Seymour Duncan Black Winter pickup
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Seymour Duncan

Seymour Duncan Black Winter

A neck humbucker with a ceramic magnet and moderate output.

moderate outputmid-forwardtight & aggressive

Specs

DC resistance
13k
Inductance
5.64 Hmeasured, 2 readings
Magnet
Ceramic
Coil
Hum-cancelling
Resonant peak
6.35 kHzSeymour Duncan's own test load
Seymour Duncan's tone chart, 0–10

From Seymour Duncan's published specs (opens in a new tab). Traits come from these specs by stated rules.

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What others say

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Punchy and controlled lows with edgy and focused mids and highs.
Darth Phineas · May 18, 2016Darth Phineas (opens in a new tab)
Seymour's neck models are more known for that more traditional fuller neck voice that can often times be big in the lows and sweet in the highs.
Darth Phineas · May 18, 2016Darth Phineas (opens in a new tab)

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