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Description
Crafted for the discerning bassist, the Seymour Duncan Alex Webster Hammer Smashed Bass 5-String Bass Pickups are engineered to deliver the powerful and aggressive tone that Alex Webster is renowned for. These pickups are specifically designed to handle extreme playing styles while maintaining clarity and definition, making them an ideal choice for metal and other high-intensity genres. With custom-wound coils and ceramic magnets, these pickups offer a robust mid-range punch and a tight, controlled low end that ensures your bass lines cut through even the densest mixes.
Whether you're performing on stage or recording in the studio, these pickups provide the tonal versatility needed for a range of musical expressions. From bone-crushing lows to articulate mids and singing highs, every note is delivered with precision and power. With a focus on noise reduction, these pickups ensure a clean, hum-free performance, even at the highest volume levels. Designed in collaboration with legendary bassist Alex Webster, they embody his signature sound and technical prowess.
Key Features:
- Custom-wound coils for enhanced tonal clarity
- Ceramic magnets for powerful and aggressive sound
- Designed in collaboration with Alex Webster for signature tone
- Balanced output across all strings for consistent performance
- Superior noise reduction for clean, hum-free play
- Ideal for metal and other high-intensity music genres
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Features and functionality
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The Seymour Duncan Alex Webster Hammer Smashed Bass pickups are designed to replicate Webster’s signature tone, incorporating high output and clarity suitable for death metal styles.
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Setup and maintenance
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Achieving a "Tomb of the Mutilated" tone involves using active pickups, emphasizing mids, and playing fingerstyle over the neck pickup with low action for string slap.
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Comparisons
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The Hammer Smashed Bass pickups are compared to the B7K and Aguilar setups, highlighting their ability to produce a clear yet powerful tone that cuts through guitar mixes.
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Use cases and applications
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These pickups are ideal for players seeking the 90s death metal sound, especially aligning with Cannibal Corpse’s early tones when paired with appropriate amps and pedals.
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Mods and upgrades
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Pairing the pickups with a Darkglass tone capsule and an Aguilar DB751 enhances the death metal tone, as used by Webster in his signature setup.
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"I wanted to improve on the sound I already have established, and also make the pickups a bit easier to work with in terms of output level. I’ve had a problem over the years getting a completely clean signal out of my basses without having to turn the volume down on the bass itself. Optimizing the output level of the pickup seemed like a great way to resolve that issue – might as well start at the beginning of the signal chain, rather than try and fix things somewhere further down the line.
So I’m super excited with what the guys at Duncan came up with for me. Now I have pickups that work perfectly with my style, and I can crank the level on the bass all the way and the tone is still tight, punchy, and powerful. Also, somehow they managed to add more clean low end than I had before, a welcome bonus for sure. The pickups turned out amazing, I couldn’t be happier."
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