Description
The EMG-60 is built for players who want their rhythm tones thick without turning to mud. Close-aperture coils wound around ceramic magnets push boosted mids and heavy low end, while the top stays clear enough that single-note lines cut through instead of disappearing into the wall of sound. There’s a buttery harmonic complexity here too — the kind that adds weight and character whether you’re playing clean blues changes or driving into hard-rock crunch.
This is EMG’s traditional rhythm-position pickup, and it’s practically built to be paired with an EMG-81 in the bridge. Together they cover a huge amount of ground, from articulate cleans to aggressive high-gain rhythm work, without needing to switch pickup sets between styles.
The cover on this one deserves its own mention. Rather than plate a base metal to fake a chrome look, EMG engineers developed a way to machine a genuine one-piece, mirror-polished stainless steel cover cap in-house. That means no reliance on inconsistent outside suppliers, no unpredictable tonal shifts between batches, and a finish that’s the real deal rather than a coating. The brushed black chrome treatment on this version hardens and penetrates the stainless steel itself rather than sitting on top of it, so it holds up to heavy touring and stage abuse far longer than a surface plating would.
Designed and produced in the USA, the EMG-60 delivers consistent output and tone from unit to unit — exactly what you want when you’re building a pickup pair you can rely on night after night.
- Ceramic magnets, close aperture coil design
- Boosted mids, big lows, fat highs
- Traditional rhythm-position pickup
- One-piece mirror-polished stainless steel cover, brushed black chrome finish
- Designed and produced in the USA
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