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Tinkering with Pickups 102 – The Humbucker Magnet Swap
In Tinkering With Pickups 101 we went through some fairly simple modifications that can alter the tone of humbucker pickups. These didn’t really risk damaging the pickup, but the following...
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The Duncan Custom – Pumped Up and Pushed to 11
I want my bridge pickup to be able to cut through the mix. It needs to really crunch, have a percussive quality when playing muted parts, and have a fast response. The other thing is that I need the...
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Introducing The Seymour Duncan Custom Shop SLUG
The Seymour Duncan Custom Shop will make pretty much anything, from the most accurate vintage-recreation pickups to some pretty out-there stuff. Case in point: SLUG. On the surface it looks like the...
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Anatomy Of A Humbucker
Custom Shop wall of Fame. There are so many pickups out there, I want to try them all. P90s, mini humbuckers, all flavors of Fender Single Coils (Jazzmaster, Jaguar, Strat, Tele and many more)… but few...
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Introducing The Dave Murray Loaded Pickguard For Stratocaster
Iron Maiden’s Dave Murray has been using the Hot Rails and JB Jr. single coil-sized humbucking pickups for years because of their power and versatility. As Dave puts it, “My Seymour Duncan pickups...
View ArticleSeymour Duncan Releases Mark Holcomb Alpha & Omega Signature Pickups
SANTA BARBARA, CA March 1, 2017 – Seymour Duncan, a leading manufacturer of pickups and pedals, announces the over-the-counter release of Periphery guitarist Mark Holcomb’s Alpha and Omega pickups in...
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Tonal Properties of Guitar Pickup Magnets
At the heart of every pickup, whether it’s a humbucker or a single-coil, is one or more magnets that define the fundamental character of the pickup’s tone. Learn how a pickup’s magnet type impacts its...
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Ceramic Humbucker Tone Profiles
Learn the tonal differences between a few of our most popular humbuckers that feature Ceramic magnets Duncan Custom Bridge DCR: 14.1k A hot humbucker which uses a small ceramic magnet and...
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What Tone Capacitors Do I Need For My Guitar?
Your guitar’s tone capacitors (caps) are the most underrated component of your guitar. Tone caps are so underrated, many players never even utilize their tone knobs. Others still settle for the one...
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