say but it’s insane❗️

[@Murphy_R9]

@LAMBCHOPPER678, When did you go back to a single coil in your Jackson Adrian smith guitar? I know for a while there was a humbucker in the neck spot that you changed to with a different pickguard ?

[@LambChopper678]

A few weeks back. The old hsh setup was really complex but it turned out to be a real tone suck. I found a way to use 250k pots in the hss setup and bypass the tone for the d100 so it doesn’t loose it’s highs. It’s a monster now and never sounded better. I’ll make a vid one of these days

[@Murphy_R9]

@@LambChopper678 sounds good!

[@mycorrhizae86]

nice

[@minturby5144]

Will we see any Finding the black album tone with the boss katana?

[@LambChopper678]

Yeah I’ll get there mate. I have a few other videos I want to do first

[@minturby5144]

@@LambChopper678 Thank you for the reply, take your time :D

[@Skulls.candy_11]

Do a video on the birds

[@johnconnor6706]

What do you think of the Dimarzio Dominion compared to the EMG 81?

[@LambChopper678]

I haven’t tried the dominion. My mark Morton sig came with sh-1’s I’ve tried all sorts in it but never them

[@seekndestroygaming]

If you were to choose 1 cab between the recto112 and the marshall 1936v 212 which would it be?

[@LambChopper678]

Probably the recto but the 1936 is good

[@seekndestroygaming]

@@LambChopper678 do you have the mini slant recto? I'm looking for a cab ATM and like the sound of both cabs. The recto is $350 more tho.

[@LambChopper678]

Mine is the slanted

[@julienklein2634]

For when you want to start a Slayer meets Hendrix cover band

[@minturby5144]

Poeple say it the emg 81 makes all the guitars sound the same? Hmm myb because wood doesn't affect the tone at all? You could have pickups on a wooden stick with strings and the tone coming out of the speakers would be the same as some guitar body that's made out of the so called "tone-wood". Don't let manufacturers fool you with such statements about the "tone of the wood". Pickup is the one that's picking up the vibrations of the strings and sending it to the amp. Don't believe me? Search up on youtube does guitar wood make a difference in tone and look up some videos. Emg is an absolute monster of a pickup and it can make any guitar sound like a metal machine!

[@abetayouhei]

Amp settings?

[@luis.steinhorst]

SRV !

[@KaddysJamKave]

Never liked the EMG 81 set... no balls in the low end compared to eg: Blackouts.

[@LabiaLicker]

Awesome Hendrix tones

[@LabiaLicker]

What song is that at the start 0:35