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- Yes, you can purchase humbucker covers from any Seymour Duncan dealer. Nickel Humbucker cover part #'s: 11800-20-NC for standard pole spacing 11800-21-NC for Trembucker or 'F' spacing Gold Humbucker Covers Part #'s: 11800-20-GC for standard pole spacing 11800-21-GC for...
- Yes. Nearly all our humbuckers and Trembuckers come with optional gold or nickel plated covers. The only exceptions are the pickups that don't have standard pole pieces, like the Invader, Dimebucker, Stag Mag and Parallel Axis Trembuckers....
- Sorry, we don't make direct replacements for Rickenbacker guitars. We do offer rewinding service, which generally costs $65 for a single coil, $85 for a humbucker. If you're interested, please contact our Custom Shop at 805-964-9610 between 8 am...
- All our pickups have some identifying characteristics, usually including a label on the underside. If your pickup was built before 2002, click here. If it was built in 2002 or after, click here....
- We measure it directly by sweeping the pickup from 20 Hz to 20 KHz, driving it from a constant current source. We then measure the voltage magnitude across the coil and graph the change in voltage versus frequency. The...
- Functions of switches on old-style "Active EQ" bass pickups We stopped making the switch pickups ("Active EQ") in the mid-'90s. We replaced them with the Pro-Active? series. The little rocker switches on the Active EQ pickups change the sound....
- We are supplying pickups on an OEM basis to Ed Roman Guitars located in Las Vegas, NV, along with a limited number of brands that are either built for Ed Roman Guitars or are distributed by Ed Roman Guitars....
- One type of Trembucker that we made famous is our patented Parallel Axis design [see]. Here, four pole pieces per string insure that all the vibrations are captured for greater tonal range and dynamics. Because they're Trembuckers, they're designed...
- We do not list the specifications of the Pearly Gates Plus in our Tone Chart because this pickup is not sold retail and can only be found in the Lone Star Strat®. For comparison purposes, here are the specs:...
- We're making both guitar and bass pickups for Ibanez. We arrived at these designs after working closely with their guitar and bass R&D departments. Some of the pickups are made in USA and some are made offshore. The specifications...
- When the Discovery Channel needed someone to build the world's biggest pickup for their series BIG!, who did they call? Seymour Duncan! Here's some exclusive pictures from inside the Seymour Duncan factory where Seymour and his crew hand made...
- Humbuckers and Trembuckers are very similar to each other, and most humbucker models also come in Trembucker versions. The Trembucker-spaced JB, for example, is a TB-4 and the humbucker-spaced version in an SH-4. The only difference is the wider...
- Occasionally we'll get a request for a reverse zebra humbucker. It's a zebra humbucker with the cream and black bobbins switched. We call this "reverse zebra". Which coil will be which gets kind of confusing, so we've made a...
- We have a small brochure that lists just our 28 most popular pickup models. These pickups account for more than 80% of all our sales and generally meet the needs of most everyday players. However, we make another 80...
- There is no "EVH" pickup. There is, however, a custom shop pickup called the 78 Model, which some people abbreviate as "E.V.H.," because it offers evenly-voiced harmonics. The 78 Model pickup is a faithful recreation of the legendary low-output,...
- There are three options: 1. Use a Twin Sound Spot XL and mount them on the inside of the instrument on either side of the bridge. This works well and sounds natural, but can not be played at high...
- The Pearly Gates is rather different than the "Pearly Gates Plus" that is on various Fender instruments including the Lone Star StratT®, Fat Strat, Big Apple Strat and some Showmaster® guitars. The Pearly Gates Plus is only available on...
- If you want to learn more about guitar electronics, take a look at the book, "Guitar Electronics for Musicians" by Donald Brosnac. It's a great guide to guitar electronics, including pickups, components, and circuits, plus there are schematics for...
- The Tweak Fuzz is a tone shaper, not a tone booster. The Tweak Fuzz design is based on a truly vintage circuit like the old Fuzz Face pedal. Depending on your set-up, you may find that to achieve a...
- The Invader (SH-8) is not available as a trembucker because it really doesn't need to be. It has very large hex screw pole pieces which surround the strings adequately with their magnetic fields....