Description
The EMG SPC (Strat Presence Control) earns its nickname as “the fat control” for a simple reason: it doesn’t just add volume, it reshapes the voice of your pickup. Dial it in and you’re pushing a broad mid-band boost while gently pulling back the top end, tricking a single-coil into sounding and behaving like a dual-coil pickup — thicker, louder, and with more low-mid muscle behind every note.
It’s not just a single-coil trick, though. Wire the SPC into a humbucker circuit and you get a high-output, saturated tone with serious low-end weight — the kind of fat, sustaining voice that slide players in particular tend to fall in love with. Because it’s an active control, the boost comes from onboard gain rather than passive tone-shaping, so you get a noticeable push without losing clarity or turning to mud.
Think of it as a third control knob for tonal range: leave it off for your pickup’s stock character, or roll it in when you want more presence, more push, and a noticeably fatter low-mid punch — no pickup swap required.
- Active mid-band boost with treble roll-off for a fatter, louder tone
- Turns single-coil pickups into a dual-coil-style voice
- Also works great on humbuckers for high-output, slide-friendly tone
- Package includes output jack and battery clip set
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