On 2004-07-19, Reece gave this EMG Guitar Accessories a 4


Purchase: Product was purchased as an upgrade from www.gak.co.uk. It cost around £71.
Pros: The humbucker was packaged with everything required to solder it together and also included a very easy to understand instruction manual. Thanks to this and EMG's quick connect installation system, I had this baby up and running within 20 minutes.
Cons: Without a case or clip to stabilise the required 9v battery into my instrument, additional modifications became necessary.
Quality: The pickup is decorated in an attractive black case that seems quite solid and scratch resistant. Usually I end up accidentally wearing the manufacturers logo's away from my pickups during playing but since the EMG logo is imbedded into the pickup itself, I can't see that happening.

Summary: In the bridge position, the EMG.60 add's more warmth, dynamic range and clarity to a distorted signal than the EMG.81 which is strange considering that it's marketed as a neck pickup. It adds much needed beef to the thin and overly bright sounding EMG.81 when used in the neck position but use it alone in the neck and you'll find that it sounds muddy and flat through distortion. Whether in the bridge or neck, the EMG.60 can simulate some wonderful 'acoustic' sounds when played clean and is also capable of producing incredible blues and jazz tones. It gives off hardly any hum or feedback and has also added more realism and depth to my amp modelling units in the studio! Bonus! I use the EMG.60 in the bridge of my guitar with the 81 in the neck. I find this set-up more adequate to my style of playing which is mostly rock and metal. This is the best humbucker I've ever used for my playing but it loses one point for being a truly lousy neck pick-up.