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EMG H4 Passive Electric Guitar Humbucker Pickup, Black

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Features

  • Combines the power of our active 81 with the soul of a passive PAF
  • Produces a well-balanced tone, with tight bass response, glassy mids, and crunchy highs
  • Utilizes over-wound coils loaded with ceramic bar magnets that are fully shielded to reduce noise
  • Often used in the bridge position where it shines with excellent range, responsiveness, and sweet harmonics
  • If you want a big rock or heavy modern guitar sound, this is the pickup for you

Description

The EMG H4 is our best selling passive humbucker. Combining the power of our active 81 with the soul of a passive PAF, the tone is well balanced, with tight bass, glassy mids, and crunchy highs. These great tonal features are achieved by utilizing over wound coils loaded with ceramic bar magnets, all fully shielded for minimal noise. This pickup is most often used in the bridge position where it shines with excellent range, responsiveness and sweet harmonics. If you want a big rock or heavy modern sound, this is the pickup for you.


Item Weight: 8 ounces


Product Dimensions: 2.63 x 2.38 x 6 inches


Item model number: H4


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No


Date First Available: April 13, 2004


Body Material: Mahogany


Color Name: BLACK


Guitar Pickup Configuration: H


String Gauge: Light


String Material: Nickel Steel


Guitar Bridge System: Tune-O-Matic


Instrument Key: A


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  • Achieving that metal tone I was looking for
Couldn't be happier. I installed on in the bridge of my Ibanez 450DX that I picked up a few months ago. I noticed an immediate improvement towards the tone that I've been trying to achieve. I considered putting an H4A in the neck but realized that I've rarely switch to middle or neck pickups. Perhaps in the future I will. Since I wanted to use my stock switch and 500k pots, I had to solder the wires directly to my switch. It was a little intimidating because a wiring diagram for the 450DX is no where to be found online. I think that in the future, I might just toss a H4A in the neck, switch out to the EMG pots and buy a 3 way switch to tie all together. My center single coil center pup will just be used for aesthetics. If you play metal and wish to switch out your old passive pups then the H4 is definitely worth a try. If you're worried about having enough room for a battery like I was, this passive pickup might be the right choice for you. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2018 by 85C 85C

  • The mistake that redeemed itself
One day I was just browsing the emg pickups, and mistakenly ordered this with Amazon's one click buy function. It was something I had wanted for a cheap guitar that I liked to play, but didn't think I needed it then. I was surprised when it showed up 3 days later, after thinking I only looked at it online. While it may have been ordered by mistake, I am glad I decided to keep it. Up until this pickup I had never done any work on a guitars internal workings and was nervous about doing so. But let me tell you, EMG makes installing these extremely easy, especially if you have a guitar with only one pickup. Their solder free installation is so easy and effective. They have diagrams to show the the setups for multiple scenarios. I was able to install the pickup in 30 minutes (would have been less but I had to modify the guitar a little to fit it), and it worked without any problems and made my cheap guitar sound much better. Not to mention I love looks of the emg pickups, and goes well with my all black guitar. I am extremely satisfied with my mistake, and will be buying more EMG pickups in the future. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2015 by Joe

  • Awesome Sound!
I was a little apprehensive about purchasing a passive EMG pickup, knowing how impressive the active pickups are, but I was very impressed with the sound and tone that this humbucker puts out! In the bridge position I get awesome tone and sustain with overdrive and distortion with a solid crunch! And in a clean setting the sustain is just as good, and surprisingly I get a 50's and 60's telecaster twang that sounds great when I'm playing the oldies. I will be buying more of these for my builds in the future! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2021 by Doug Beavers

  • Installed in minutes
Unbelievably easy installation. Only had to soldier the jack and ground wire. The rest of the connections are made simply by plugging in these little clips that hold securely. EMG makes great stuff and this one is a no- brainer. Pickup sounds better than the one that came with the guitar. Good output with a tight midrange, not too heavy bass and the highs cut through. Very satisfied with purchase. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2021 by Jeffrey

  • EMG Greatness!
I purchased the EMG H4 to put in my Jackson PS4 Performer that I bought in 2001. I never cared for the stock Jackson pickups, and before the EMG I had a Seymour Duncan Invader in the bridge. I can honestly say that this guitar has never sounded as good as it does now. The H4 is a passive pickup and comes with a jack, wiring harnesses, tone and volume knob using EMG's proprietary wiring hook-ups, no soldering necessary. I still need to get the mid and neck pickups along with a switch, but will do that over time. I get an amazing sound from it, and it really does give new life to an old guitar. I love it. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2017 by Carlos Santos

  • Great pickup! Easy install
This pickup was amazing and far better than I expected. I woke up this morning and went to check the mail and suprisingly it was there, considering the fact that I ordered it 3 days ago! The package was very nice and organized and emg even threw in a couple of stickers! I am a teenager who had no experience in changing pickups prior to today and I found it extremely easy to install these. The instructions and diagrams are easily read and have 3 to 4 scenarios to match your guitar setup. The only problem I had was some feedback on my amp and that was my fault for not installing the ground wire correctly, but other than that all was smooth! I highly recommend this pickup to anybody who wants a nice metal sound for a very cheap price! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2015 by alex lequeux

  • Sounds great! Easy install!
Easy install and roaring tone defiantly will give your squire strat some extra kick!
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2021 by Kenneth Vail Kenneth Vail

  • Amazing humbucker
I'm really happy with the emg h4 humbucker and with the amazon service, it arrived before of time, I'm from Colombia, the EMG's sound is fantastic guys, I totally recommend it.
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2020 by Andrey

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