EMG-AT93U-L Acoustic Pickup  E-mail this product to a friend

The EMG-AT93U-L (Split Saddle) is the same natural sounding saddle pickups featured in the AS93U and AS125U Systems. Available in two widths, 3/32 and 1/8 inch, each patented EMG pickup uses piezo film layered in a bimorph design. This design has many advantages over the old design using piezo crystals. Unlike the crystals, the film has no resonance in the audible region so it does not have that annoying harshness inherent in the crystal pickups. Secondly, because the film runs the length of the pickup, the number of strings and string spacing becomes a non-factor. Each AT93U and AT125U include the EMG UltraJak.

There are a couple of reasons you would want to purchase a pickup separately. Firstly, if you're using an external preamp system that allows you to plug the pickup in directly without the on-board APA-2 preamp. Secondly, if you just want a pickup you can use for practicing at home and don't require great sound, just some output. The output impedance of the AT93 and AT125 pickups is about 3.0 MegOhm so in order to get full bandwidth frequency response you need a preamplifier with an input impedance of at least 10 MegOhms.