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Seymour Duncan AS-1 Blackout Single application Hot but balanced single coil tone in a direct retrofit for Stratocaster® guitars. Ideal for heavy blues, classic rock, and heavy rock. description Blackouts Singles are voiced for heavy rock. They’ll drive your amp harder and they’re great for use with pedals or other signal processing. They’re perfect for everything from chunky rhythms to searing leads. complete setup Blackouts Singles are available individually or in matched sets of three. Match Blackouts Singles with a high-gain stompbox like the SFX-04 Twin Tube Mayhem or the SFX-08 Power Grid (available Spring 2008) for extreme heavy rock tones. guitars Perfect for any electric guitar set up for a standard Stratocaster® pickup route. Includes 25K pots, stereo jack, battery clip and other mounting hardware. available mods Blackouts Singles have a unique dual pin configuration on the underside of the pickup for two modes of output: moderate and high-gain. With the jumper removed, you have a moderate output that’s still comparable to passive pickups. However, with the jumper in place, the output is significantly boosted, making Blackouts Singles compatible with full-size Blackouts humbuckers. The pins can also be wired to a mini-switch or push/pull, for an on board boost! Available with black or white covers.	Seymour Duncan Blackout Humbucker 9-volt active humbucker for aggressive playing styles. Recommended for old school metal, garage, punk, thrash, drop tunings, and other heavy rock styles.
Seymour Duncan LW-HMET livewire™ Metal Humbucker 18-volt active humbucker with extremely high output. Recommended for punk, garage, thrash, old school metal, nu-metal, black metal and other heavy rock and aggressive music styles. Perhaps the world's highest output pickup. Designed and voiced for the most brutally extreme tone. It has a screaming voice with amazing mid-range punch that produces thick, dark chords and hard-hitting leads. Incredibly aggressive output. Will overdrive most amps. These humbuckers do not have a split coil mode. Recommended for bridge. Though some players use a Metal in both neck and bridge, the LW-HMETs Metal set includes a Classic version for the neck in case clean tones are needed. The Metal humbucker does not produce true clean tones. Includes mounting ring, pots, battery clips, stereo jack and wire Black as standard with white optional.	Seymour Duncan LW-CH1 livewire™ Classic Humbucker 18-volt active humbucker with classic voicing. Great for pop, country, blues, classic rock and heavy rock. The tone is full-bodied with a wide frequency response and rich sustain. They have a potent sound that lets you hear every note in the chord. The 18-volt power supply gives twice the headroom of other active pickups for improved tonality and increased dynamic range. These humbuckers do not have a split coil mode. Available singley as a bridge pickup or in a neck and bridge set. Many extreme metal players use a Metal Livewire in the bridge position and a Classic in the neck (available as a matched set). Includes mounting ring, pots, battery clips, stereo jack and wire. Black as standard with white optional.
Seymour Duncan Metal Livewire Set Metal Humbucker bridge with two Hot Strat neck/middle single coil humbuckers. The Livewire Metal humbucker is an 18-volt active humbucker with extremely high output. Recommended for punk, garage, thrash, old school metal, nu-metal, black metal and other heavy rock and aggressive music styles. Available in black only.	Seymour Duncan Classic Livewire Set Classic Humbucker bridge with two Classic Strat neck/middle single coil humbuckers. The Classic Strat pickup is a 18-volt active single-coil-sized humbucker with classic voicing. Recommended for country, pop, surf, rockabilly, blues, ska and classic rock. Available in black only.
Seymour Duncan LW-HS1 Hot Strat 18-volt active single-coil-sized humbucker with extra output. Great for classic rock, garage, punk, heavy rock, thrash, classic metal and nu-metal. Compared to the Livewire Classic, the Hot has considerably more output and a far more aggressive tone. The highs are reduced and the mids are bumped up making this pickup great for chunky chords and searing lead work. Available individually or in a calibrated set. Includes pots, battery clips, stereo jack and wire. Comes in black only.	Seymour Duncan LW-CS1 Classic Strat 18-volt active single-coil-sized humbucker with classic voicing. Recommended for country, pop, surf, rockabilly, blues, ska and classic rock. Though it's an active pickup, it delivers very traditional, bell-like tone with Alnico 2 rod magnets. The highs are tempered for brilliance, without being harsh. The mids have solid punch. And the low end is ultra-tight. It's a very musical sound in all positions. This often-overlooked pickup is a great alternative to other hum-canceling vintage-voiced Strat® pickups. Available individually or in a calibrated set. Includes pots, battery clips, stereo jack and wire. Comes in black or white.

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