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EMG James Hetfield Signature "Het Set" Guitar Pickups

Metallica Guitarist's Signature Guitar Pickups

£199.00

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Product Description

The EMG James Hetfield signature pickups look flash and sound killer - just like you'd expect from the leader of one of the world's foremost rock bands! Featuring black chrome covers, and based upon modded versions of EMG classics the EMG60 and EMG81, these pickups are meaner and fuller with higher output - suited to James Hetfield's playing style.

The EMGJH SET has a solderless installation system and diagrams and instructions for easy installation even without prior experience.

Here's what EMG say about the James Hetfield "Het Set" of Pickups

"...We have to make something unique and historic... It's stealth, it's sleek, it's fast looking..."

The JH Set is a totally new dimension for EMG with the design being driven solely with the input of James Hetfield. In early 2009 James Hetfield contacted EMG Pickups president Rob Turner and presented him with a challenge: to create a "stealth" looking set that captures the clarity and punch of a passive pickup and still retains the legendary active tone that molded a generation.

Featuring sleek black chrome plated caps and EMG's Solderless Installation System components, the JH Set consists of the JH-N (neck) and the JH-B (bridge). Both pickups were patterned after the pickups James has used for 30 years but the end result was a completely different animal. The JH-N has individual ceramic poles and bobbins that feature a larger core and are taller than the 60. This produces more attack, higher output, and fuller low end in the neck position. The JH-B uses the same type of core but has steel pole pieces, unlike the 81 that uses bar magnets. This produces the familiar tight attack with less inductance for a cleaner low end.

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Customer Reviews

5.0

21 reviews

Value

Looks

Durability

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Mrs Samantha Hickman26th Dec 2023

Value 4Looks 5Sound 5

Trusted Customer17th Jul 2023

Value 4Looks 3Durability 5Sound 4

Mr Joseph Cree29th Jun 2022

Value 4Looks 5Durability 5Sound 5

Mr Jason Ball20th Apr 2022

Value 5Looks 5Durability 5Sound 5

Mr Josh Griffiths-Jones17th Jan 2022

Value 4Looks 5Durability 5Sound 5

Trusted Customer26th Apr 2021

Because my guitar had EMGs in already install was very straight forward.

Value 4Looks 5Durability 4Sound 5

Chris Manning4th Apr 2021

These pickups are hot and gives you that Metallica sound

Value 5Looks 5Durability 5

Michael29th Oct 2020

Easily installed, the solderless system is idiot proof as proven by me being able to install it without any issues! The sound is fantastic and well worth the price.

Value 5Looks 5Durability 5Sound 5

Mr Andrew Davison6th Aug 2020

Value 5Looks 5Durability 5Sound 5

Trusted Customer22nd Jul 2020

I upgraded from a standard 81/60 setup. The het set 81 has a little bit more bite to it, but the money is in the upgraded 60. I was never happy with how thin a stock 60 can sound with cleans. This set dials back the active feel to deliver what I can only describe as a hot passive pickup. Worth every penny.

Value 4Looks 5Durability 5Sound 5

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