will42

EMGs (and other active pickups) are used in metal because they push the amp harder than a passive pickup. This is generally used to push a tube amp into greater levels of distortion. Your EMGs may be pushing your vyper too hard, and could be why you are getting a nasty distorted sound. Pushing a tube amp hard sounds good, pushing a solid state hard sounds bad, and pushing a modeling amp sounds like the screams of a decapitated child.

Your best bet would be to get a new amp. 6505+ is a very popular choice for your style.

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So awesome that I run around screaming, throwing things, and puching people during the 5th movement.

"If you think you're boring your audience, go slower not faster." - Gustav Mahler.


Yay, my first compliment!