Seymour Duncan Corey B Blackout Bridge Pickup

This pickup is optimized for metal, hard rock, djent, and thrash metal—anywhere high-gain, articulate tone and tight low-end response are priorities. It excels under palm-muted rhythms and lead passages where clarity is essential, but it is not designed for jazz, blues, or folk applications.

Yes, the Corey B Blackout is an active design that requires a 9V battery for power. The active circuit is self-contained, so no onboard preamp is needed; just wire the battery and you're ready to play.

It sits alongside competitors like the EMG 81/85, Fishman Fluence Modern, and DiMarzio Crunchlab—all aggressive, modern metal-focused designs. The Blackout emphasizes a focused, compressed signal with pronounced midrange and controlled treble, delivering clarity and sustain without sacrificing dynamic range across high-gain amplification.

The Corey B Blackout mounts in any standard 6-string bridge pickup position. It uses conventional bridge pickup mounting hardware, making it a direct drop-in replacement for most electric guitars.

The active design delivers consistent, powerful output and tight articulation across varying amp impedances and gain levels, with a compressed signal that maintains clarity even under stacked distortion. This eliminates the tone loss or impedance mismatch that can occur with passive pickups in high-gain setups.

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