Charlie4 wrote
Chocklit_Thunda wrote
In metal (teh brootz) guys don't care whether they hit a string hard or soft; Peavey 5150/Mesa Rectifier cranked with Emg 81/85.
I think you're generalising quite a bit here.... You'd be surprised how many metalheads moan about wanting more clarity and dynamics (Only God knows what for....) from their pickups/guitars...
I'm going against the grain with my opinions to hear what people think. It's definitely a generalization, based off of what I hear on metal albums in general. There are always exceptions to the rule - Opeth: Ghost Reveries/Watershed etc. The tone sounds clear and heavy but the gain isn't even dialed that high. I think, to a degree, it's good to be critical about things you love in order to better them even more.
I think it's honestly just as varied as it would be in any other genre, I mean sure there are dudes who pump the gain, but then there are genres like Djent where the dynamic response of the pickup is basically a fundamental ingredient to the whole tone, these guys are playing grooves using their dynamic to control accents and things like that, and generally almost all the players in this genre I follow tend to use medium output pickups or lower.
I mean for instance my 8 strings pickups are the highest output 8 string pickups Dimarzio make, and I'd say their output is still lower than say a Seymour Duncan JB, which is a very popular all round but mainly rock oriented pickup.
Also the popularity of the original EMGs in more modern metal is dwindling somewhat, generally the preference lends to combos like the X series EMGs which are a whole different ball game to their original line.
