EMG replacements

    Replacing with JR EMGs


    Hi all,



    I have just snagged myself a JR Telecaster and I want to replace the stock pups with his signature set.


    Is it worth replacing the internal electronics with EMGs or just hot swapping to his sig set?



    Cheers,

    Quote from BayouTexan

    Doesn't the Jim Root Telecaster come OEM with EMG 60 and EMG 81 already?

    It does. 🤔 The JR set is custom to him, though.


    Unless you see an advantage in gutting the electronics (easier to swap?)…..there’s no real reason you can’t use the existing stuff.

    “Without music, life would be a mistake.” - Friedrich Nietzsche

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    I have a Schecter Sun Valley with the retro 70's and they sound very close to a Seymour Duncan JB. If I were to use any other EMG then I would go for the Zakk Wylde set.


    I would leave the JR alone and enjoy as is.

    Larry Mar @ Lonegun Studios. Neither one famous yet.

    Quote from BayouTexan

    I have a Schecter Sun Valley with the retro 70's and they sound very close to a Seymour Duncan JB. If I were to use any other EMG then I would go for the Zakk Wylde set.


    I would leave the JR alone and enjoy as is.

    Thanks for your advise. Im going to play with it for a few weeks and at practice. I do like the sound of the retro actives.