It looks like EMG is updating one of its most famous products, the EMG-81 pickup, used by guitar players like Zakk Wylde or Kirk Hammett, by releasing the new EMG EMG-81TW Active Pickup. This pickups is based on the EMG-81 but includes some improvements in tonal range and connectivity, lets take a look.
The EMG EMG-81TW Active Pickup features the already known (and loved) dua-coil sound but you can also get single-coil sound activating a push/pull knob. To provide both sounds with the best quality and the lower noise this pickup features dual active preamps and triple-coil arrangement, so, in fact, you have a humbucker and and single-coil pickup in the same device.
This pickup comes with prewired push/pull knob and battery clip set, output jack and Quick Connect cable that allows you to connect easily to other EMG products like Presence Control, EXG Expander or PA2 Preamp Booster. The EMG EMG-81TW Active Pickup will be introduced at Winter NAMM, so its price and availability has not been announced yet.
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