Joey Landreth inspires a switch to EMGs?
I was recently watching That Pedal Show's video with Joey Landreth , and the minute I saw his Suhr, I knew it was time to drop that new pick guard into my Blacktop Stratocaster. The tortoise shell pick guard I bought was for the purposes of finding a home for my EMG 81 and SA (no middle), so the tones are obviously going to be VERY different. This could be a lot of fun though in combination with the Metal Zone I recently bought. EMG pickups and a Boss Metal Zone? So. Much. Suck? I'm actually kind of interested in debunking this concept. Just a few minutes with the Metal Zone led me to the conclusion that it isn't THAT bad. What if I built two similar rigs from very different pieces and A/B'd them. The first rig would be the Eric Johnson Maple Stratocaster, which has a Tone Zone S in the bridge, into a Fulldrive 2, an Angry Charlie, a Quickdraw delay, and finally int the Dr. Z Maz 8. The second would be the Blacktop Stratocaster, with EMGs, into a ...