• Condition: This EMG 60 Pickup is in Good condition with slight wear through previous usage. This Guitar Pickup is fully functional but shows noticeable cosmetic wear.
  
• Electronics: All Original / No issues.
• Overall Condition Score: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - 3/5 Stars.

The EMG 60 is an active humbucking pickup designed for electric guitar and built around ceramic magnets with closely spaced aperture coils derived from an earlier mini-humbucker concept originally developed for Fender in 1979. It is most commonly installed in the neck position and became widely associated with the EMG 81/60 pairing used in high-gain metal and hard rock setups. The pickup uses an internal active preamp powered by a 9V battery and is housed in a full-size humbucker casing.

The design focuses on strong articulation, tight low-end response, boosted mids, and a brighter high-frequency attack than many other active humbuckers. The ceramic magnet structure and narrow coil spacing create a sharp transient response with extended sustain and clear harmonic detail, making the pickup suitable for both high-gain rhythm playing and fluid lead tones. The EMG 60 is also recognised for maintaining definition under heavy distortion while preserving clean-note separation on lower-gain settings.

The pickup measures approximately 10 kΩ impedance and uses low-current active circuitry for long battery life. It is manufactured in the United States and remains one of EMG's longest-running active pickup designs.