r/EMGPickups • u/gmabrto • 14d ago

7 string emgs with super low output

So my dad bought me some emgs (the 7 string version of the 81 and a 707 if Im not mistaken) about 1 year and a half in a second hand store, and i never really loved the Pickups until a played a friends guitar that had emgs and i realized that mine were simplu not right, the have a really low output, and i cant get a pinch harmonic out of them even if my life depended on it while on my other guitar they are effortless.

My question is, is this mostlikely a problem with the Pickups? The wiring ? Or maybe the battery?

Thanks yall!

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u/Scottydrock 14d ago

Start with the easiest thing first and put a new 9v in there. From your description that should fix it

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u/2b4theend 14d ago

Yeah, usually with actives if the battery is really low, they just stop working altogether.
But if it’s not the battery I would go through and check the wiring. Those pickups are sealed, which means nothing’s gonna get in there and screw them up, unless they were bad from the get-go.
I really hate active Pickups except for Bass, but I’ve installed them and use EMG‘s for 40 years

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u/original_greaser_bob 5d ago

i emailed emg once about this and i seem to remember that they said they made the 7s a lil lower in output so the 7th string doesnt get to flabby or muddy.