EMG 58X Long Shaft Active Humbucker Pickup in Ivory

The long shaft design extends the potentiometer threading to fit guitars with deeper control cavities or non-standard pot configurations. Verify your guitar's control cavity depth and pot specifications before ordering—if your guitar uses standard shallow cavities and short-shaft pots, a standard EMG model may be the better fit.

Yes, the 58X is an active humbucker powered by a 9V battery. Active design delivers consistent high output, superior noise rejection, and the compressed, articulate character ideal for high-gain and studio recording—the tradeoff is battery maintenance and soldering/wiring a power circuit, though EMG's solderless installation system simplifies that process.

The 58X produces fat, round lows with articulate highs and musical sustain, built on AlNiCo/steel magnet construction. It's engineered for metal, hard rock, and high-gain applications; it's not voiced for jazz, blues, or folk playing styles.

You get the pickup, two 25k volume potentiometers, one 25k tone potentiometer, a battery bus, stereo output jack, mounting screws, springs, and all necessary cables for solderless installation.

The 58X sits between the 81 and 57X in output and tone character—it delivers high output and compressed tone like the 81 but with a rounder, fatter midrange. The key difference here is the long shaft potentiometer accommodation; choose the 58X if your guitar cavity demands it, otherwise compare tone voicing across the three models.

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