EMG neck pickups

alex1fly

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I've had an 81 in the bridge of an SE Custom for a while, love it, want to add a neck pickup to it. Looking at 66 and 81 primarily because they have splittable versions. Any thoughts on these options? The 66 in particular seems lesser known.

The 60 is commonly used in the neck, I'd consider it as well but it is not splittable. And the 89 is another popular one but I hesitate about adding a pickup voiced for warmth.

This guitar is primarily a recording guitar for my home studio, I use it for everything from metalcore to pop. The 81 brings a clarity and an ease to recording, it's a real joy.
 
I swapped my 81/85 and 81/60 emg guitars for the 57/66 set. 66 is for me closer to a Paf sound in active form and has a better clean sound than the 60.
 
I used to have 85/60a pair like 15 years ago or so, and I really liked it. 60a was the Alnico version of the 60. Not sure if they still make that
 
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