EMG ZW Zakk Wylde Signature Humbucker Guitar Pickup Set, Black

First time buying active pickups and can't be happier! They were pretty easy to install...especially with a little hp from the tube. I had seymor duncans in my Les Paul and was happy with them but wanted to try EMG.....man I'm glad I did...these things rock! Sustain for days...very focused and with tons of gain they are still super articulate. Been playing my guitar a lot more si ce I added these monsters. Could not be happier with the sound.....for the people who say they lack dynamics.....ahhh noooo! These pickups sing and the 85 in the bridge is not muddy with gain...I never really played the neck pickup that much but with these pickups I have been a lot more. I am a EMG convert....and the cool thing is if I decide on another type of EMG I can install super easy with just one connector...no soldering involved. Couldn't be happier with these awesome pickups.

Super happy with these, my this guitar originally came with an EMG 81 set, but a previous owner had swapped them out for passive dimarzio pickups a while back. Going back to the the EMGs made a huge difference in the feel and tone.I have guitars with fishman fluence moderns, fishman fluence keith merrow sets, and lundgren pickups, but honestly I like the feel and tone of these the best out of all 3.For distorted guitar these are absolutely awesome, especially for chugs and fast picking riffs. These aren’t the best for cleans tones, but after rolling the volume down a little it still sounds pretty good.Setup was super easy, even though these came with long shaft pots, I was able to install it on my short shaft guitar by just putting one of the bolts half way up. It is so nice using the solderless kit and not having to fight with wiring it yourself, or paying someone $150 to do it for you.Overall great purchase, I would recommend for anyone who thinks they want a little more out of their guitar.

Just received these pickups from amazon last week, and have to say, if you have ever contemplated changing pups and doing it yourself, definately give these a go. Installation was simple, and I had never done this type of thing before. I have to say EMG have put a lot of thought into this set. the installation has been carefully thought out and the instructions are elegant with all the diagrams you should need. NO arcane pictures speckled with geek speak, just clear concise instructions.The pickups themselves are beautiful, especially great for chuggy metal sounds, but when you dial em in right they are very versatile and clean. If you are used to the usual crap passive's that come with most guitars nowadays, these will open up all those sonic possibilities you have been wanting for a long time. For me they are exactly what i wanted, and though they are great for metal and jazzy type of playing, they may be a little crisp for some peoples liking. The reason i say crisp is because they lack that muddy sloppy sound that a lot of pickups seem to favour nowadays, so if you like a muddy sound then maybe these aren't for you, on the other hand though they are incredibly versatile, and at $200 they are more than worth the price of admission.To put things in a pricing perspective, here in Australia these babies tend to clock in at around the $400 mark or close enough. Add to that paying someone to install you can get quoted some insane prices over here (i was quoted anywhere from $600 to $1000).So if you are from Australia and are wanting some EMG's, do yourself a favour, order them from Amazon and do it yourself. The Solderless installation is brain dead easy, almost impossible to got wrong. One note is that i had to resolder my pickup switch, but this was because of my stupidity, this can easily be avoided by cutting the wire further back form the pickup by about 5 centimetres, then all you have to do is strip the end wires and screw them into the bus, nice and simple and solder free.Highly recomended, i love these so much i'm buying another set for another guitar i have coming soon.EMG thank you very much for doing a good job.

WOW! These pups sound amazing! Totally worth $200.Anyone that complains about the quality of these puppies are freakin insane.Finally found that metal sound I been searching for all these years, trying all kinds of effects. bought a sweet 100 watt crate combo amp and almost got there, but these were that missing piece I been searching for.It has been EMG Active Pickups.If you are thinking about upgrading your axe, I recommend these highly. I have been playing guitar for over 40 years, and can't believe I had not tried these yet.Fantastic job on these EMG! You now have a loyal fan for life! And you even get a cool sticker with them also.

These pickups are extremely easy to install and they sound amazing. The only two things I noticed that were minor problems was that the included potentiometers were way too long for most guitars (which isn’t even necessarily a problem, it just looks a little goofy) and that the wires that connect to the output jack may not be able to fit in many guitars without drilling a slightly larger hole in the guitar for them to fit (I went with a 3/8 in hole). The minor modifications I had to accommodate for my guitar in order to install these pickups were very much worth it