The SX Set offers a bright and clear single-coil pickup using EMG's internal shielding and a low impedance preamp making the pickups virtually noiseless while maintaining an authentic single coil sound. The ceramic bar magnets provides a balanced and bright guitar tone, while the added X preamp gives players increased headroom and amazing touch sensitivity. The SX Set has plenty of output to give your sound top end sizzle while maintaining solid lows with articulation and presence. Whether you are playing jazz, country, metal or blues, the versatility is undeniable. With EMG's solderless wiring, you can install our pickups easily at home.

The X series preamp gives the pickup a more dynamic range along with increased headroom while keeping the more traditional string-to-string balance. X series pickups also come with an Active Tone Control (VLPF) designed to roll-off (attenuate) high frequencies, similar to a typical passive tone control. The result is a noiseless single coil guitar pickup with a classic EMG sound that bridges the gap between active and passive.