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The STC-3SB Steve Bailey Fretless Tone Circuit
Fretless bass is a strange beast. Sure, it looks like a regular bass guitar, but requires a different skill set. Additionally, the electronics in the fretless bass need to be tweaked to the specific frequencies of the fretless bass as well. Leave it to Seymour Duncan to team up with fretless royalty, Steve Bailey, for the STC-3SB fretless active preamp. Continue reading
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Tagged bass, Fretless, Harmonics, Seymour Duncan, STC-3SB, Steve Bailey, Warwick
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Introducing The Sentient 7/8 String Neck Pickup
The Sentient is a neck pickup which pairs equally well with the Pegasus (for prog rock and modern metal) and the Nazgûl (for aggressive metal). It’s voiced to capture a blend of vintage PAF and modern tones with enough output to deliver harmonically rich distorted lead tones, but subtle enough to give you deep, detailed cleans. Continue reading
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Tagged 7 string, 8 string, Nazgul, neck pickup, Pegasus, Sentient, Sh-1, sh-2
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New Perri Ink. Guitars With Own-Label Seymour Duncan Pickups
Perri Ink. – the company founded by guitarist Nick Perri of Silvertide – has introduced two new custom guitars, the South St and the Melrose. These instruments feature boldly different body styles to each other but they share a lot in common too: both feature quarter-sawn maple necks with reverse headstocks and rosewood fingerboards, solid alder bodies, vintage 6-hole tremolos, and a trio of Perri Ink. Label Seymour Duncan mini-humbucker pickups. Continue reading
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Tagged '78 model, custom shop, etched covers, mini humbucker, Nick Perri, Perri Ink. Cartel, Perri Ink. Guitars
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The Metal Hammer That Is The Synyster Gates Invader
Sometimes there is only one tool that you need – a hammer. Things just need to be hit, and they need to be hit hard. When it comes to guitar pickups the SH-8 Invader would be considered the hammer of … Continue reading
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Tagged Avenged Sevenfold, invader, schecter, sh-8, synyster gates, TB-8SG
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Introducing The Nazgûl
It’s not just a pickup, it’s a weapon of tonal Armageddon. The Nazgûl was designed with a single purpose; for intense high-output-chug heavy punch-you-in-the-chest ruthless distortion. The tone is heavy and aggressive but it also retains articulation and provides the … Continue reading
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7/8 String Soapbar Size Now Available
Ever since active pickups came out and many guitar manufacturers starting building with them in mind, there’s been one problem – the standard size of active pickups (Phase II) is different than the size of regular passive humbuckers. Changing out … Continue reading
Introducing The Pegasus
The Pegasus is the newest offering from Seymour Duncan that was designed for the demands of 7/8 string players. Put a Pegasus in the bridge of your guitar and you’ll hear harmonic richness, great dynamics, and defined string separation that ensures all those notes break through any distorted mix. Continue reading
The Kramer Chronicles Volume VI: The Pearly Gates Neck
In this ongoing saga of testing out Duncan humbuckers in my trusty rebuilt vintage Kramer Voyager, I’ve been through quite a few bridge pickups all paired with the ’59N, which is a great neck pickup. Not just great but super … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Gibbons, Floyd Rose, FU-Tone, Kramer, Pearly Gates, Sh-4, The Kramer Chronicles
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Li’l Screamin’ Demon for Strat
Following on from my demonstration of the Little ’59 pickups, I wanted to continue with a few words about the Li’l Screamin’ Demon. Most discussions of single-coil-sized humbuckers tend to drift towards the pickups that make up the Everything Axe … Continue reading
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The Kramer Chronicles Volume V: The JB/59 set
In part five of the Kramer Chronicles, by reader request, we’ll check out what is one the most desired bridge pickups and pickup combinations ever: the workhorse ’59N and the legendary JB. The SH/TB-4 JB is the flagship humbucker of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Boogie Bodies, Floyd Rose, FU-Tone, Kramer, Kramer Voyager, Seymour Duncan, Sh-1, Sh-4, TB-4, The Kramer Chronicles
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