Description
The AHB-3 EMTY is Mick Thomson’s personal spin on the Blackouts formula, dialed in specifically for the neck position. Where the standard AHB-1 and AHB-2 already deliver thick, dark chord voicings and a hard mid-range shove, Thomson pushed for something sharper: less mush down low, more bite up top. Seymour Duncan built the EMTY around that request, and it shows in every riff — this is a pickup engineered for extreme tunings and unforgiving metal tone, not general-purpose versatility.
Like the rest of the active Blackouts line, the AHB-3 runs on 9 volts and uses balanced inputs to cancel hum, staying up to 14dB quieter than competing active pickups while still putting out more low end, more high end, and more overall output. That combination of low noise and high headroom is a big reason serious metal players lean on Blackouts in the studio as much as on stage. Thomson himself was already sold on the platform before Seymour Duncan built this signature version around his exact specs — down to the wiring and the trademark
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