Seymour Duncan Blackout Neck & Bridge Set Gold
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Description
9-volt active humbucker for aggressive playing styles. Recommended for old school metal, garage, punk, thrash, drop tunings, and other heavy rock styles.
Description:
Before designing Blackouts, we did a little market research. We found that while lots of guitarists love active pickups, many wanted a tone that was more organic, less sterile, less compressed, and with a more extended frequency response. In our efforts to solve those issues we designed Blackouts to use balanced inputs going into a differential preamp. With balanced inputs, not only are Blackouts up to 14dB quieter than the competition, but they also have more lows, more highs, less scooped mids, less compression and a more organic feel. Simply put, the Blackouts have more tone than other active pickups.
The bridge pickup uses a ceramic magnet for power and dynamics and the neck pickup uses an alnico magnet for a smooth breakup. If you like the advantages of active pickups, but you really care about your tone, you'll love Blackouts.
Complete Setup:
Blackouts are available in individual neck and bridge models, or as a two-pickup set. All versions come with all necessary mounting hardware, including pots, jack, and a battery clip.
Guitars:
For all humbucker guitars. The blade magnets make this pickup suitable for both humbucker and Trembucker string spacings.
Q & A
- asked on Feb 13, 2024
- answered by Ron Elliott, Kingston, Ontario
- asked on Apr 5, 2025
Talk to a guitar tech in your local store to see what will be involved.
- answered by Bradford Pettigrew, Edmonton Highlands, Alberta

