EMG Releases Tom Morello 'TM Set' Based on His Arm the Homeless Wiring
The set pairs an EMG 85 in the bridge with an EMG H in the neck, the combination in Morello's main guitar since the late 1980s, sold together for the first time.
Aug 26, 2026
Credit: EMG / Guitar World
EMG has bundled the pickup pairing from Tom Morello's "Arm the Homeless" guitar into a single signature set, picked up by the guitar press in the last week of August. It's an EMG 85 at the bridge and an EMG H at the neck, the same combination Morello has run in that guitar since the late '80s, through Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, and his solo records.
The 85 is a familiar active humbucker with an alnico magnet, aggressive but still usable for cleans. The H is the less common part: it's EMG's single-coil S design built into a humbucker-sized cap, so it drops into guitars routed only for humbuckers while still giving a brighter, more wiry neck tone. The set is stamped with the older-style EMG logo to match the vintage units in Morello's guitar.
EMG lists the set as available now. Pricing was not given in the early coverage.
Credit: EMGtv (official)
Why it matters
Morello's rhythm-and-lead tone is one of the most recognizable in modern rock, and this is the first time his exact factory pickup combination has been offered as a matched set for anyone modding an S-style guitar.
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