Nice. I played a custom Zakk Wylde guitar with those in it and it was nice and quiet and defined for cleans, metal, anything. They're still nice & punchy just not as dynamic, which is a plus really. Some of the best metal sounds I've heard on Eleven Rack have been EMGs. I wish I could get another guitar just to have something with EMGs for metal, and a JP6 for prog, and a strat for classic rock, tele for country twang & blues, etc; etc.