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Seymour Duncan Pickups '59 Model

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8 Artists Use This
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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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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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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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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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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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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Sadler Vaden

According to Premier Guitar, Vaden uses this pickup as his neck pickup in his SG Standard.
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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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The ’59 bridge model is great for all types of rock and blues. We designed these vintage style coils to give it an airy quality that keep this pickup planted firmly in the P.A.F. family. The alnico 5 bar magnet, and vacuum wax potting have been added to compensate for lighter guitar strings and louder amplifiers than were ever used in the ’50s. The result is a pickup with tons of old-school tonal character, but with a brighter top end, and a more compressed sound. Pair with the ’59 neck model for an evenly balanced output and tone.In addition to the alnico 5 magnet and wax potting, we hand build the ’59 Model with a variety of traditional vintage treatments, such as 42AWG plain enamel mag wire, long legged nickel silver bottom plate, vintage single conductor braided push back lead wire, and no logo. As with all of our P.A.F. style pickups, the ’59 Model is wound on Seymours old Leesona winder from the early Gibson factory in Kalamazoo, MI.

5 Seymour Duncan Pickups '59 Model 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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over 3 years ago
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btfromthebandsalem

263

Phenomenal

Amazing pickup, great tone, great versatility.

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27 days ago
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jimmarchi1

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1974

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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almost 5 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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almost 5 years ago
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frost_of_dawn

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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about 1 year ago
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