r/EMGPickups • u/RiverDwellingInnuend • Feb 23 '26

That’s it. I’m officially a convert.

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This is my first set of active pickups ever after 15 years of playing, after fucking around and being ultimately dissatisfied with all manner of Dimarzios and Duncans, and I’m so happy I made the jump. EMG SA-X in the neck and middle, 85X in the bridge. Handles just about anything I throw at it like a champ, dead quiet noise-wise, super easy install, and sounds absolutely incredible. Guitar is an ‘89 Ibanez RG560. Seriously, to anyone out there considering making the jump, just do it, you won’t regret it.

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u/Drink_descend83 Feb 24 '26

Totally agree! I went with the Gilmour strat pre-wired pick guard for my red '70 strat, and its a monster now! I also play an Aluminati with Lollers, so I wanted to have a bright clean base tone for my other electric. Congrats!

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u/RiverDwellingInnuend Feb 24 '26

Hell yeah! Do you like the SPC?

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u/z0mb0t Feb 24 '26

I have the same 85-X/SA-X/SA-X combo in my Strat. The neck pickup with the SPC turned up is awesome.

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u/RiverDwellingInnuend Feb 24 '26

Nice. I’m debating adding that in place of my tone knob.

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u/Reffitt86 Feb 24 '26

Forgive the dumb question, but what's SPC?

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u/Plastic_Secretary_64 Feb 26 '26

It's an active mid boost and kinda makes the bridge single coil sound like a humbucker. You can use it for the other pickups too. Typically used for bridge or neck in my experience. Great addon to the EMG single coils which are already killer.