Rob Chapman playing metallica on a ESP, I can die happy now

@MDC249

6 жыл бұрын

Jermaine Riley simpleton.

@Hoscitt

6 жыл бұрын

... Incorrectly

@equaleyez

4 жыл бұрын

But the pinch harmonics though.. Not very Hetfield

When i saw this in my recommended, the pic was a guy with a strat and i was like"who the hell puts the het set in a fricken strat"!!

@lentil5176

7 жыл бұрын

Jack Boulter I have a metal sounding strat, there isn't much sound difference between an ltd or schecter or ibanez or strat if you have the same pickups

@grayfox1016

7 жыл бұрын

i get a decently similar sound even with single coils on my strat with the right amp

@mudfinger_band

7 жыл бұрын

The tone you'll get will be as brown as some pure EVH morning poop 8-O

@giogiobru5806

7 жыл бұрын

I do

@CashCurran

7 жыл бұрын

Jack Boulter I was thinking the same thing!!!

You know the clean channel is good when EMGs can't break it up.

@Polishdog974

7 жыл бұрын

No kt doesen't it just means its focusing on a different range of mids

The signature EMG James Hetfield pick-ups sound much better!

I can't believe people still judge Rob from an almost 3 year old video. Have people not watched some of his more recent stuff?

@scottmckinstry1698

9 жыл бұрын

Well said brother

Holy shit, Rob with no hair! haha

@kewlbns69

8 жыл бұрын

+Ab Absurdo ikr? i thought the same thing! xD

@NirousPlayers

8 жыл бұрын

+Ab Absurdo He looks so strange....

I like how there's actually a difference

I'd buy these but I'm wary of becoming a table

@MisterTee

8 жыл бұрын

Nobody wants to become a table.

@steveeatthesun2540

7 жыл бұрын

lol!!!

@alexandermikrievskij5332

3 жыл бұрын

the table is unescapeble ! beware mortals ^^

Sounded so much better with the Hetfield pickups.

The thing people might do wrong, is to scoop the mids. The Het Set has a lot of mid range actually.

so sick !!! love the sound !

I'm picking up this head this week, couldn't be more excited.

right now the snakebyte DOES have the 'het' set in it when you buy a new one

Stop making videos! I haven't enough cash!!

@GODenWord

8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Franks Ha-ha-ha.

It's so good to hear these riffs all in once :')

You truly just made me lol. Thank you for brightening my day.

Oh, wow, I was debating between both of these sets, and I am glad I watched this because I was leaning towards the 81 60 set, but I actually like my stock pickups better than the 81 60's, but those hets sound amazing. Love it.

@hotdog0903

8 жыл бұрын

+Layne White Follow up on this comment, I dropped the Het Set in my Les Paul, and it was the greatest thing I have ever done to my tone. Had them for about a year now, and I absolutely love them. 10/10 Next guitar will have these in them.

@AppInventorCode

8 жыл бұрын

+Layne White I ordered my snakebite and has a Gibson LPJ. Bought some 81/60s to replace the 498/490. Hope I'm not making a mistake but sounds like you did good with the het set on the les Paul so that's promising!

@hotdog0903

8 жыл бұрын

If you're talking about using the Het Set, it's probably some of the most versatile set of pickups I've tried. Can have some great distorted tones, but also amazing cleans.

I have a set of these in my 1985 Explorer. They sound like I bought new wood for the guitar. Woke it up in ways I didn't imagine. This is coming from a confirmed DiMarzio guy as well. Take what you will from it. Best 200.00 plus I ever spent on anything.

@TheMetalHeaD256

10 жыл бұрын

EMGs and DiMarzios, to me, go together like peas and carrots as some might say haha. Overlaying the same riffs with the different sounds is just beautiful.

Might be getting these for my birthday, can't wait!

@TyDie85

6 жыл бұрын

Ryan Thistle hope you enjoy them, man...I'm sure you won't be disappointed unless your sound is just completely different.

Those pickups, and that tone rocks.

The after-market set sounds more brutal to my yurrs. Like, they're higher-output? I wouldn't imagine that, but could be.

The "Hets' have more crunch but a lot more fuzzy

@themaggot8

9 жыл бұрын

The response of the Het set is more "passive", that's why you hear more fizz on them . Although those blackstars are awfully fuzzy

pretty good review, at first i wasn't expecting much, but you made a pretty good one, i noticed the difference in sound just like you decribed it, thanks. Keep those reviews coming! :)

Well, I got the HT-5RH head today, and went for a HTV-112 cab. This thing is freakin' insane. Loads of gain, loads of volume, and so crisp and articulate. This is the first video where I'd ever seen a Blackstar amp. Two weeks later, I have a brand new Blackstar setup. Thanks Chappers, it's all due to you.

the captain looks the same now but rob fucking looks difrent

@NicolasCageisGod

8 жыл бұрын

He looks a lot better I'm happy for him

The old set sounds even more like metallica to me.

@toelife2112

6 жыл бұрын

SCM the clean tone and the solo sounded better with the old EMG pickups

@trnslash

3 жыл бұрын

@@toelife2112 I felt the same

nice to see you guys have fun and a personality. nice amp...subscribed

This is the best sounding setup I have ever heard

The Het-set sound 'DiMarzio-like'.

The Hets definitely have a much sharper tone to them. More attack.

Happy birthday to this video!

Great pickups, they clean up very nicely too! :D And superior playing as always Rob!

And now with the snakebyte and the hetset unless james hetfield does crazy mad science with his guitars then you have the same guitar and stuff he uses live

Creeping death sounded weird out of that amp

@KaldDodeGitarist

8 жыл бұрын

that amp sounds like they have a wah on

@Joe.Howard11

8 жыл бұрын

Probably just a tad too much treble, or maybe changing the ISF to the more "British" sounding side could help

@Slears

8 жыл бұрын

+Gunslinger15 Oversaturation is the word

@TwoHeavyThrash

8 жыл бұрын

+Gunslinger15 Because he played pinch harmonics on the chord. It's a situational thing for me. I do it now and then, but like Rob did it here, is way too much.

@jameswhyte1340

8 жыл бұрын

Dead on, it sounds awful. These guys need to learn how to tune an amplifier and give it the appropriate settings.

Loved the het set a lot more.

Great informative review...thanks!

well, youd have to hear it in person to really hear the great sound, people with totally aggressive comments towards the pickups have shitty headphones probably.

That snakebyte looks like a Jackson Kelly

@xXxThelegend27xXx

5 жыл бұрын

RG1570 YGO Snakebyte has better cuts tho

You guys are the funniest and rockinest out there.

thank you so much for this vid. you can really hear the difference between a regular emg 81 85 and the het set..

AGGHHHH Im so nervous right now. I decided, quite firmly, to take my simple single-coil Yamaha guitar and toss in a pair of EMG 81 & 60 's. But the store didnt have em in stock, but did have these EMG Hets and were 20% off, so I bought them even though I had never heard them before. I don't know if Im happy now. Better cleans, better solos, worse "heavy riffing"... ahhhh *sigh*... so nervous. Im broke so I spent money I probably shouldn't have on these.

@Justin.Franks

9 жыл бұрын

Wile E. Coyote Why didn't you just return them and get the ones you wanted? If it's too late to do so (and still ask, even if it is outside the store's return policy, the worst that could happen is they say no), you could probably find someone who would be willing to do an even trade, your Het Set for their 81/60 set.

@14cheetah14

9 жыл бұрын

*****​ the shop was bs, so I chocked it up to a learning thing. But I figure its a decent enough setup to work with and build some skill. Once Im decent I might look at the 81/60 setup, or more likely just splurge on a nice Ibanez with em and do something weird with this setup, like make it a 5 way or whatever. But I got a ways to go. One thing I learned is miney lost you forget about, so maube 2 years from now Ill buy the 8160 setup if Im really not satisfied with the hets. Good amp before all of that tho. Thanks for the swap idea, ill keep it in mind.

@IshmamAhmed

9 жыл бұрын

Wile E. Coyote hey. Did you try it out yet? I want to know how you felt when you first tried the hets

@14cheetah14

9 жыл бұрын

Ishmam Ahmed To be honest, I was a little underwhelmed. I think the 81/60 setup would be preferable for "classic" metal. That said, my amp is a pos.

@IshmamAhmed

9 жыл бұрын

Wile E. Coyote so i have an ec 1000 ..should i stick to the 81/60 setup over the hets?

people who dis the lads on the video and their guitar playing should SHUT UP. It's just a litl helpful video to demonstrate a set of pick ups for whoever who cares. Learn some respect and get a life. Aside from that I've nothing to say about this product or video. just watching as part of a never satisfied internet addiction. (My turn to 'get a life')

hetfields set sound amazing

I have the Het Set in my '85 Mako TX-2 with an 18 volt mod, oh dear Lord do they sound fantastic! The clean tones are so natural sounding if someone heard it and didn't know I was playing a solid body, they would have though I was playing an acoustic. Under distortion, the 18 volt mod brings out more of the mid tones that 9 volts would have missed. Honestly, the 18 volt mod brings out the punchiness and clarity of a passive pickup, just like what James Hetfield wanted. The wall of sound from an active with the punch and clarity of a passive. Do the 18 volt on the Het Set and you will get just that.

that blackstar needs less gain to sound more tight. sounds bad. especially on creeping death

@sabo3592

7 жыл бұрын

Infinity I have this amp too... The different between active and passive pickups is huge! Active pickups pushes the amp more in the front.. so you have much more compressed sounds. With passive Pickups, it feels like heaven dude... No actives for this amp is the real deal in my opinion.

I came here to see a maple fretboard Strat rocking a EMG. Was disappointed.

@FFOJ777

10 жыл бұрын

Why a strat....... Strats don't deserve emgs ... It's like putting a boobjob on a grandma

@TyDie85

6 жыл бұрын

Isaiah Gray well, life is full of disappointments...get used to it. Lol

@pjn2432

6 жыл бұрын

Jose santi Strats sound outstanding with Emgs! What are you on about?

You sir.... are epic! ^_^

sweet idea!!

you can put those pickups in any guitar, and they'd sound identical through the same amp and player. Literally the sound of a guitar is from it's pickup and the person playing it. you could stick that 81 or the het set bridge pickup in a guitar that cost 99 pounds and there's be zero difference. don't let people fool you into thinking "Tone Woods" (the only part of the guitar they can ramp the price up to huge amounts with, funny how rarer and more expensive woods with better patterning magically sound better than cheaper more widely found woods hm? God must be a guitarist). Buy a guitar you like the shape/colour and feel of, then put your EMGs or Blackouts or whatever in it, and have the SAME guitar sound wise as your favorite player who has that SAME pickup in hes 400k worth of a guitar. Believe me, i know.

@abicamoro4117

8 жыл бұрын

Only for actives though.

@boogiestreet594

8 жыл бұрын

Abi Camoro Nope. Put any pickup in a Tennis Racket, Then put it in a 10 grand guitar, and providing you could use the same strings and the same player, the tennis racket and the 10k guitar would be identical. Tone wood is myth and sales hype, only people who can profit off of it's placebo push it. I mean ffs, Fender just made a guitar out of Cardboard and it sounded identical to an American Standard as it had an identical pickup in it and it didn't even weight 2lbs. Grow up, realize you're being exploited. Pick a pickup you like the sound of, pick a guitar you think is ;pretty and feels nice in your hands with a neck you find comfortable, and stick with it. doesn't matter if it's 100 dollrs, or 50k.

@murgen93

8 жыл бұрын

+Anthony Quigley You are really really misinformed mate.

@boogiestreet594

8 жыл бұрын

***** You have alot to say. Prove it. Do you have a really nice guitar and a really shitty one? get the shitty one (make sure it's set up right), less than 100 bucks ok. Record yourself playing a clean riff for 1 min and a distorted riff for 1 min (2 riffs you KNOW you can nail almost identically every time). Then take the pickup you used out of that piece of shit guitar, and stick it in the same posoition in your expensive guitar. Use the same brand/guage strings and play the same 2 licks clean and distorted, same setup, pedals, amp, voloume and record those aswell. Then listen one after the other clean fter clean, distoreted after distored... you won't hear the slightest bit of difference dude, I'm sorry. But if you think the fact that your neck is made out of Maple, and the skunk stripe is made out of toothepaste and the toothpaste is adding a cool minty sound to the guitar you're just... ugh. I actually did a test before, i'll find the vid and up;load it. 4 completely different guitars, all with an EMG81 in the bridge position. Ibanez, 2 ESP's and a shitty Zakk wyle thing. I recorded myself on camera playing one of them (on video) and then i recorded myself playing the same licks on the other 3. I posted it and asked people which sounded better, they were all going between the 2 ESP's "the explorer sounds kind of richer, probably due to the bulk of the explorer's body" or "The KH2 has less meat but more crunch. When really i just repeated the recording of the Zakk Wylde one 4 times over the 4 video's of the 4 different guitars, and literally everyone said they were all different, when it was just the same guitar sound pasted 4 times. Placebo dude... People hear and see what they wanna see. Dont you think it's funny how the more rare and expensive a piece of wood is in a guitar.. the better it sounds! wow, Guitar companies are so lucky hm! it's like ... God wanted guitar manufacturers to make lots of money r something!. Grow up.

@destroyerdestroy87

8 жыл бұрын

+Tour of Rooms Anthony is right dont let that cognitive dissonance keep you from accepting the truth. you would not pass a blind test on which guitars wood is which if your life depended on it. identical guitars made with different woods and the pickups hardware and pots switched to the new ones, you would fail lol even if they claimed the woods were different but were all cheap basswood you would think you hear a difference, just like idiots who think tap water taste different if given a fancy name, expensive price, and put in a nice bottle..

I couldn't hear much difference between the two sets....

@alexandermikrievskij5332

3 жыл бұрын

absolutely, not in this video. but you should really check them out dude! I bought them, from this moment on... my favourite active pickup set ever. give em a chance :)

This video just decided for me what pickups in need in my EC-1000

Don't know if Rob was just off, but holy crap even just a couple years of difference and his playing is so tight and clean and just straight phenomenal...

First pickups sound better/less fuzzy!

@TheEmilyclaire666

10 жыл бұрын

You guys are smoking crack. I have these and there is no "fuz" at all, lol

@daniellynch2122

10 жыл бұрын

The fuzz might be coming from the recording because the het set are louder

@TyDie85

6 жыл бұрын

CaribSurfKing1 what?!?! The first ones were MORE fuzzy..use your ears bro. And before you come at me, I'm a sound engineer.

@mr.moseby2456

6 жыл бұрын

CaribSurfKing1 probably the amp. Black stars don’t really have the best distortion sounds around. Also Metallica is more of a Mesa/Boogie kinda sound.

I thought the dude was pretty good.

@HeavyMetalSonicRM - Man your the best rythmn player I have seen!

Getting the het set tomorrow!

Do how to sound like dave mustaine from Megadeth

@TyDie85

6 жыл бұрын

Glen Curtin there's always at least 1.

@mr.phil.a

5 жыл бұрын

Sound like Mustaine? "Boo boo everyone hates me because I'm ginger and whiney." Close enough?

I personally don't see the point of 'signature' pick ups as overall sound is largely determined by the guitar, amp and tone from the fingers. Don't think for a minute you'll sound like Hetfield if you buy these pick ups. There's so much more to it than that.

@gimbong

10 жыл бұрын

Agree. James has used 81 & 60 for his entire career up until he got his signature pick ups recently, which means 81 & 60 still can bring kick ass hetfield's sound of 80's and 90's.

@TheEmilyclaire666

10 жыл бұрын

They are amazing pick ups dude, regardless of who's name is on them

@GordonHeaney

10 жыл бұрын

Steven Lopez Don't doubt it, I have an 81 and an 85 on one of my guitars and they are cool

@TheEmilyclaire666

10 жыл бұрын

... Trust me, the jhset is amazing

@jayjaymerritt2785

7 жыл бұрын

Small Clone it was a duncan invader

God damn what a throwback

That Wig made my day xD

passive picks are far better.

@jaymz

8 жыл бұрын

not for metallica wtf

@michaelbarron4068

8 жыл бұрын

+Infinity metallica them sell out has beens active pickups always no matter what still runs hot. so there still crap in my thoughts unless you only want to sound like metallica.

@jaymz

8 жыл бұрын

Michael Barron reason why you think they suck is because not alot of people use it right. its always the same shitty scooped tone with a metal zone in front

@michaelbarron4068

8 жыл бұрын

+Infinity just cuase alot of people use them dont mean there good. but there are alot of people who dont like them because they are hot and they rather run passive becuase of them being versatile and they sound better. but as i said if you like them cool but remember not everyone does. but me i want more then hearing crap and a compressed sound and being limited. now stay to what you like as everyone else does and keep your thoughts to you cuase i dont care to know what your metallica fanboy self thinks. cheers

@jaymz

8 жыл бұрын

Michael Barron thats not what i meant, alot of people USE emgs wrong

Both sounded horrible, probably because of that amp. Such a nasal tone, it's like you left a wah-wah pedal on.

@TheMetalHeaD256

10 жыл бұрын

That's EMGs for you. Some don't like that aspect of them. Whenever I record on my Boss GT-10 I hear that distinctively in my EMG-equipped guitar. People say something similar about the DiMarzio Tone Zone which I have too, but frankly the EMGs exhibit it 10 times more. I think it can be used as a tool... although yeah I think the Blackstar brings it out a little too much. Not every amp works with these so well, and certainly not every tuning, riff, or playing style does either. They have a place on my palette for recording, though (no i don't use a GT-10 for actual recording... just sending ideas to band members. I ain't crazy)

@antiHUMANDesigns

10 жыл бұрын

TheMetalHeaD256 Well, I have an ESP LTD m401 with EMG81's on it, and it sounds good (with my Laney VH100R). I also have an Ibanez with DiMarzio/IBZ pickups. Sounds quite similar to the EMG's when distorted, but very different when clean. I'm dead sure it's the amp in this video that makes it sound so bad. Not saying it couldn't be fixed, though.

@TheMetalHeaD256

10 жыл бұрын

I agree, a lot of it is the amp. It kind of accentuates the wrong parts of these pickups. And yeah i've noticed that myself, DiMarzio and EMG sound decently similar distorted through my JVM too. In fact I think they go great together in recordings.

@themaggot8

9 жыл бұрын

As you said, it wasn't the EMG's, it was the amp. Blackstars are known for having a horrible and fizzy distortion. I have EMGs 81/60A in my Gibsons and through my Mark IV they sound awesome.

@deadpools1069

6 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean

just got mine install yesterday n it sound great.....

This video is the reason I'll be purchasing a Blackstar HT-5R next month.

I'd rather have a Strat any day. Sounds soulless, I get better sound from My mim strat but that's just My opinion. I have nothing against Emg's as I do use a passive one in the mid position of My mim and it does sound clean for some strumming, picking and blues lead

@francescobarbaro7114

10 жыл бұрын

If you buy a snakebyte with emgs (het set or not) you certainly won't play blues or much clean stuff. It's a set up voted for thrash, so talking about preferring a strat is pointless

@wojtekszeler7083

10 жыл бұрын

I prefer humbuckers over single pickups, but I dont like actives :D

@xXxThelegend27xXx

5 жыл бұрын

This pickup is not for your clean strat crap

Totally butchered Through The Never

@broman260

7 жыл бұрын

Was he trying to cover it?

@Jartny

7 жыл бұрын

"Was he trying to cover it?" Evidently so, isn't that obvious?

@xXxThelegend27xXx

5 жыл бұрын

Not much of a metal player lol

the signature pickups really blew my mind. best active pickups they just sound so much fuller and they ad a nice warm undertone. (my knowledge about this particular part of a guitar is somewhat limited i might add)

As a personal user of these pickups: they're great! I swapped my 81/60's in my Explorer for these. The tone difference is phenomenal.

Learn how to play the damn guitar. Great vid man (sorry, im bipolar) don't know how to feel.

@vinterterroristen

10 жыл бұрын

But please! Chappers is an awsome guitar player. Go watch his video "how to judge other guitar players", revaluate your life, and have a nice day!

@francescobarbaro7114

10 жыл бұрын

Teodor Molander well, the guy is right! Chappers can surely play, but in this case all riffs are badly picked and sound sloppy. Maybe he's a great lead player and not as great in rhythm stuff...

I bought a set of these, a set of Blackouts ABH-1, and I already own an 81/85 set. Along with a couple of drummers and another guitar player, we did a head to head comparison. We all liked the Blackouts more than the 81/85, but the Het Set was thought to be better than both. The Hets feel better and sound better overall. We came to the same conclusion as these guys. I can't say any of them are bad pups, but the Hets are like a combo of the best parts of passive and active. Very versatile.

Used the Het-Set for about 3 years now. Definitely love them for their dynamic range for both metal, blues, soft rock, and (yes) even country (with the right amp). They have the feel of a hotter version of Gibson '59 PAF (in my opinion) - so they make a great alternative if you are looking to keep that Gibson tone while adding a bit of umph.

i agree and not that you were asking it but you have my respect. well played.

NICE!

Wow, the Het Set sounds a lot clearer and brighter, kind of like the perfect blend between a Duncan Distortion/Jazz and an EMG 81/60. I must have them

i am so getting the snakebyte with those hetfield emg´s in it, awesome sound!! :3

I like the Het Set. I feel they're exactly what they advertize. They're warmer and fuller like a passive pickup but have the aggressiveness and treble of an active pickup.

pick attack is definately more in your face with papa-Het's pick ups!! diggin it

i have them in my schecter.....absolutely love them

F*****ng beautiful the Het Set sounds great!

After a mother listen, with better earphones, I can definitely tell a huge difference, I actually like them more than the first listen. Pretty fkn groovy pickup's!!

Wow. I knew they'd sound different, but I didn't expect this! The improvement is remarkable! I will have to give these another look. I have an Explorer that would be perfect for these. Now I just need to find $300...

I love how they act like they are so dynamic and then he rolls down the volume and it doesn't clean up as much as you would see on a passive.

that amp sounds killer

thanks dude

I have the Het Set in my LTD, and i love them. I don't like the other EMGs, I like passive pickups but i gave these a try and i really like them. I have a few covers on my channel

I do believe I,ll be putting these into my Dean Z 79 they sound amazing!!!!

Sounds glorious with both PU sets.

Bought these pups like a week or so ago from Andertons... and I can honestly say that they kick 81/85s ass by far. Put them in my Schecter Damien Elite 6 and now that guitar just roars! Recomended as an upgrade for 81/85 or 81/60 combo.

2:05 is so funny when Captain Lee makes that sound! guitar and pickups are awesome!!!!

nice one mann i just ordered some emg hz h4 pickups

great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

those emgs sounds huge... :)

Got to get these pickups

Awesome channel ♪ ♪ ♪

Indeed a significant difference. More SAG.... Great review...

12 yrs! luv yaaas! dang og

I've got myself a pair of the Het Set EMGs threw them on my Gibson Gothic V. Sounds good, looks good.

it's the way he's playing it v.v GOD MY EARS

Definitely a tone difference, but for me ,my humble opinion, the first pair were the best for old school mattalica ! Thanks guy's for the video!!

I actually Lol'd when The Captain got that wig on all of a sudden! :D