EMG 81 Black

I installed this pickup in the bridge of an old guitar with useless pickups I had lying around. Since the pickup comes with all wiring and pots, battery clip and output jack, this is the only new "component" I had to buy. It brought that guitar back to life, it went from almost no output to a nice high output when the volume is maxed out.

It's great to play some harder rock and metal and if you tweak your amp and volume you can even get some useable clean tones out of it, alltough that's probably not why you would buy this pickup.

There are loads of well known guitarists using EMG 81's in their bridge position, the 81 is often paired with the 85 or the 60 in the neck to give more versatility to your guitar.

I'd definitely recommend this pickup, It's easy to install, great for heavier music and not that expensive if you think about it (wiring, pots, etc included).

The list of names on the EMG roster is a who's who of metal guitar and this pickup certainly backs it up. Sustain for days, endlessly versatile (even cleans up) and easy to install with the quick connect wires, no more burnt fingers on the soldering iron!

This pickup will bring any guitar up to recording standard. However. Tone chasers will find that after a while the sound is a bit stale compart to a high quality passive pickup. Some may not notice it, but the pre-amp can suck a bit of life out of exotic tonewoods and hallowed gig mules.

Also the battery box can be a bit of a tight squeeze in alot of cavities so be aware!

All in all its a great pickup and has earned its reputation as a go-to piece of kit.