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Key Features
Vintage sound. Modern construction. The EMG Fat 55 Pickup Set gives you the distinctive tones of 50s and 60s-style 'P.A.F.' pickups in a system that benefits from 21st century sound quality. Classic, rock 'n' roll guitar sound has never been this clear.
Experience remarkable clarity. Alnico magnets and open coil bobbins deliver tones at every frequency with complete precision. Enjoy pure sound unaffected by noise interference. An external preamp gives you the benefit of low impedance output, meaning your sound will always be clean and never tainted by irritating feedback. This is golden age sound for the modern day.
Product Ref: 95498
The original P.A.F. (Patent Applied For) pickup sound is remembered fondly. And with good reason. Its ability to produce both warmth at the low-end and brightness at high pitches was remarkable. It was with these pickups loaded in their guitars that the very first rock 'n' roll pioneers created the genre in the 1950s and 1960s.
But back then, technology was limited. Despite their nostalgic sound, when revisiting these classic pickups, you can't help but notice that they produced a lot of noisy, muddy feedback. This could cause otherwise brilliant guitar lines to get lost in translation. So with the Fat 55 Set, EMG endeavoured to recreate the vintage sound of the P.A.F. without any of the unfortunate noise interference.
They've succeeded. Thanks to Alnico magnets, the Fat 55 will make your deep, dark blues riffs boom with power. When you want to unleash an exhilarating, overdriven solo, it'll deliver each and every note with sharpness and definition. And it'll do all of this without the horrible hum or buzz associated with the original P.A.F. pickups. An expertly-designed modern preamp ensures everything you play is delivered with low-impedance output, giving you extreme clarity. Built for rock 'n' roll, this is sound quality like you've never had before.