20 09 SE Y MOUR STOMPBOXES P.5 DUNCAN EDUCATION P. 11 PRODUCT ELECTRIC GUITAR PICKUPS P. 13 SOURCEBOOK ACOUSTIC GUITAR PICKUPS P. 51 BASSLINES P. 55 CUSTOM SHOP P. 69 GEAR P. 71 TONE CHART P. 75 2009 PRODUCT SOURCEBOOK Pickups and Stompboxes seymourduncan.com FOR TONE THAT SETS YOU APART TONE. IT’S WHAT DEFINES YOU. IT’S WHAT SETS YOU APART. THE SUBTLE. THE OVERPOWERING. THE LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES. P OSSIBILITIES WE’VE PURSUED FOR A LIFETIME. POSSIBILITIES BORN FROM A COMMITMENT TO CRAFTSMANSHIP AND A TR UE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARTIST’S DESIRE. THE DESI RE TO CREATE. THE DESIRE TO EXPLORE. THE DESIRE TO IM AGINE. IMAGINE YO URSELF. SEYMOUR DUNCAN FOR TONE THAT SETS YOU APART BASSLINES STOMPBOXES ELECTRIC GUITAR PICKUPS SOAPBARS SFX-10 Déjá Vu Tap Delay........................ 5 HUMBUCKERS P-90S PICKUPS FOR TELE® SSB-5NYC Passive Phase II NYC ................ 55 SFX-09 Double Back Compressor ........... 6 SSB-4/5 Passive Phase II ........................... 55 SFX-11 Twin Tube Blue ................................ 6 Vintage Humbuckers SP90-1 Vintage P-90 Soapbar ................27 Vintage Single Coils ASB-6 Active Phase II ............................... 55 SFX-04 Twin Tube Mayhem ....................... 7 SH-1 ’59 Model ................................ 13 SP90-2 Hot P-90 Soapbar.......................27 STL-1b Vintage for Broadcaster Lead ......41 ASB2-5 Active Phase II ............................. 55 SFX-01 Pickup Booster................................ 8 SH-55 Seth Lover Model ................... 14 SP90-3 Custom P-90 Soapbar .................27 STR-1 Vintage Rhythm ............................41 ASB2-6 Active Phase II ............................. 55 ASB-5 Active Phase I ................................ 56 SFX-02 Tweak Fuzz ..................................... 8 APH-1 Alnico II Pro ........................... 14 STK-P1 P-90 Stack ..................................28 STL-1 Vintage ’54 Lead ..........................42 SH-PG1 Pearly Gates ........................ 14 SPH90-1 Phat Cat ..................................28 ABOB-4/5 Blackouts for Bass ................... 56 SFX-03 Twin Tube Classic ........................... 8 Alternative Single Coils SFX-05 Lava Box ......................................... 9 ® Modern Humbuckers ® STL- 2 Hot Lead ......................................43 PICKUPS FOR FENDER BASS SFX-06 Paranormal ..................................... 9 PICKUPS FOR STRAT SH-3 Stag Mag................................ 15 STR-2 Hot Rhythm ...................................43 SFX-07 Shape Shifter.................................. 10 ® ® SHPR-1 P-Rails .................................. 15 Vintage Single Coils STL-3 Quarter-Pound Lead ......................43 Active for Jazz Bass and P-Bass SFX-08 Power Grid ..................................... 10 SH-2 Jazz Model ............................. 16 AJJ-1 Pro-Active for Jazz Bass® ................. 57 SSL-1 Vintage Staggered ........................29 STR-3 Quarter-Pound Rhythm ..................43 SH-10 Full Shred .............................. 16 APB-1 Pro-Active for P-Bass ....................... 57 APS-1 Alnico II Pro Staggered ................30 APTL-1 Alnico II Pro Lead .......................44 SH-12 Screamin’ Demon .......................16 APB-2 Lightnin’ Rods for P-Bass ................. 57 APS-2 Alnico II Pro Flat ..........................30 APTR-1 Alnico II Pro Rhythm ...................44 SH-4 JB Model ................................ 17 AJJ-2 Lightnin’ Rods for Jazz Bass ............. 57 EDUCATION SSL52-1 Five-Two ....................................31 APTL-3JD Jerry Donahue Model Lead .....45 STL52-1 Five-Two Lead .............................46 ® CHOOSING YOUR PICKUP TS-1/2 Triple Shot Mounting Ring ..... 18 STR52-1 Five-Two Rhythm ........................46 Single Coil Pickups for Jazz Bass Alternative Single Coils SJB-1 Vintage for Jazz Bass ...................... 58 SEYMOUR SAYS SSL-2 Vintage Flat ..................................32 How to choose the right pickup for you ..... 11 High Output Humbuckers Single Coil-Sized Humbuckers SJB-2 Hot for Jazz Bass ............................ 59 SSL-3 Hot ...............................................32 SH-6 Duncan Distortion .................... 18 STK-T3b Vintage Stack Lead ...................47 SJB-3 Quarter-Pound for Jazz Bass ........... 59 SLS-1 Lipstick Tube..................................32 I can’t believe it’s been more than 30 INSTALLATION SH-5 Duncan Custom ....................... 19 STK-T1n Vintage Stack Rhythm ................47 SSL-4 Quarter-Pound Flat .......................33 ® years since Cathy Carter Duncan and I SH-11 Custom Custom ....................... 19 STK-T2b Hot Stack ...................................47 Stack Pickups for Jazz Bass SSL-7 Quarter-Pound Staggered .............33 started Seymour Duncan Pickups out of a How to install a pickup .............................. 70 SH-14 Custom 5 ................................ 19 ST59-1b Little ’59 ....................................48 STK-J2 Hot Stack ...................................... 59 APST-1 Twang Banger ............................33 loft in downtown Santa Barbara. When I STHR-1b Hot Rails for Tele - Lead .............48 STK-J1 Classic Stack ................................. 60 SSL-5 Custom Staggered ........................34 think about how far we’ve come, it pretty GLOSSARY Aggressive Humbuckers STHR-1n Hot Rails for Tele - Rhythm .........48 much comes down to two things: The SH-13 Dimebucker ........................... 20 SSL-6 Custom Flat ...................................34 Pickups for 5-String Jazz Bass® product. And you. What it means ........................................... 73 SH-8 Invader ................................... 21 MORE SINGLE COIL PICKUPS SJ5-3 Quarter-Pound for 5-String .............. 61 SH-15 Alternative 8 .......................... 21 Single Coil-Sized Humbuckers SJ5-67-70 Passive Single coils ................... 62 All Seymour Duncan and Basslines pickups SHR-1 Hot Rails ......................................35 Pickups for Jaguar® SJ5-70-74 Passive Single coils ................... 62 TONE CHART SVR-1 Vintage Rails ................................36 are built by hand in my Santa Barbara SJAG-1 Vintage ......................................49 AJB-5 Active 5-String ................................ 62 PARALLEL AXIS TREMBUCKERS SCR-1 Cool Rails ....................................36 factory. There are cheaper and more SJAG-2 Hot ............................................49 SJB-5 5-String Stack .................................. 62 Technical specifications .............................. 75 SL59-1 Little ’59 .....................................37 mechanized ways to build pickups. SJAG-3 Quarter-Pound ...........................49 PATB-1 Original Trembucker ............... 22 SDBR-1 Duckbuckers ..............................37 Pickups for P-Bass® I know. I’ve seen them in my travels. PATB-2 Distortion Trembucker ............. 22 SLSD-1 George Lynch Li’l Screamin’ Demon .37 ® SPB-3 Quarter-Pound ................................ 63 But Seymour Duncan pickups are not PATB-3 Blues Saraceno Model ............ 22 Lipstick Tube for Danelectro ACOUSTIC SJBJ-1 JB Jr. ...........................................38 SPB-1 Vintage .......................................... 63 about “cheap”: they’re about tone. PA-STK1 Parallel Axis SC-sized Stack 22 SLD-1 Lipstick Tube .................................49 Besides being a pickup designer, SPB-2 Hot ................................................. 63 Hum-Canceling Stack I’m a player and I know how pickups GUITAR PICKUPS ® ACTIVE HUMBUCKERS STK-S9b Hot Stack Plus ..........................39 Pickups for Jazzmaster ® are supposed to sound. And, I believe, ACTIVE MAGNETIC SJM-1 Vintage .......................................50 Pickups for Single-Coil P-Bass STK-S4 Classic Stack Plus ........................3 9 SCPB-1 Vintage ........................................ 64 to build them properly, they have to AHB-1 Blackouts ........................... 23 SJM -2 Hot .............................................50 be made by hand with the highest high output SCPB-2 Hot .............................................. 64 SA-6 Mag Mic ......................................... 51 AHB-2 Blackouts Metal ................. 24 SJM -3 Quarter-Pound ............................high 50output SCPB-3 Quarter-Pound.............................. 64 quality materials. AS-1 Blackouts Singles ................ 24 LIVEWIRES ACTIVE SINGLE COILS PASSIVE MAGNETIC LW-MUST Dave Mustaine Model ....... 25 Then there’s you, the customer. We’re LW-CS1 Livewire Classic II ......................40 moderate outputMORE BASSLINES PICKUPS LW-CH2 Livewire Classic II ............... 25 moderate output nothing without you. When it comes to SA-1 Acoustic Tube .................................. 51 Pickups for Music Man® Bass developing new products or re-designing SA-3XL Woody XL .................................... 52 MINI-HUMBUCKERS old products to make them better, it’s all SA-3HC Woody HC ................................. 52 single coil SMB-4a 4-String Alnico Pickup .................. 65 high output single coil done to provide you with a quality pickup SA-3SC Woody SC .................................. 52 SMB-5a 5-String Alnico Pickup .................. 65 SM-1 Vintage Mini-Humbucker ......... 26 high output or stompbox that makes you sound better. SMB-4d 4-String Ceramic Pickup ............... 66 SM-2 Custom Mini-Humbucker .......... 26 That’s what it’s about here. It’s been that SMB-5d 5-String Ceramic