Seymour Duncan Sentient pickup
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Seymour Duncan

Seymour Duncan Sentient

An 8-string neck humbucker with an Alnico 5 magnet and moderate output.

moderate outputscooped midstight lows

Specs

DC resistance
10.27k
Inductance
not measured
Magnet
Alnico 5
Coil
Hum-cancelling
Resonant peak
5.2 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. No videos, reviews or player posts about the Seymour Duncan Sentient collected yet.

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