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Seymour Duncan Pickups '59 Model

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Dimebag Darrell

According to this Seymour Duncan product review, Dimebag used the '59 bridge model in the neck to compensate for the Dimebucker's high power. It provided a smoother sound that can be heard in Dimebag Darrell's solos.
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Dave Amato

"I don’t really change anything; maybe if a guitar just doesn’t make it sound-wise, but I still like the feel of it, I’ll throw a Seymour Duncan pickup in there. I love Duncan; he’s a good friend of mine, and makes an unbelievable pickup. But I’ve been using a Seymour ’59 for a long time."
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Chris Shiflett

"My standard setup has been a JB in the bridge and a ’59 in the neck for a long, long time, because in Foo Fighters I need a big, blown out tone and those pickups fill that space really well. I also like the single coil alnico pickups for my Teles and Strats."
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Alex Skolnick

In [this article](http://www.metalsucks.net/2013/02/21/rigged-testament-guitarist-alex-skolnick/), Alex Skolnick says, "I should point out that my guitars come equipped with Seymour Duncan pick-ups."
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Chino Moreno

Chino uses a Seymour Duncan '59 bridge pickup in one of his guitars according to his page on the official Seymour Duncan website.
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Ola Englund

Ola uses Seymour Duncan 59 pickups as neck pickups in both of his main guitars, according to [Guitar Geek](http://www.guitargeek.com/ola-englund-feared-and-the-haunted-guitar-rig-2014/).
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Mike Stone

Mike Stone used a Seymour Duncan '59 pickups on three of his guitars in his 2007 rig, according to [Guitar Geek](http://www.guitargeek.com/mike-stone-queensryche-guitar-rig-and-gear-setup-2007/).
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Sadler Vaden

According to Premier Guitar, Vaden uses this pickup as his neck pickup in his SG Standard.
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4 reviews

mrkite

335

Great Pups!

Put a set of these in a cheap Epi SG I picked up used, and they sound great! You wouldn't be able to tell the guitar was under $100.

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almost 3 years ago
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jimmarchi1

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1934

Pretty solid tones.

Though I don't have a Duncan 59 in any of my guitars right now, I really like this model and have one laying around in the parts drawer. I think its the same low-wind, matched coils as a Duncan Seth Lover with a long, rough cast Alnico 5 magnet. Reminds me of the T-Top in my SG. Just not as, I dunno.... good? Its good though. Just not as smooth... it nails the clarity and bass character. I think I just like shorter Alnico 5 magnets.

Interestingly, I believe a lot of real '59 PAFs had Alnico IV bars rather than V. I am sure V was used during the 60s transition to patent sticker pickups, but I know of a lot of examples, particularly from thinline and archtops (and pretty much ALL of the gold covered examples) that had Alnico IV bars. I guess Seymour was less concerned with doing a proper '59 than representing all the transitional PAF/patent sticker, non-t-top buckers we know and love from early SGs and the better small block inlay 335s.

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about 4 years ago
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jediroller

133

My fav pickup of all time

Seriously amazing rhythm pickup. I have it in neck position of my SG and it works great matched with a JB in the bridge. Its so nice and warm and clarity is amazing. I guess this would be really recommended to lots of Les Paul/ SG players.

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metal_mike666

164

For my Telecaster named Chieftain (Neck Position)

I put this in the neck position of my Tele to complement the EMG 81 I had put in the bridge. SO awesome and SO smooth these two.

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3 months ago
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