My Guitar Notes

Specimen 730

EMG 81 / 85 / 57-7

EMG 81 / 85 / 57-7 — photograph by Nikita Borisov
Nikita Borisov — CC BY-SA 3.0 — via Wikimedia CommonsReport this image

Note

THE active pickups of metal (Hetfield/Hammett defined the 81+85 combo).

Related models — same class — active pickup

Same era — 1970s

  • Bich010BichB.C. Rich · 1970
  • Eagle011EagleB.C. Rich · 1970
  • Mockingbird012MockingbirdB.C. Rich · 1976
  • 029HD-28C.F. Martin & Co. · 1976
  • ML065MLDean Guitars · 1977
  • V067VDean Guitars · 1977

Same body shape / configuration — active pickup

See also