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Seymour Duncan
Seymour Duncan Blackouts Metal (AHB-2)
Clear and balanced, with forward mids, a dark top end and a big low end.
- Alnico 5 magnet: the common all-rounder: firm lows and clear highs
- More mids than a typical Seymour Duncan
- Darker than a typical Seymour Duncan
- More low end than a typical Seymour Duncan
- Active: the output comes from its preamp
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Specs
- DC resistance
- not published
- Inductance
- not measured
- Magnet
- Alnico 5
- Coil
- Hum-cancelling
- Resonant peak
- 1.2 kHzSeymour Duncan's own test load
activedarkmid-forwardbig low end
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“I'm starting to think you need blackouts maybe BO metal, 'cause you have a mahogany axe tuned down two whole steps, with big brass block, and yet you still want a lot more of mids and lows.”
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