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EMG KH20 Kirk Hammett Pre-wired Pickguard with 3 Pickups - White Pearl

Prewired Pickguard with Active Pickup Set, 2 Single-coil Pickups, 1 Humbucking Pickup, Volume and Tone Controls, and 5-way Switch
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Kirk Hammett's Signature Loaded Pickguard

Supercharge your guitar's tone with the same EMG KH20 pickup set Metallica's lead guitarist often uses live and in the studio. You get two active S single-coils that are made with ceramic magnets, chosen by Kirk for their tight and high-gain sound. An active 81 humbucker in the bridge rounds out the prewired 11-hole pickguard. EMG's Quick-Connect system makes installation a breeze. And wired-up volume and tone controls help you cover a wide tonal territory. Check out Sweetwater's fully loaded EMG KH20 Kirk Hammett pickguard when you're ready for his iconic high-gain tones.

EMG KH20 Kirk Hammett Loaded Pickguard:
  • Pickguard with 3 active pickups installed
  • 81 active bridge humbucker is a standard for metal guitar tone
  • S single-coil neck and middle pickups stay tight and focused
  • Prewired volume and tone controls included
  • Great drop in and play for 11-hole pickguard guitars
Upgrade your axe with EMG's Kirk Hammett-signature EMG KH20 loaded pickguard.

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Tech Specs

  • Instrument: Stratocaster
  • Type: 1 x EMG 81 Humbucker, 2 x EMG S Single-coil
  • Configuration: HSS Pickguard Set
  • Active/Passive: Active
  • Magnet Material: Ceramic/Steel
  • Number of Conductors: 2 wire plus battery
  • DC Resistance: 10K
  • Number of Strings: 6
  • Covering: Covered
  • Color: Black (pickups), White Pearl (pickguard)
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 1506.00

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Strat Upgrade

Fantastic pickup set. Upgraded my first guitar with this whole set up and so far have been extremely stoked about playing with my strat once again. The power from active pick ups is game changing! Rock and metal sound fantastic, as you could imagine when having the famous EMG 81 riding the bridge position. Installation was easy as 1,2,3. The pre-wired, solderless kit is perfect. I had this installed quickly. Just wish this came in an all black or black pearl option. Other than that, if youre upgrading your HSS strat or upgrading to HSS... DO IT with this set!
by Wes from Idaho on
Music background: Hobbyist

Great upgrade for Strat. Amazing tones. Clarity

Awesome versatility very happy with tones and clarity and ease of installation highly recommend the EMG SSH from great clean tones to heavy rock it's great. Also shipping was incredibly fast, ordered over the phone with matt and had it the next day. Easy installation.
by Mike from New Jersey on

Metal and Blues in one guitar

I have several guitars and some are good only for blues and rock and a couple only good for hard rock and metal. With this pickguard I have a guitar that can play metal,rock,hard rock and blues with one guitar.
by Marcus Jeffers from Reston VA on
Music background: Hobbyist

Kirk Hammet wired pickguard

i installed this in a george lynch ltd strat GL256 what a difference turned this guitar into a monster guitar plays great now it sounds incredible love the master tone knob thanx sweetwater again ur the best !!
by Tim Morrell from New Jersey on
Music background: playing for 45 years
See also: Guitar Pickups, EMG, EMG Electric Guitar Pickups, EMG Guitar Prewired Kits
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