Seymour Duncan Nazgul pickup
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Seymour Duncan

Seymour Duncan Nazgul

A 7-string bridge humbucker with a ceramic magnet and high output.

high outputmid-forwardtight & aggressive

Specs

DC resistance
16.52k
Inductance
not measured
Magnet
Ceramic
Coil
Hum-cancelling
Resonant peak
4.28 kHzSeymour Duncan's own test load
Seymour Duncan's tone chart, 0–10

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