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EMG active pickups guitar tones

Songs whose original tone used a EMG active pickups. Don’t own one? GuitarToneAdapt re-creates the sound on the pickup type and rig you actually have.

EMG active pickups are battery-powered, high-output and ultra-low-noise — extremely tight, consistent and compressed, with a clear top end that stays defined under massive gain and no hum at all. They’re the metal standard (Metallica, Zakk Wylde, Metallica-era Hetfield). Because they’re hotter and more compressed than passive pickups, matching an EMG record on passive humbuckers means adding gain and tightening the low end.

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Master of Puppets — MetallicaEnter Sandman — MetallicaCreeping Death — MetallicaOne — MetallicaDiamond Eyes — DeftonesNothing Else Matters — MetallicaDigital Bath — DeftonesDuality — SlipknotEpidemic of Hate — Dying FetusMinerva — DeftonesPraise the Lord (Opium of the Masses) — Dying FetusHand Of Blood — Bullet for My Valentine...And Justice for All — MetallicaSleep Walk — DeftonesSonne — RammsteinNo More Tears — Ozzy OsbourneBulls On Parade (Live In Mexico City, MX, 10/28/99) — Rage Against the MachineThe Devil In I — Slipknot...And Justice for All — MetallicaWaking the Demon — Bullet for My ValentineMy Curse — Killswitch EngageFlying Whales — GojiraBattery — MetallicaPsychosocial (Live) — SlipknotWherever I May Roam — MetallicaRevenant — Loathe & NOWHERE2RUNGently — SlipknotEverytime I Die — Children of BodomNo More Tears — Ozzy OsbourneHigh Hopes — Pink FloydHomicidal Retribution — Dying FetusKimdracula — DeftonesEpitaph — NecrophagistSign Of Life — Motionless in WhiteNo More Tears — Ozzy OsbourneSuicide Messiah — Black Label SocietyDead Skin Mask — SlayerThat Was Just Your Life — MetallicaRust — Black Label SocietyDead Memories — SlipknotBattle-Axe — DeftonesLike Light to the Flies — TriviumTwo Towers — Fit for An AutopsyLa Valse Du Temps — LANDMVRKSTaion — the GazettEEvil Never Dies — Judas PriestOff the Heezay — A Trust UncleanThe Power in Belief — ICE NINE KILLSCryoshock (feat. Mel Rose) — MechinaYour Treachery Will Die With You — Dying FetusThe Summoning — Sleep TokenThe Death of Peace of Mind — Bad OmensHoly Roller — SpiritboxTo the Hellfire — Lorna ShoreJust Pretend — Bad OmensVice Grip — Parkway DriveMystery — TurnstileDr. Seuss Is Dead — Acid BathGraveflower — Acid BathScream of the Butterfly — Acid BathBefore I Forget — SlipknotWait and Bleed — SlipknotSulfur — SlipknotDu Hast — RammsteinRaining Blood — SlayerFeed the Fire — coldrain

EMG active pickups — FAQ

Do I need a EMG active pickups to get these tones?

No. GuitarToneAdapt models how a EMG active pickups shapes the sound and compensates so you can get close on your own pickup type and rig — free, in the browser.

What songs used a EMG active pickups?

Master of Puppets by Metallica, Enter Sandman by Metallica, Creeping Death by Metallica, One by Metallica, Diamond Eyes by Deftones, Nothing Else Matters by Metallica, Digital Bath by Deftones, Duality by Slipknot, and more.

66 songs · settings are community-researched estimates, adapted to your gear by GuitarToneAdapt.