Seymour Duncan Custom Shop

Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Brobucker

Medium output, clear and balanced.

Hotter than 49% of the 280 bridge humbuckers we have · estimated from resistance

  • Alnico 5 magnet: the common all-rounder: firm lows and clear highs

“The Brobucker is too dark for my taste in a Les Paul but the CC has no highs at all in one..”

No price published on Seymour Duncan Custom Shop's own site

Specs

DC resistance
10k
Inductance
not measured
Magnet
Alnico 5
Coil
Hum-cancelling

moderate output

From Guitar Pickup Database ↗ (opens in a new tab), a compiled database — we haven't read these from the maker's own site. Traits come from these specs by stated rules.

Fits the bridge of a Les Paul, SG, PRS Custom 24, Superstrat (HH) or HSS Strat.

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280 fit the same slot · ranked on measured specs · top 40 shown

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Each score is how close a pickup is on measured specs, out of 100. The meter shows how many of those specs we could compare; a grey score means few could be. Filters cover the top 40. How scoring works

  1. Suhr SSV+
    bridge humbucker

    no spec differences found

    No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.

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  2. Suhr DSV+
    bridge humbucker

    no spec differences found

    No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.

    low confidence
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  3. Bare Knuckle Peacemaker
    Bare Knuckle Peacemaker
    bridge humbucker

    no spec differences found

    No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.

    low confidence
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  4. DiMarzio Fortitude
    DiMarzio Fortitude
    bridge humbucker

    no spec differences found

    No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.

    low confidence
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  5. DiMarzio FRED
    DiMarzio FRED
    humbucker

    no spec differences found

    No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.

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What others say

Demos, reviews and forum posts, quoted word for word and linked to where they were published.

A Not So Gentle Improv | Gibson SG | Brobucker | Kemper VH Profile
Scott Manning
Seymour Duncan Saturday Night Special BROBUCKER DEMO 2004年GIBSON Les Paul STD
amon
“The Demon has scooped mids and barely feels like a hot-vintage.”
Darth Phineas · Oct 14, 2020Darth Phineas ↗ (opens in a new tab)
“Bold lows with ample low-mids and a rich high end.”
Darth Phineas · Oct 14, 2020Darth Phineas ↗ (opens in a new tab)
“The Brobucker is too dark for my taste in a Les Paul but the CC has no highs at all in one..”
uOpt · 2009-10-12Seymour Duncan forum ↗ (opens in a new tab)
“The Brobucker is more on the fat side, the C5 very scooped.”
uOpt · 2012-05-15Seymour Duncan forum ↗ (opens in a new tab)
“Brobucker - it is very warm and chewy, a bit on the dark side to me.”
Jeff_H · 2018-10-04Seymour Duncan forum ↗ (opens in a new tab)

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