EMG, Inc.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

EMG, Inc. is the current legal name of a company based in Santa Rosa, California which manufactures guitar pickups and EQ accessories. Founded in 1976, the company was originally called Dirtywork Studios. The name was changed to "Overlend" (spelled "Overland" in some sources) in 1978 and then to the current name in 1983. However, its products have always been called EMG pickups. "EMG" stands for "Electro-Magnetic Generator". Among guitar and bass accessories, the company sells active pickups, such as the EMG 81, the EMG 85, the EMG 60, and the EMG 89 humbuckers, and also passive pickups such as the EMG-HZ Series, which include SRO-OC1's and SC Sets. There is also a hybrid between active and passive pickups called the X-Series.