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Seymour Duncan Releases alt.metal Blackouts Pickups

Seymour Duncan Releases alt.metal Blackouts Pickups

Inspired by alternative metal guitar tones, Seymour Duncan's active alt.metal Blackout pickups are designed for heavy riffs in lower tunings.


The alt.metal bridge retains the energy and output of the original Blackout, but emphasizes the percussive quality of palm-muted notes. The alt.metal neck is designed to ensure perfect clean tones, while transforming with aggressive mids and increased sustain under higher gain settings.

The alt.metal Blackout set includes all necessary installation hardware. alt.metal Blackouts are available in passive mount for 6-string guitars and in both passive and active soapbar mount configurations for 7-string models.

alt.metal Blackouts® Overview with Ryan "Fluff" Bruce


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