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Majin GeoDooD

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  1. Hehe, EMGs are definitely fun pickups, glad to hear that you actually liked one ;)

    The EMG 81 is definitely a metal pickup, and while some people think it can't sound good for blues and other non metal styles, many artists have proved that wrong. It's all up to you man, depends on how much of a hassle you want getting an EMG in your guitar.

    I still think a Duncan JB would be better, *shrugs*

  2. What type of music are you going to primarily be playing?

    EMGs are great pickups in their own right, but not for all styles of music. It's not too incredibly hard to wire them up with passives. Personally I prefer the EMG 85 in the bridge over the EMG 81. *edit* In order to correctly wire an active with a passive, you need to ideally have two volume pots, or sacrifice a tone pot and turn it into a volume pot.

    As for the Duncan.. I'd take the Duncan JB (SH-4) over the Distortion any day.

  3. Honestly I'm wondering why you want to buy a distortion pedal when you have the Vox.

    That's what modeling amps are for, so you don't need pedals to sculpt the sound. Do you not like any of the tones the Vox has to offer? It may be better in the long run just to buy a new amp..

    Nothing wrong with a Crybaby for a Wah, as Sixto said.

  4. Bright refers to highs.

    A Vox Valvetronix is a modeling amp.. it's probably not a good idea to run a unit such as the ME-50 on top of a modeling amp.. usually that's why you buy a modeling amp in the first place.

    If you want to use the ME-50 just as an effect then set your Vox to the overdrive/distortion you want.

    If you really do everything on the Vox, find a nice clean setting on it. Set all the controls (lows, mids, highs) on the ME-50 flat and just use the Vox controls. Combining both usually runs you into problems.

  5. Vibrato is one of those things that can be done many ways. To build it up you just have to practice - find a way you like to do it, or mimic a favorite guitar player's technique.

    Start off practicing slower, and practice with all fingers. As you get it going slow, work up the speed at a decent pace.

    That's all the real advice I can think of to give.

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