Seymour Duncan Black Winter bridge 8-String Pickup

Seymour Duncan Black Winter Bridge 8-String Pickup

The Seymour Duncan Black Winter bridge pickup delivers the aggressive, articulate bite extended-range players demand. Hand-crafted in Santa Barbara, this humbucker cuts through dense band mixes with clarity that holds on the lowest strings, making it the go-to for progressive metal and djent rigs running 8-string instruments on stage and in the studio.

Tone & Output Character

With a DC resistance of 20.4 kΩ and resonant peak at 6.68 kHz, this pickup emphasizes upper midrange punch while keeping the low-end definition you need for extended-range guitars. The balanced EQ curve (6/6/6 across bass, mids, and treble) stays neutral enough to sit well in any mix, responding predictably to your amp's gain staging and whatever effects chain you run live.

Construction & Live Reliability

Vacuum wax potting kills microphonic feedback and squeal—critical for a hot bridge pickup where noise rejection keeps your tone tight on stage. The pickup features three ceramic magnets paired with individual screw and slug pole-pieces, giving you consistent string-to-string response and sustain across all eight strings, gig after gig.

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

Purpose-built for modern extended-range instruments, this pickup handles whatever you throw at it—live, loud, and consistent.