Realy great comparison, your sounds are awfully good! Thanks! Currently I have one strat with EMG-DG20 set, so this one has SA picks, I really love them. I am now wondering to upgrade my Fender HSS strat with stock Fender noiseless pickups to EMG's, The SL20 set came to my attention which has SLV's. Your demo shows that the pickups aren't that far apart so I think it is safe to upgrade to SLV's when you already like SA's. Do you agree??
Thanks very much ! 😊 Yes, indeed, if you already own and like the « old » SA, give a SLV or SAV a try. The X series is also very interesting, a bit brighter and a bit more dynamic ! 👍🎸
This is how to make a pickup video! None of these 7 minutes of talking with 30s of playing. Now to see if I can score some EMG SA SA 89 cheap and used somewhere!
Right now I am running an Single Coil, Humbucker setup. I am using a 57 and a SAV. Man the output drops WAYYY off when I switch from a the 57 to the SAV in the Neck.. I'm probably going to have to get a SLV or something with more output.
I would REALLY like to here the 89 split with the middle singlecoal. There are no demos online anywhere of that position. I really don't like to know what that 89 sounds like in the number two position.
Actually, when I try that out, I don’t like it that much. Not enough « quack » ... For me, the best friend to the 89 in bridge position is the 89R in neck position. I’ll make a video on it next month. Thanks for your comment ! 👍
@@NicolasDesmarestGuitars maybe try the 89R in the bridge with the SA in the middle, I think you'd get better results I'd even go as far as saying the 89R in the bridge and the regular 89 in the neck will give even quackier results
Brilliant. I Totally agree with a side by side clean comparison in all pickups and dirty. But other then that you have do a master piece that's really appreciate. I have a Suhr MK1 with 2x SA and 1x 85 with a resister mod to reduce the mids on position 2. I've only just got the guitar and don't have a sss strat yo compare the sounds to. I was looking at swapping out the SA with either SAX or SAV. I just love the mark knopfler clean sounds. Looks like the SA are the right ones I need for the stratocaster single coil highs quack
Great demo specially considering the lack of info on emg pickups out there, one Tiny detail I'd add Is that ay least for me the comparison would be better if you put each type of test together
Totally agree with a side by side clean in all pickups and dirty. But other then that you have do a master piece that's really appreciate. I have a Suhr MK1 with 2x SA and 1x 85 with a resister mod to reduce the mids on position 2. I've only just got the guitar and don't have a sss strat yo compare the sounds to. I was looking at swapping out the SA with either SAX or SAV. I just love the mark knopfler clean sounds. Looks like the SA are the right ones I need for the stratocaster single coil highs quack
@@Philiprreeves Thanks VERY much ! ☺️👍 Maybe you could make a try with a SLV. The "quack" in between (2 and 4) are amazing, even if you mix up the SA and the SLV. 😊
Think I will have to get a set. My pickups are cream don't think they do the slv in that colour. It's loistikn 2 that needs the full on start single coil sound and with the 85 there, even with the John suhr mid it doesn't quite get there. Maybe a split humbucker and the slv will solve this. The les Paul sound is definitely there. The 85 is brilliant as to are the SA with the mid boost on.
I have this guiyar. Here it sounds brilliant. Looks like he's running SAX though so much have swapped out the SA. Not sure if that would have made much difference to the sound. I've inky had the guitar a week and not tried it through my pedal board helix or amp just the boss was air headphones so not recireded or tries to dial in at all yet. I just need to find the time to do it. th-cam.com/video/YsqcODOEO-M/w-d-xo.html
Great demo. The SLV sounds very similar to the SA where I expected it to be brighter. Unfortunately the Floyd Rose has a big impact on tone so do you think the SLV or SA is the better neck single for playing many styles ?
Thanks ! 👍 You're right, the Floyd add some brightness on the overall tone. But the SA are a bit brighter than the SLV. In the meantime, the SLV are hotter with more mid, so more versatile and better in crunch and distorsion to me ! 😉
Currently building a custom guitar. I think I've decided on a Fshman active P90 for the neck and a Seymour Duncan Blackouts for the bridge. Trying to decide what would be a good middle pickup to blend with those. Leaning towards the SLV but was curious what you thought. Is the SA or SLV better suited for mixing with humbuckers?
Thanks for great video. At the moment i have SA neck and middle. I would like to have little more output. I've been thinking about Seymour Duncan Blackout Strats. But i guess they don't have so much strat sound? In terms of output. Are the SAVs hotter or weaker than SA?
I am planning to replace my sa to slv because i felt sa has less mid as 4th PU position and inept at chunky cutting riffs. But I do not actually have or have never even tried the slv, I just wanna confirm my POV gained on this video is correct. Also planning to add 9V battery to make it 18V for headroom.
The SLV have more mids and bite than the SA. And I also prefer the 4th and 2nd positions with theses on a 3 PU configuration. 👍👌 The 18v will add a bit more headroom. 😉
Hi @nicholas desmarest thanks for this comparison. I'm toying with getting a set of EMGs after 30 years of staying with passive alnico pickups. Which singles do you like best in your strat - I'm leaning towards the SL20 set (85/SLV/SLV) but I could be tempted with the 85/SA/SA combination. I never really use a single in the bridge. I'd be inclined to install both a Vol and Tone, is it worth also considering the SPC (does it really add anything that a mid boost in my Fractal can't do?). I'm half tempted to just go twin humbucker, 85/60A. Thanks!
Thanks for your message ! 😉 Actually the SLV are a bit hotter than the SA (a bit like the Texas Special from Fender) with less high and a bit more mid. So I would prefer the SA with a Floyd Rose (which adds brightness to the sound) or the SLV with a model 2 points floating bridge. Regarding the SPC (add mids) and EXG (more bass and highs and less mids), I never used it much when I had it (I still have an EXG on a Strat). And YES, useless with an Axe-FX !!! 👍👌
@@zerolight9420 Yes, good choice ! Regarding 2 HH, I've never like an EMG at the neck position. Much too "straight" and hard for me ! Passive a better here ! 😉
@@NicolasDesmarestGuitars Hi Nic, have you tried the EMG-X models yet. I'm considering the SAx/SAx/85x set instead of a regular 85/SA/SA (or SLV). Curious whether you've tried them.
Yes, I've tried them out (SA-X and 85-X) but I didn't them too much. Same sound with a bit more dynamic, saying less compression. A first step toward passive world ... 😊
Hi, thanks for the video! A quick question, does the SLV has enough output to sound like the 85 (humbucker) on the neck? I m trying to find an active humbucker with high output in the size of a single coil and the only pick up like that is the single coil Blackouts. Are they similar?
I know the comment is one year old but I just came across this video today. If you want to add a more humbucking dimension to your SA pickups, try the EMG SPC control (mid boost).
For 80’s clean, the SA. For blues and SRV stuffs, the SLV ! Actually, the SLV is closed to the SA. Both have the same preamp BUT the SLV is hotter and a bit darker. Also the SA has a bar magnet instead of poles for the SLV (more conventional). 😉👍🎸
@@NicolasDesmarestGuitars I had been hearing from some people that the S is real clean sounding but has a lit of high end (which could easily sound ice picky with the wrong amp) but was many people's favorites but no one makes any demos with them sadly.
@@NicolasDesmarestGuitars I thought it's the opposite, since every other ceramic single coil in existence is known to be very muddy and bass heavy and sounding more like a P90
@@Mr.Goldbar Actually not really, as usually, the ceramic pickups are often over winded which can lead to some muddiness (more mid and less treble). With the same winding, if you compare a ceramic pu and an alnico pu, the difference is obvious 😉
Sounds pretty similiar. Does anyone know whats the warmest sounding of all emg single coils? I like the Sa but could use a pickups thats a bit warme than the Sa for the bridge position of my guitar
@@NicolasDesmarestGuitars Thanks! Is are there much warmer and hotter than the sa model? Or is it easy to just adjust the difference with the tone knob?
@@thb219 The SLV are really hotter than the SA so with less highs. 😉 Of course, you can adjust with the tone pot, but the pickup sound structure is different.
Salut Nicolas, je viens de regarder ta vidéo … super, c’est ce de que j’avais besoin ! … bon j’ai une peavey generation series 2 th-cam.com/video/gFedrF0YBYA/w-d-xo.html et malheureusement je dois changer le capteur qui est au bras … hélas, quel dilemme puisqu’on ne le trouve pas original ! La captation originelle est active et donc j’ai pensé aux pickups de EMG mais …. Il y en a 23 et je ne sais pas quoi choisir !!! … je suis rentré dans le site et j’en ai écoutés plusieurs mais … mon Dieu … pas facile le choix, même parce que je n’ai aucune idée des paramètres du point de vue technique ça veut dire impédance etc. … et bon voilà, je me demandais si tu pouvais me renseigner. Merci d’avance Giuseppe …
Merci beaucoup pour ton message ! 🙏👍😉 Pour ta Peavey, je te conseille un EMG SA en position manche et soit un EMG 85 soit un EMG 89 (double et simple dans le même micro) en position chevalet. 👍🔥
Hi friends, I have 89 in bridge position. And basically I just want to go SLV in neck, but still don't know what to do for mid. I love slv in the neck because it sounds so 80s to me. What would go the best with them in the mid, another slv or sav sa?
@@NicolasDesmarestGuitars oui en fait, les plots étagés sont chiants aussi donc, je cherche autre chose en HSS sûrement un SAV CAR LE SA est plus costaud-sonne froid (apparemment et dans de nombreuses vidéos) alors, SV SV 89 (comme ça 85+SA d'après ce qu'ils disent, pas testé) mais, il faut encore rajouter un boost ou autre de chez EMG pour la disto, le son PAF etc. car un simple en manche c'est bien pour le funk-blues c'est tout il y a aussi la série Crossroads à tester en simple
@@NicolasDesmarestGuitars qu'est-ce que tu dirais sur SV /SAV /SA/ SLV ? car chez EMG, un mec m'a dit que le SLV c'est comme un mini humbucker donc, ça ne sera pas top en son clair? Ensuite, le SA m'a l'air de sonner bien plus froid-costaud que le SAV EMG me dit de prendre un SLV car je veux aussi du sustain et un gros son en manche (qq fois pour les sons lead) un autre me dit de prendre un SA Si je m'écoute, je prends un SAV > sons strat avec un super son clair (sans les plots étagés)
Non, le SLV n'est pas un humbucker du tout ! C'est en fait un mélange du SA (même préampli interne) avec le SAV (plus vintage) mais avec quelques tours de bobine en plus (plus puissant avec plus de médiums). Le SA est plus "aérien" que le SLV pour moi, et le SLV est plus punchy avec ses médiums en plus et sonne mieux (à mes oreilles) en crunch.
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One of the best pickup comparison demos I've ever seen.
Thanks so much for posting!!!
Thanks very much ! 😊🎸
I'm actually kind of shocked that I liked the SLV's the best. I thought for sure I would go for the SA's. Nice comparison.
Yes, great pickups ! Thanks ! 👍😉🎸
Hi Nicholas!
Great work you did!
I always have some doubt regarding the SLV X SAV X SA ..... Excellent sound!
Thank you so much.
Thanks VERY much to you ! 😉👍🎸
SLV 0:00 Neck
SLV 0:12 Neck & Middle
SLV 0:23 Middle
SAV 2:51 Neck
SAV 3:02 Neck & Middle
SAV 3:13 Middle
SA 5:38 Neck
SA 5:50 Neck & Middle
SA 6:01 Middle
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Thank you. I have been thinking of upgrading my very old SA to a SLV or SLVX. This has helped me decide to do so.
Cool ! 👍🎸
Realy great comparison, your sounds are awfully good! Thanks! Currently I have one strat with EMG-DG20 set, so this one has SA picks, I really love them. I am now wondering to upgrade my Fender HSS strat with stock Fender noiseless pickups to EMG's, The SL20 set came to my attention which has SLV's. Your demo shows that the pickups aren't that far apart so I think it is safe to upgrade to SLV's when you already like SA's. Do you agree??
Thanks very much ! 😊
Yes, indeed, if you already own and like the « old » SA, give a SLV or SAV a try.
The X series is also very interesting, a bit brighter and a bit more dynamic ! 👍🎸
This is how to make a pickup video! None of these 7 minutes of talking with 30s of playing.
Now to see if I can score some EMG SA SA 89 cheap and used somewhere!
Thanks very much ! 😉🎸
Right now I am running an Single Coil, Humbucker setup. I am using a 57 and a SAV. Man the output drops WAYYY off when I switch from a the 57 to the SAV in the Neck.. I'm probably going to have to get a SLV or something with more output.
Yes, it’s normal ! It would better with a SLV but not enough … I suggest you get an EMG preamp (PA-2 for example) that you put on the single only. 😉👍
I would REALLY like to here the 89 split with the middle singlecoal. There are no demos online anywhere of that position. I really don't like to know what that 89 sounds like in the number two position.
Actually, when I try that out, I don’t like it that much. Not enough « quack » ... For me, the best friend to the 89 in bridge position is the 89R in neck position. I’ll make a video on it next month. Thanks for your comment ! 👍
@@NicolasDesmarestGuitars maybe try the 89R in the bridge with the SA in the middle, I think you'd get better results
I'd even go as far as saying the 89R in the bridge and the regular 89 in the neck will give even quackier results
Thanks very much for your comment ! 👍👌😉🎸
Brilliant.
I Totally agree with a side by side clean comparison in all pickups and dirty.
But other then that you have do a master piece that's really appreciate.
I have a Suhr MK1 with 2x SA and 1x 85 with a resister mod to reduce the mids on position 2.
I've only just got the guitar and don't have a sss strat yo compare the sounds to.
I was looking at swapping out the SA with either SAX or SAV. I just love the mark knopfler clean sounds.
Looks like the SA are the right ones I need for the stratocaster single coil highs quack
Thanks very much ! 😉🎸
Great demo specially considering the lack of info on emg pickups out there, one Tiny detail I'd add Is that ay least for me the comparison would be better if you put each type of test together
Thanks very much ! 👍 And yes, thank you for your comment ! 😉
Totally agree with a side by side clean in all pickups and dirty.
But other then that you have do a master piece that's really appreciate.
I have a Suhr MK1 with 2x SA and 1x 85 with a resister mod to reduce the mids on position 2.
I've only just got the guitar and don't have a sss strat yo compare the sounds to.
I was looking at swapping out the SA with either SAX or SAV. I just love the mark knopfler clean sounds.
Looks like the SA are the right ones I need for the stratocaster single coil highs quack
@@Philiprreeves Thanks VERY much ! ☺️👍
Maybe you could make a try with a SLV. The "quack" in between (2 and 4) are amazing, even if you mix up the SA and the SLV. 😊
Think I will have to get a set. My pickups are cream don't think they do the slv in that colour.
It's loistikn 2 that needs the full on start single coil sound and with the 85 there, even with the John suhr mid it doesn't quite get there. Maybe a split humbucker and the slv will solve this.
The les Paul sound is definitely there. The 85 is brilliant as to are the SA with the mid boost on.
I have this guiyar. Here it sounds brilliant. Looks like he's running SAX though so much have swapped out the SA. Not sure if that would have made much difference to the sound.
I've inky had the guitar a week and not tried it through my pedal board helix or amp just the boss was air headphones so not recireded or tries to dial in at all yet.
I just need to find the time to do it.
th-cam.com/video/YsqcODOEO-M/w-d-xo.html
Great demonstration, really great 🎸🎸
Thanks very much ! 🙏😊🎸
Great demo. The SLV sounds very similar to the SA where I expected it to be brighter. Unfortunately the Floyd Rose has a big impact on tone so do you think the SLV or SA is the better neck single for playing many styles ?
Thanks ! 👍
You're right, the Floyd add some brightness on the overall tone. But the SA are a bit brighter than the SLV. In the meantime, the SLV are hotter with more mid, so more versatile and better in crunch and distorsion to me ! 😉
@@NicolasDesmarestGuitars how close to the strings do you set them ? I'm used to normal single coils so I'm not sure how to get the best from EMGs
You can set them as close as you can. The magnetic field is pretty low with the EMG active PU, so you can just go ! 😉🎸
Great demo! What is the pickup height you have set your SLV's / 85?
Thanks very much ! 👍🎸 Set the height as high as possible as mentioned by EMG ! 😉
Very nice presentation. Thanks!
Thanks very much 👍🎸😊
Currently building a custom guitar. I think I've decided on a Fshman active P90 for the neck and a Seymour Duncan Blackouts for the bridge. Trying to decide what would be a good middle pickup to blend with those. Leaning towards the SLV but was curious what you thought. Is the SA or SLV better suited for mixing with humbuckers?
I would say the SLV would be better as it is a bit powerful but the SA has a bit more highs … question of taste. 😉🎸
Thanks for great video. At the moment i have SA neck and middle. I would like to have little more output. I've been thinking about Seymour Duncan Blackout Strats. But i guess they don't have so much strat sound? In terms of output. Are the SAVs hotter or weaker than SA?
Thanks for your comment ! 👍
Regarding the pickups, the SAV are more « vintage » than the SA but the SLV are more « modern » and a bit hotter. 😉🎸
I have the same issue. Seems that the only single coil with loads of output in the active market is the Blackouts single coil.
Yes, indeed ... or maybe look for a Passive Duncan JB jr ? Best, Nico 👍🎸
I am planning to replace my sa to slv because i felt sa has less mid as 4th PU position and inept at chunky cutting riffs. But I do not actually have or have never even tried the slv, I just wanna confirm my POV gained on this video is correct. Also planning to add 9V battery to make it 18V for headroom.
The SLV have more mids and bite than the SA. And I also prefer the 4th and 2nd positions with theses on a 3 PU configuration. 👍👌 The 18v will add a bit more headroom. 😉
@@NicolasDesmarestGuitars Thank you for the detail! Now I've decided to go get it!!
😉👍🎸
Hi @nicholas desmarest thanks for this comparison. I'm toying with getting a set of EMGs after 30 years of staying with passive alnico pickups. Which singles do you like best in your strat - I'm leaning towards the SL20 set (85/SLV/SLV) but I could be tempted with the 85/SA/SA combination. I never really use a single in the bridge. I'd be inclined to install both a Vol and Tone, is it worth also considering the SPC (does it really add anything that a mid boost in my Fractal can't do?). I'm half tempted to just go twin humbucker, 85/60A. Thanks!
Thanks for your message ! 😉
Actually the SLV are a bit hotter than the SA (a bit like the Texas Special from Fender) with less high and a bit more mid. So I would prefer the SA with a Floyd Rose (which adds brightness to the sound) or the SLV with a model 2 points floating bridge.
Regarding the SPC (add mids) and EXG (more bass and highs and less mids), I never used it much when I had it (I still have an EXG on a Strat). And YES, useless with an Axe-FX !!! 👍👌
@@NicolasDesmarestGuitars Thanks! I'll probably go with the SL20 setup then.
@@zerolight9420 Yes, good choice ! Regarding 2 HH, I've never like an EMG at the neck position. Much too "straight" and hard for me ! Passive a better here ! 😉
@@NicolasDesmarestGuitars Hi Nic, have you tried the EMG-X models yet. I'm considering the SAx/SAx/85x set instead of a regular 85/SA/SA (or SLV). Curious whether you've tried them.
Yes, I've tried them out (SA-X and 85-X) but I didn't them too much. Same sound with a bit more dynamic, saying less compression. A first step toward passive world ... 😊
Hi, thanks for the video! A quick question, does the SLV has enough output to sound like the 85 (humbucker) on the neck? I m trying to find an active humbucker with high output in the size of a single coil and the only pick up like that is the single coil Blackouts. Are they similar?
Thanks for your comment ! 👍
Regarding the SLV, they are a bit more power than the SA or the SAV but definitely not as much as the 85 ! 😉🎸
Nicolas Desmarest Thanks!
I know the comment is one year old but I just came across this video today. If you want to add a more humbucking dimension to your SA pickups, try the EMG SPC control (mid boost).
👍
I'm having a hard time chosing between the slv and the sa. What do you think would work better for 80's cleans and srv style blues?
For 80’s clean, the SA. For blues and SRV stuffs, the SLV ! Actually, the SLV is closed to the SA. Both have the same preamp BUT the SLV is hotter and a bit darker. Also the SA has a bar magnet instead of poles for the SLV (more conventional). 😉👍🎸
@@NicolasDesmarestGuitars Thanks! I couldn't tell if the extra bright from the SA's would be better for the glassy tones.
Not much difference. 😉
Just missing the S, which seems to be a trend. Does everyone hate the S? Or is it just for HSS configurations?
Yep ! Sorry ! I've tried indeed the S but was too "thin" for me and a bit "icy" because of the ceramic magnets ...
@@NicolasDesmarestGuitars I had been hearing from some people that the S is real clean sounding but has a lit of high end (which could easily sound ice picky with the wrong amp) but was many people's favorites but no one makes any demos with them sadly.
Exactly, that's the problem with the ceramic magnets especially with single colis ! Really too thin and icy for me. 😉
@@NicolasDesmarestGuitars I thought it's the opposite, since every other ceramic single coil in existence is known to be very muddy and bass heavy and sounding more like a P90
@@Mr.Goldbar Actually not really, as usually, the ceramic pickups are often over winded which can lead to some muddiness (more mid and less treble).
With the same winding, if you compare a ceramic pu and an alnico pu, the difference is obvious 😉
Do you know if an 89 would fit in a MIM Stratocaster? Thanks.
If your strat body has a humbucking cavity, no problem at all ! 😉 Take off your pickguard to check it out. 👍
@@NicolasDesmarestGuitars I wasn’t sure if there would be enough depth to the route given that the pickup is almost twice as thick.
@@austinfailz 👌😉
Sounds pretty similiar. Does anyone know whats the warmest sounding of all emg single coils? I like the Sa but could use a pickups thats a bit warme than the Sa for the bridge position of my guitar
Actually the SLV are warmer but hotter ! 😉👍
@@NicolasDesmarestGuitars
Thanks! Is are there much warmer and hotter than the sa model? Or is it easy to just adjust the difference with the tone knob?
@@thb219 The SLV are really hotter than the SA so with less highs. 😉
Of course, you can adjust with the tone pot, but the pickup sound structure is different.
@@NicolasDesmarestGuitars Nice. Then i'm going to get a slv in the bridge with a sa in the neck, should be a nice set
@@thb219 Perfect ! 👍🎸👌
Salut Nicolas, je viens de regarder ta vidéo … super, c’est ce de que j’avais besoin ! … bon j’ai une peavey generation series 2
th-cam.com/video/gFedrF0YBYA/w-d-xo.html
et malheureusement je dois changer le capteur qui est au bras … hélas, quel dilemme puisqu’on ne le trouve pas original ! La captation originelle est active et donc j’ai pensé aux pickups de EMG mais …. Il y en a 23 et je ne sais pas quoi choisir !!! … je suis rentré dans le site et j’en ai écoutés plusieurs mais … mon Dieu … pas facile le choix, même parce que je n’ai aucune idée des paramètres du point de vue technique ça veut dire impédance etc. … et bon voilà, je me demandais si tu pouvais me renseigner.
Merci d’avance
Giuseppe …
Merci beaucoup pour ton message ! 🙏👍😉
Pour ta Peavey, je te conseille un EMG SA en position manche et soit un EMG 85 soit un EMG 89 (double et simple dans le même micro) en position chevalet. 👍🔥
Hi friends, I have 89 in bridge position. And basically I just want to go SLV in neck, but still don't know what to do for mid. I love slv in the neck because it sounds so 80s to me. What would go the best with them in the mid, another slv or sav sa?
I would go for another SLV or a SA 👍
The SA is nice in the middle, and mixes with different EMGs well in the 2 and 4 positions.
👍😉
J'ai un sv qui est top mais, pas en démo ici :)
En fait, je n'ai pas trop aimé le SV avec les plots étagés ... le SAV est top par contre (plots alignés). 😉
@@NicolasDesmarestGuitars oui en fait, les plots étagés sont chiants aussi donc, je cherche autre chose en HSS
sûrement un SAV CAR LE SA est plus costaud-sonne froid (apparemment et dans de nombreuses vidéos)
alors, SV SV 89 (comme ça 85+SA d'après ce qu'ils disent, pas testé) mais, il faut encore rajouter un boost ou autre de chez EMG pour la disto, le son PAF etc. car un simple en manche c'est bien pour le funk-blues c'est tout
il y a aussi la série Crossroads à tester en simple
J'ai essayé les Crossroad, c'est pas mal du tout ! 👍 Mais c'est vraiment beaucoup plus "vintage" ...
@@NicolasDesmarestGuitars qu'est-ce que tu dirais sur SV /SAV /SA/ SLV ?
car chez EMG, un mec m'a dit que le SLV c'est comme un mini humbucker donc, ça ne sera pas top en son clair?
Ensuite, le SA m'a l'air de sonner bien plus froid-costaud que le SAV
EMG me dit de prendre un SLV car je veux aussi du sustain et un gros son en manche (qq fois pour les sons lead)
un autre me dit de prendre un SA
Si je m'écoute, je prends un SAV > sons strat avec un super son clair (sans les plots étagés)
Non, le SLV n'est pas un humbucker du tout ! C'est en fait un mélange du SA (même préampli interne) avec le SAV (plus vintage) mais avec quelques tours de bobine en plus (plus puissant avec plus de médiums).
Le SA est plus "aérien" que le SLV pour moi, et le SLV est plus punchy avec ses médiums en plus et sonne mieux (à mes oreilles) en crunch.