Quote Originally Posted by frankfalbo View Post
I'm sorry this world has hardened you to this point. Everything we've said about the Slash pickup and it's development quite simply is true. Seymour Duncan does not "pull a fast one" on anyone. It's not in our culture. While AlexR is just speculating, some of what he's saying is much closer to the truth than anything you're fearing. I shouldn't have to ever respond to a suggestion that we are motivated by monetary gain at the expense of our customers' trust or money. And yet I will: Your fears are not justified. That is not how we make decisions. The Slash pickup uses a different wire and wind, a maple spacer, a long legged bottom plate, and single conductor wire. Yes a very small part of the cost difference is because any use of a celebrity name simply MUST be accompanied by an agreement or else the celebrity can diminish their rights to protest the use of their name in other situations. But it is not the real reason the pickup costs more. It also costs more to make.

It is very rare I will entertain discussions of this nature but this discussion has been structured in such a way that this is probably the only way to put it to rest. But I really shouldn't be discussing artist relations or details of this nature. If it cuts through cynicism then maybe it's worth it.

We get the occasional cynic on the YJM and Slash pickups, but I was here for the development of both and I can say that everything we put into print is exactly as it happened. No more really needs to be said.
Hey man, very cool for you to respond and thanks for stepping in. I assure that I'm not any more "hardened" by this world than your average adult. And given the history of the guitar/pickups involved you would have to admit my skepticism was not completely unfounded. And I have to tell you that not only do I use Seymour Duncan pickups, but have turned on many of my guitar playing colleagues as well. I am the gear researcher of the group and for every one of your pickups I buy, you sell at least triple that to my friends, on my recommendation. That said, I was feeling uncomfortable about what I was reading.
I sincerely accept that you were there for the development. There are a couple of questions that I'd like to know the guitars used in the development and such, not out of skepticism, but because it would be fascinating.