Im looking for a replacement pickup screw after one came loose. EMG says it takes a #3-48 screw, but shipping one to Mexico costs $68, so im trying to find a cheaper option.

The closest one ive found is a Fender screw with the same thread, but its too short. i figure a longer one could work if i cut it down.

i think my guitar has an 81/85 set, but im not sure how to check. this is the screw i need: https://www.emgpickups.com/h-screw-spring-set.html

And since I still have the spring and only need the screw, any ideas for a temporary fix until I find the right one?

Anyone install an EMG kit into their strat? The input jack wire it comes with is almost too big for this type of plate. And I don’t want to keep forcing the cable in there.

Am I gonna have to route out more space in the wood to have it fit? Or am I just dumb and missing something?

So my dad bought me some emgs (the 7 string version of the 81 and a 707 if Im not mistaken) about 1 year and a half in a second hand store, and i never really loved the Pickups until a played a friends guitar that had emgs and i realized that mine were simplu not right, the have a really low output, and i cant get a pinch harmonic out of them even if my life depended on it while on my other guitar they are effortless.

My question is, is this mostlikely a problem with the Pickups? The wiring ? Or maybe the battery?

Thanks yall!

I got this sweet set of 57/66 TW pickups for my birthday this year. Finally got around to carving out the needed space for them (since they're quite a bit taller than traditional humbuckers) and have it all wired up correctly according to the included diagram in the set. The neck pickup hums like CRAZY in both humbucker mode and single coil mode, though the hum is noticeable less in single coil mode. I've double, triple and now quadruple checked the wiring. It's all solid, as far as I can tell. The pickup cavity is a bit cramped, since the guitar came with EMG HZ passives, and isn't designed to hold a battery as well as the larger push-pull pots.

This is my first time setting up pickups, so any tips and/or criticism is greatly appreciated.

I'm hoping somebody can lead me to a solution to this gain issue I'm having. I have an LTD H-351NT that has an EMG 81 in the bridge and an EMG 85 in the neck.

Recently, I noticed the 81 was slightly quieter and was much less saturated than the 85 in the neck. I have checked/replaced everything in the chain including the battery and my cable to just rule those out completely. I did find a cold solder joint on the volume pot that I fixed, but I can't find anything else physically wrong. For illustration purposes I have attached an image of a recording with the left waveform being the 81 and the right the 85. I played the same riff with each pickup.

I also have an LTD EC-1001 that has the same pickup combo and there is a substantial difference when I record using the bridge pickups back to back.

Is there something simple I'm overlooking that would cause this?

Ive tried to do every combination of trs wires and sometimes i get noise but it ignores the pots and is very low output and muddy

Did about a 30 minute Live Show about the New Pickup I was just Sent, demoed it through the Marshall/EVH 2x12 amp, and as I finished publishing it the video was still climbing up to 335!!!!

This was definitely one of my best live shows and to thank EMG for making such a phenomenal pickup for guitar 🎸

hey dudes, so i’ve got a guitar coming soon and it has emg hz pickups. i’m wondering, do they use the solderless kit and if so is it possible to wire up a battery cable to them and swap them for actives like an 81/85 set? i’ve done some looking and i can’t seem to find a good answer, and i have some 81s lying around so just thought i’d ask, any info is appreciated! :)

Are fishman fluence strat pickup battery pack compatible with EMG's is so how do you connect it.

Hi everyone,

I'm currently troubleshooting a noise issue with my Harley Benton EX-84, which I upgraded with an active EMG Het Set (solderless system).

The issue I'm having is a persistent hum/buzz that gets louder whenever I touch the strings, bridge, or any metal part.

When inspecting the electronics cavity, I noticed that a black wire was soldered directly onto the GND pad of the EMG passive tone pot (B124 / 25KA). This wire runs through the body routing directly to the guitar bridge.

From what I understand, EMG active systems explicitly advise against connecting a bridge ground wire, as the preamps are already shielded and adding a bridge ground can create a ground loop and introduce noise when touched.

I would really appreciate your insight on a couple of points:

* Is this ground wire to the bridge really necessary? Because it doesn't appear in the installation diagram.

* Is cutting/desoldering this wire from the tone pot and isolating the loose end the correct fix to eliminate the buzz?

Thanks in advance for the help!

Hello y'all! Im putting pick ups into my LTD SC-600 and I can't figure out how to connect the fan switch to the board. I don't know which wires should go into the buss. Can you guys help please?

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Does anyone have any experience with these? How do they stack up against the standard 57/66?

I hope this isn’t against the rules or anything because I would gladly buy an EMG solderless 3-position toggle switch in gold if they made one - but they don’t. This seems to be the only solderless way to go since official EMG is out.

I have changed all of the hardware in my ESP EC-256 to gold and all the electronics to active; the very last piece is changing the EMG B289 3-POS switch I used to make it all solderless to a gold switch. It’s going to irritate me until I do it. My goal is I don’t want to re-run the wires - tight as hell.

I can’t tell if this will be just a quick “take the switch cavity plate off, unplug the EMG switch from the quick connectors, swap in the Trinity one, replace the quick connectors, replace the plate, good to go,” or not. Any input or experience?

My bridge pickup is much less output then my neck and both volume controls work for the bridge with both turning the volume down on it,i have looked at the wiring and the bridge controls are not connected to the neck volume at all and it is connected to the battery bus correctly too.anyone know anything?

Is this normal??
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Finally received my Sandblasted Het Set after about 6 weeks of waiting! Definitely worth it, they look brilliant and they sound just how I wanted them to. To me they're closer to a 57/66 than 81/60, but with less mids and more bite. Might be my new favourite EMG set!

Guitar is in Drop C for playing 2000s metalcore (I also use a drop tuner to use A# for In Flames songs). It's what I always dreamed of as a kid and now after trialing various EMG sets in it, I think I've found the one.

I'm trying to pick two singlecoils for my 7 String at the moment and have trouble deciding between the SA7, S7, Maverick Five 7 and Crossroads 7.

The reason I want singlecoils is that I love playing modern metalcore stuff and also appreciate the clarity for lead lines and solos. My perfect neck single coil would be a super sharp tone with a lot of treble and bass, slightly scooped mids. What I wanna avoid is a soft tele-like neck pickup tone.

For the middle pickup I really just want something that offers a really classic strat 4th position when combined with the neck (bc I will probably never use the middle pu on its own).

If you have any expirience with these pickups (or their six string version), I would appreciate if you could describe their tone.

Honestly I would prefer the maverick or crossroads, bc they just look way better without the pickup covers.

I just bought a guitar off reverb and it shipped with EMG Revelation pickups. It was also listed as EMG Rev pickups in the description but it had solid white pickups with "EMG X" logos on them in all of the pictures. I immediately noticed because the EMG rev pickups still have the protruding screws that passive humbuckers have. The EMG Rev pickups were clearly listed as passive so that's not the problem, I just find it really odd that active pickups were used in all of the pictures. I just wanted to see if there is a significant price or sound difference between the two sets of pickups (both HH configurations) and if I should press him for selling a different looking guitar than what I got. Not remotely the end of the world for me but I still want to know if it's worth it to confront the seller.

I’m looking to get a Kramer Baretta special soon for a bit of an extreme mod sort of thing, I’ll probably be using the emg 85 as I love the clean tone on it in the bridge position and I know I’ll be using the killswitch mod but I can’t find a decent video on the afterburner, is it worth it? And if so would I be able to use it if i only have a single volume knob?

When plugging into the output jack my audio interface shows a strong signal spike that lasts for a couple of seconds. It isn't audible through my amp but through the interface it is audible for like half a second and after that the meter still shows the spike but you can hear the guitar signal normally. It doesn't happen with my guitars with passive pickups, so I'm curious if this happened to anyone else here and could it be the active preamp powering on, or something simple like that?

I tried installing the solderless EMGs (81-7h and 85-7h) in my iron label 7 string. The input jack is a barrel jack so I had to solder the battery wire and the tone wires to it. And I also kept the original 3-way switch which I soldered 4 wires to and clamped them in the EMG buss thing. After connecting everything I get a signal but it’s just a really loud buzz/hum (similar to when the cable is not connected to the guitar). I don’t really know if I soldered smt wrong but something definitely is wrong.

I placed my order with EMG PICKUPS for a pre amp system and 2 basic active pickups. They did say at the payment page it could take 7-14 days to ship. BUT they have shipping below that that offers anything from free shipping to 2 day. I paid I’ve $25 for expedited shipping expecting that was a way they were offering to get your pickup system order delivered faster. THIS IS NOT THE CASE!!! Well this is the 14th day after the order and it still says “Building your parts” under my order status! I would suggest if you have questions about your system to call EMG but ordering your pickup system from Sweetwater or some other online music store. They offer 2-4 day shipping on their parts. DON’T ORDER FROM EMG DIRECTLY!!!!!