Seymour Duncan Black Winter Bridge 8-String Pickup
The Seymour Duncan Black Winter bridge pickup delivers aggressive, articulate output with exceptional clarity across extended range tunings. Hand-crafted in Santa Barbara, this humbucker cuts through dense mixes while maintaining definition on the lowest strings, ideal for tracking and mixing progressive metal and djent productions on 8-string instruments.
Tone & Output Character
With a DC resistance of 20.4 kΩ and resonant peak at 6.68 kHz, this pickup emphasizes upper midrange aggression while preserving low-end punch critical for extended-range guitars in the mix. The balanced EQ curve (6/6/6 across bass, mids, and treble) provides a neutral, transparent platform that responds predictably to gain staging, EQ, and effects processing during session work without imposing tonal coloration.
Construction & Durability
Vacuum wax potting eliminates microphonic feedback and squeal—essential for clean, noise-free recordings in high-output bridge applications. The pickup features three ceramic magnets paired with individual screw and slug pole-pieces, enabling precise, consistent string-to-string response and sustain across all eight strings for controlled tracking and predictable mix placement.
Key Features
- DC Resistance: 20.4 kΩ
- Resonant Peak: 6.68 kHz
- Type: Humbucker
- Passive pickup system
- Three ceramic magnets with screw and slug pole-pieces
- Vacuum wax potted for squeal-free operation
- EQ: 6 (Bass) / 6 (Mids) / 6 (Treble)
- 4-conductor lead wire
- Hand-made in Santa Barbara, CA
- Color: Black
A purpose-built bridge pickup engineered to deliver consistent, recording-ready performance across modern extended-range instruments without compromise.
