EMG JH James Hetfield Active Humbucker Set, Black Chrome

Main Features

• James Hetfeild Signature Set
• Active EMG JH-N and JH-B Humbucker Pickups
• EMG Solderless Install System for Easy Installation
• Everything You Need In The Box!

Metallica have been a defining staple in Metal for over 30 Years! Throughout their monstrously successful career, EMG pickups have been the lynchpin to their guitar tone. The James Hetfeild EMG Signature Set that has been designed the ground up to create his perfect pickups! The James Hetfield 'Het Set' provide High-Output, superior clarity & a fierce attack while maintaining the distinctive EMG tone!


In early 2009, James Hetfield contacted EMG Pickups president Rob Turner and presented him with a challenge: to create a 'stealth' looking set that captures the clarity and punch of a passive pickup and still retains the legendary active tone that moulded a generation.

Now available in EMG Metal Works Finishes and EMG's Solderless Installation System components, the JH Set consists of the JH-N (neck) and the JH-B (bridge). Both pickups were patterned after the pickups James has used for 30 years but the end result was a completely different animal. The JH-N has individual ceramic poles and bobbins that feature a larger core and are taller than the 60. This produces more attack, higher output, and fuller low end in the neck position. The JH-B uses the same type of core but has steel pole pieces, unlike the 81 that uses bar magnets. This produces the familiar tight attack with less inductance for a cleaner low end.

IN THE BOX - EMG'S EXCLUSIVE SOLDERLESS INSTALL SYSTEM (PATENT PENDING): CABLES (2), VOLUME/TONE CONTROLS (4), SCREWS & SPRINGS. INCLUDES 1 Metallica SIGNATURE GUITAR PICK.