Since the early days of Seymour Duncan, guitarists have been coming to our Custom Shop looking for pickups to bring a little extra howl and growl to their vintage guitars. For the past three decades, one of the most requested Custom Shop exclusives has been the BG1400. The pickup was designed for Telecaster® players looking for something a little fatter and hum-cancelling without sacrificing too much of the twang factor.

This tried-and-true Stack® bridge pickup features a pair of overwound coils on top of one another. The result is a noise-canceling Telecaster® bridge pickup with a slightly more compressed, yet balanced attack and bodacious presence across all strings.

The BG1400 neck pickup is available for purchase from the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop.

We moved the Rickenbacker bass tone from great to downright amazing! The bridge pickup uses Alnico 5 magnets to add power and sustain for those wanting a bigger push without tonal coloration. The result is slightly larger than the stock bridge pickup, so the original chrome mounting ring cannot be used with it. We supply a special phenolic mounting ring that goes well with our pickup and will look great on your bass.  

The neck pickup uses two ceramic magnets and special windings to add warmth, clarity and tonal range over stock a Ric neck pickup. This pickup is also slightly hotter and warmer than the originals, as well as hum-cancelling. 

For those of us who aren’t able to own a late ‘60s Stratocaster, installing a set of our Psychedelic Strat pickups is the next best thing! These vintage voiced pickups have the signature psychedelic and paisley underground sound found in all of our favorite feedback and wah drenched extended solos.

Using traditional materials and period accurate wind, these Alnico 5 loaded pickups deliver unique depth and fullness to your sound. On the clean side, they deliver the desired scooped and glassy tones, and when you stomp on a fuzz, you’ll get tight and defined clarity in all positions.

Jeff Loomis knows what he wants to hear from his guitar, whether playing solo or as a member of iconic metal bands such as Arch Enemy and Conquering Dystopia. When he set out to design his signature Blackouts set, Jeff wanted pickups that would remain clear under heavy distortion, with a strong pick attack to maintain definition when he plays fast, and with enough sustain and dynamics to keep up with his virtuoso legato and sweep-picking techniques.

The Jeff Loomis Blackouts are inspired by the voicing of high-output passive humbuckers, but with the output, headroom, and low noise of actives. Jeff’s active Blackouts set is designed to sound more organic and dynamic than most active humbuckers. Jeff’s active Blackouts™ set is designed to sound more organic and dynamic than most active humbuckers. His bridge humbucker is a high-output pickup made with an Alnico 5 bar magnet. It keeps power chords sounding big and powerful and has a pronounced midrange response with a strong pick attack for tracking fast playing.

His neck pickup employs Alnico 5 rod magnets to further enhance the response to picking and legato techniques, with a slight bump in the treble frequencies and a focused bass response to keep lower notes from sounding too boomy. Available for 6-string, or for 7-string in a passive mount architecture with black brushed nickel covers or in an active mount soapbar housing.