EMG 707 vs. Fishman Fluence Tosin Abasi 7 | Pickup Comparison - METAL
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Hey all! Today I'm bringing you a pickup comparison with my Schecter Hellraiser 7 string. I've recently swapped out the EMG 707s for Fishman Abasi pickups, and figured I'd do a high gain head-to-head when swapping them over.
Which one sounds the best? Write down in the comments below!
Each amp sim may sound similar as I'm using the exact same GGD IR settings. The different amp sims are more so to showcase how the pickups handle slightly different distortion types. This will be tested further in my deep dive video.
If you have any questions regarding anything mixing/production/instrument related, feel free to drop them as a comment below, and I'll try to reply to everyone :)
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For those wanting to hear the guitar tracks on their own, here's a version with the backing track muted out!
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Ed Sheeran's metal head twin brother. Just kidding man cool video. Great playing.
Haha first time I've heard that one 😂 cheers man 🤘
Hahaha .. Ed Sheeran brutal version 😁
The inner coils sound of the fluence is brutal
Agreed! 🤘
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How do fluences work? had no idea they could be used in 5 positions
@@adriancaulfield There's basically 8 positions. The way I have it wired, you have a 5 way selector switch (bridge humbucker, bridge/neck inner coils, bridge/neck humbucking, neck outer coil, neck humbucker). However in the three humbucking modes, you can change voicing via a push/pull, which alters the tone and response a bit. Seriously versatile pickups! I would have loved to try do a 6 way selector and add a bridge outer or inner coil only setting, but I'm not that good with electronics yet haha
The EMG 707v sounds richer and deeper, more distorted.
P.S. I like the bit where you play the music.
I'm considering upgrading pickups on one of my guitars from pasives to actives, and I've really given a thought to throwing a pair of Fishmans in it, but in every EMG/Fishman comparison I watched so far, I kinda prefer the EMGs, because even though Fishmans seem to be all the rage these days, for some reason every time I hear EMGs my brain's telling me that's what a metal guitar is supposed to sound like. They're also half the price of Fishmans in my country.
Which ones were you using on that clean intro and how did you get that kind of tone? 🤯 It's literally the perfect clean sound 😭😭😭
Although this video is older, I am glad that I stumbled across it. I've been trying to do research in order to upgrade the pickups for my 8 string. I have always been bias to Seymour Duncan's pickups. However, the Fishman seem to deliver more clarity. I'm hoping for a versatile pickup to enable versatile writing. I'm thinking Fishman might be the way to go. 🙌☺️
But, I'm unsure how much difference there is between the Fishman Modern and the Fishman Abasi
Hands down one of the best comparison videos I’ve ever watched. Great presentation running through all the different settings back to back and even different amps. This should be the new standard people follow. Really dig the split sounds on the abasis, the EMGs have a little more bite in some of the humbucking, but everything here sounded awesome. Great vid man keep em coming!
Cheers man! I actually feel the same, the Abasi single coil modes are nuts, but there's little difference to the EMGs and the Abasis. Still prefer the Abasis for both, mainly because there's the mode 1/mode 2 switch for different tones 🤘
Tosin did his own comparison using his own guitars, but he compares the Fluences to various other pickups in various other guitars. Granted, he has the same signal chain aside from the source, but its a bit less precise. I think it is very worth watching as it clearly shows the difference between his signature set and other leading metal pickups (because lets be honest, 90% of people arent buying his pups for the cleans). I highly recommend it, it's called "Tosin Abasi's Pickup Shootout" or something like that.
@@robadobflob3405 I’ve got 2 axes with Abasis in them now and these things kill it in all arenas, clean, crunch, high gain, just straight up ugly and beautiful all around
i had ibanez ironlabel with emg 707 with kill switch and i didn't need the kill switch, how can i make the emg 707 to coil tap ? Sorry for the question 😁🙏
I enjoy the emg single coil sound. The emgs are brutal but I find I like the abasi set in normal humbucking mode better it has a bit more clarity slightly less aggression but it seems to be more sensitive to pick attack. Where as the emgs seem to just go balls out regardless. I also feel like the fishmans lend themselves better for consistant tracking. But thats just my 2 cents.
Very similar opinion to me! I'd love to wire the Fishmans to have a bridge single coil only mode because I reckon it'd sound amazing, but my wiring knowledge isn't fantastic yet unfortunately haha
I feel like the EMG's split sound is more akin to a true single coil whereas the Fluences position two sound is more akin to a high-output SSS configuration superstrat in position two. The Abasi's are more brutal, but the EMG's are more single coil.
the fishman fluence single coil tap whatever the hell it is sounds so nice, normal humbucker wise they really don't sound different enough to matter but the position 2 stuff sounds allot nicer on the fishman lol
Fully agree with this eh! Position 2 on the Fishmans quickly became my favourite. I really wanted to try put a 6-way switch in so that I could still have just a single coil bridge pickup sound, but that was going to be way too hard haha. Even then there's basically 8 different settings stock
thought i came here to focus on the demo, instead , i headbang throughout the whole thing
Both pickups sound amazing to me. Great playing mate!
Cheers man!
How the fuck you have split coiled EMG? AFAIK EMG can't be splitted! Can you enlightened me??? :D
emg 707tw
this slaps. thanks for the single coil comparisons. if you need a free mix and master please lmk. the mixing is 9/10 on this but i got the touch to make it 10/10 lol 😂
Wow huge difference on the single coil tones. Love that Abasi sound
It's pretty nuts eh! The Abasi doesn't have a "bridge single coil only" mode when you wire it up like Tosin's guitars, but the bridge and neck inner coil setting sounds insane! Definitely doing a full track with that setting
707s still sounds great but whatever that weird noise from Tosins is, is so addicting. We all know what sound I’m talking about.
Absolutely haha, I'm still not a massive fan of the guitar itself, but the Voice 3 mode on the Tosins is just so satisfying to me 🤘
Cheers! Ordered an Abasi set and going to wire them with three position selector and two push-pulls. So i'm going to have all three voices in any pickup selection! That inner position sound with single coils i hear drives me nuts, and i want it so bad! Great vid bro!
Cheers! That inner position was the thing that sold it for me eh! Such a nice and unique tone 🤘
It would have been easier for my ears to tell what's going on if you first compared the humbucker sound of each pickup and then the single coils after but either way there's not much in it. Given how much hype there is for Fluence pickups and how much trash talk there is against active EMG's I really wouldn't bother upgrading if I had the EMG's already. Good to know!
I did actually think of doing that, but unfortunately that thought came to me after I had uploaded this haha. I can always re-export with the humbuckers together and send it through to people if they want more in depth analysis. Was actually surprised that the Humbucker sounds were similar. I'm still glad I did swap them out because I am a huge fan of the split coil modes and the second voice for each pickup (which I didn't demo here). Was expecting a bit more from the humbucking mode though.
I know it’s not a popular opinion, but the EMGs in humbucker mode sounded way better to me. The single coil mode on the Abasis slapped harder for sure.
Hey man, is there a difference in volume between the Abasi's V1 a V3? I bought them recently, brought them to a shop to have them replaced and the guy said (after a week), that because the V3 is a coil split, it also noticeably lowers the volume (compared to the V1), which is a big problem for me.
Was that your case? Because I've read that there is a volume difference between V1 and V2, but nowhere on the internet I've seen anyone mentioning V3 being quieter.
Abasi's spilt coil is way more brutal
It just has such a unique sound eh! 🤘
In the mix the difference is pretty audible, but both pickups sound good to me. Still the Fishmans have something uplifting to them, like pulling up the blanket from the cab. Raw guitar tracks would have been cool!
Same thought as me eh! The Fishman humbucker does sound a bit better than the EMG, the single coil settings on the Fishmans are on another level though. I'll do a video with all of the different settings of the Fishmans to show it's diversity. Was also supposed to upload a version of this with isolated guitar tracks, so will have to upload it after work today 👍
Here's a link to the version with isolated guitar tracks ✌️
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The fishmans feel really nice under the fingers. Very addictive to play .
But really you can eq any pickup these days to perfection its just personal taste at this point . All gear is amazing in 2023.
I feel like these pickups would compliment each other well. I feel the emgs are a little thicker and less mid forward than the fishmans. Either route you go, they sound great.
I personally think both are on par with each other for the whole bridge humbucker part of the video, maybe with the Fluences pulling ahead in some and the EMG's in others, but dear lord dis the Fluences destroy the EMG's when it came to the single coil mode. The EMG's sound plain, boring, and lifeless when compared to the sheer brutality and visciousness of the Abasi's in position 2. Not even close.
What Zilla cabs did you use? I'm also a really big fan of using GGD IRs with Nameless and this sounded excellent
What an amazing video🤘
Thank you 🙌
I know fishman is the top man right now but it’s so hard to choose between the two but all things considered fishman is just the best
Why you used fretwrap on emg?
Could you please share your Zilla preset? cause it sounds cool!
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Cheers man!
Maybe it is just the Abasi sigs pups being specific to the artist sound, but I'm hearing an almost double guitar sound. Like a dry DI guitar sound over the top of the gain tone. It's not good imho
Fair enough eh. It's definitely a unique sound, though I'm a fan of it because it's so different. Anything you do with it though does scream Abasi tone though haha
sounds huge
Cheers man! ✌️
I've been through a lot of reviews and noticed that a lot of people get confused as to the point of comparison reviews lmao. Thinking it's a competition that one is better than the other... on something purely subjective.
Yeah but it is a competition when I'm trying to decide which ones to install in my guitar. 😁
Emg 707 and fishman fluence 7 strings same dimension?
Yep! I didn't have to do any additional routing to install 👍
Nice comparison , now I don't know which one to choose lol
Buy a second guitar, have one set for each guitar 😂👍
@@LivingTimmy have you played SD blackouts? I am contemplating replacing a set of blackouts with Fishman Fluence abasi,, or modern,, any thoughts?
I think I would rather have the EMGs, I like the single coil sound of it more for distorted tones, it makes it sound more bright.
Fair enough eh! I wasn't a huge fan of their humbucking sound, but the single coil mode always sounded good. Was thinking of doing a 6 way switch to try exclusively get a single coil bridge sound from the Fishmans, but ended up just going with how Tosin's guitars are wired.
Awesome comparison. Abasi voice 2 for me... Emg just sounds muffled.
Cheers!