Seymour Duncan: '78 Model Pickups - Set

[@LeonTodd]

I've got a custom shop '78 humbucker in my Hamer Standard and it rips. Exciting to see they're getting a wider release. Tones here were magnificent!

[@d.a.t.4699]

Although, I remember seymour sharing that the pickup was originally 8.2k dc resistance, and now the production line is 9k dc resistance...why?

[@anthonydavella8350]

You make everything rip LOL

[@MrPatdelisle]

That was the neck model maybe, i've seen it more than 8 years ago at 9K for the bridge. @@d.a.t.4699

[@JayRoc17]

My fav bridge pickup for years now.

[@danjack-son4871]

Fantastic sounding pickups and outstanding playing.

[@VanHalenIsolated]

I hate any pickup with resistance above 10k…Eddie WAS all about getting overdrive and gain from the amp and not the pickup and I love that you mention driving the amp harder (I put “was” in all caps because once he went to Music Man and on through the EVH line it has been a much higher resistance). I’m about to get a ‘78 trem bucker for the bridge of my EVH Wolfgang standard since the legs are short on the ‘78; I’ll just have to round them off. This video was perfect. Thank you

[@kurtc7290]

This is a great vid that demonstrates the pickups versatility along with combination option when opting for the “set”. The tones you are getting both full and split are all extremely believable/useable in the applications presented. I was surprised by the great funk tones and quack you were able to get! Throw in the country grit and Hendrix type fuzz… and who wouldn’t be sold? That’s one hell of a guitar and you are one hell of a great player! Thanks for posting just put one in my old Mexican strat based from this.

[@BrettKingman]

Thanks Kurt. I appreciate it!

[@jdmaynash2]

Wow - didn't know they were so versatile! Thanks for the incredible demonstration!

[@BrettKingman]

My pleasure. Rock on.

[@bladerunner12]

It's (unsurprisingly) difficult to find low gain/crunch examples of this pickup, so thank you for providing those. I've been on the hunt for a vintage-hot style bridge pickup for an HSS strat that will be at home in low gain scenarios but can also do EVH/Ratt/general 80s roar and this is sounding like a good option.

[@baabaabaa2293]

Not normally a fan of coil splits etc...but these did a pretty gd job, even got quacky mixed & the bridge split on its own, if it can snarl like a Tele with a bit of dirt, well done Seymour!! Great review as per Burgs..onya!

[@BoyAditya]

Woa.. they finally make it a production lines. Not just one off custom shop

[@DavidCurtisGuitar]

You CAN play like him! You got the skills and nimble fingers. I envy you for your guitar prowess. I’ve been too lazy my entire life to achieve that level of coolness.

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

Guys this good and born with that kind of talent. You could practice for 20 years and you will never achieve that level of talent. No different than a pro athlete or a genius mathematician. Either ya got it, or ya don't.

[@WilhelmWilder]

​@@johnsmith-ug5tpthis is an old comment, but I'd just like to throw my two cents into the ring for no reason. Yeah, sure. Maybe some people are genetically more apt to be better at guitar than others. But...be rest assured that THOUSANDS of hours went into what you're hearing. If you hear a really good guitarist, just know there is a special kind of love they share with their tool. Just my thoughts, There are of course prodigy guitarists (or musicians of any instrument) But even then, they've played for countless hours

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

No doubt, A person that plays an instrument for hours per day loves it or they wouldn't do it. However, If you aren't born with it, you will never advance past the intermediate level. When you look at the greats like Randy, Eddie, Lukather, Page, Beck, Benson, Moore, Vai, or Brett here, and many others, doing incredible things with a guitar when they are in their late teens and early 20's, many without a single guitar lesson you cant learn that. It's a gift. @@WilhelmWilder

[@donjohnson7550]

Thank you thank you thank you. Thank you for playing chords! Great video! I’m subscribed

[@Chris-ob6es]

Your playing is immaculate, subscribing! Great demo and tones.

[@eaglewindrider7700]

Awesome tones and playing Great vid 👍🔥🎸🦅

[@bobtone101]

Amazing Sound! Great Playing, I really love the color of that Strat! Thanks for sharing Brett...

[@ghost_java35]

I’m torn between these and the Slash 2.0 set to be my dream Les Paul pickups

[@markrossi4174]

WOW! Well played and well said...thank you for your set!

[@ktrentvonhof957]

Thank you thank you Incredible demo

[@sharpclay]

Great Demo.

[@Osssssssssssssh]

sounds beautiful good work.

[@angusorvid8840]

Excellent demo, as always. The '78 really hones in on that classic EVH tone. I don't want to split hairs about what Eddie did or didn't use, as he was always very cagey about his tone, but Seymour definitely wound pickups like this for him in the old days. I love the tone here. The Eddie level distortion is the most I'd ever use. Beyond that, distortion just won't work for me. This is not a pickup for chugging death metal. But if you're going for a great late 70s, early 80s EVH style tone, this pickup is perfect. It works well within that dynamic range.

[@peterschaefer1665]

Has been my favorite for a very long time!

[@monkeysbum999]

What a great review

[@BillyE5150]

🔥🔥🔥🔥Awesomeness🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 =VH= FOREVER

[@RahnKobel-c1l]

Sounds great. I like the versatility of your wiring scheme. Will you please tell me what wiring scheme you used in this guitar?

[@stevekirkby6570]

Got the bridge '78 coming for my JV Strat - shouldkick the old girl into life :) I'm pretty happy with the stoock neck and middle, so it will be a case of getting a balance.

[@roosterj2599]

If been considering putting an SD 78' humbucker in the bridge of my Epi Insoired by Gibson Explorer. Not only for that EVH sound, but for the raw rock tone I am in love with. SD TB and SH 6 Distortion humbuckers I have in my guitars are great, but I want to tone down a bit, but not a lot. If that makes any sense. I play live and record through an Orange Super Crush half stack and various pedals.

[@mkilner]

Wowee!...super sounds and great playing...now i want an eddie guitar with those pups! :)

[@d.a.t.4699]

I remember seymour saying the 78 was at 8.2 dc resistance way back in some interview, but the production line 78 is now set at 9 dc resistance, wonder why

[@kaseybuckner8326]

I'd love to have that wiring diagram for my two HB Strat.

[@heavybrett-al4082]

Hell yes! What a combo! Seymour's in a charvel.

[@chickenbeek]

beautiful charvel. yeah the pickups sound amazing. i pretty much gave up on playing the pickup game decades ago one i finally tried the Duncan Custom, but anything close to that or variants of is fine. I won't generally change pickups any more, unless they are EMGS, but then, or any active, but then i usually wouldn't buy a guitar if it has them anyway. Saying that i do still have one guitar with emg 57/66tw and they are tolerable.

[@kostas.ntetsikas]

Amazing tone ‼️

[@kevinjohnbetts]

Not sure I'd swap these out for the old JB/Jazz or JB/59 (which I think is in my Charvel) but like all SDs they have a little tweak that makes them appeal to certain players. Nice demo as ever. That Axe-FX really is a mighty tool as well.

[@wyldeslash2003]

Damn!

[@iwannarockon2010]

Sweet axe & tones Humbuckers 🎸🤘

[@charliewelch328]

I just ordered a white set from Sweetwater. You sold me.

[@Cherry_Sunburst]

EXCELLENT, too nice...! EVH forever.

[@colhad9505]

Brett, we can listen to you for hours.... so incredible playing wow... i dt listen to Vai and Satriani anymore.... i prefer ur sound and ur style .

[@BrettKingman]

Thanks, Col. I'm very flattered. Thanks for watching! :D

[@Guitar_Smasher]

Wow, that's a sweet mashup! You've got a Strat body, dual humbuckers and a Floyd! I also have that annoying habit of installing Seymours on everything! They improve the tone by a mathematically impossible 1,000%!

[@MarcCoteMusic]

Huh... I'm not usually a fan of split coil settings on pickups but I'll admit these sounded great for pretty much everything you demoed. Nice job, Brett.

[@BillyE5150]

Same here, bro! They all sounded good.

[@underseacreature2088]

Thank you sir for a video with no bull 💩

[@hihopeseveryday]

I have sane pups in yes....believe it or not a Yamaha Pacifica strat no 5 hey it was good deal. I know I know but the pickups are ideal for a rock set. Runs stereo into Vox AC15C1's. I agree totally these are made for that awesome sound. Thanks for the demo mate, as usual you cover it all. Reckons he can't play like EVH...ah I beg to differ!

[@rubensancheznmn]

I just installed the trembucker 78. It's sounds like a rubber band compared to the job I had installed prior.

[@Bob1Gee]

Just out of curiosity, what value are the potentiometers on the guitar? Thanks.

[@kc.88]

"Frighten the front end of your amp..." LOLs... 🤣 That's a great way to put it! I have the CS '78 in my HSS Ibanez AZ, love it! Pairs very well with the single coils. I dun really play much VH stuff, got the pickup for the bite and the harmonics.

[@lukaa11]

Are those pickups set or the bridge is tremolo spaced because of tremolo guitar, there are 2 versions of pickups?! Tnx 😊🎼🎸

[@murrayguitarpickups9545]

G'day Brett I am still planning on making a set of pickups for you, I was going to send you some PAF replicas or a vintage strat set but do you have any preference? I'd like to make a set that works for you, having said that I know you can make anything sound good. I have a 59 spec Strat set ready to ship of that works for you?

[@BrettKingman]

Ben, it's probably best to have this conversation offline so I've emailed you via your page. Cheers.

[@Cherry_Sunburst]

In other words...: JUST FUCKING GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!! Cheers. 🍺

[@stefantastixg1044]

W.O.W.! I don't doubt that it's only the Seymours who contribute to this beautiful and nostalgic sound of yours...well done Brett and thanks for the demo. These HBs tempt me a lot, could you please give me your opinion: 1 month ago I got an american professional 2 roasted pine stratocaster, mounted on 0.10 strings but I can't find the blues sound I expected (too used to my semi hollow) and I decided to mount 2 HBs for a rock and heavy sound a la Running With The Devil! What do you think if I chose these Seymours, could the result be similar to that of your Charvel and its Seymour 78s? Thanks Brett for your possible response, a cordial greeting🤘 W.O.W.! Non dubito che ci siano solo i Seymour a contribuire a questo tuo bello e nostalgico sound... bravo Brett e grazie per la demo. Questi HB mi tentano molto, vorresti, gentilmente, darmi un tuo parere: 1 mese fa ho preso una stratocaster american professional 2 roasted pine, montato corde 0.10 ma non trovo il suono blues che mi aspettavo (troppo abituato alla mia semi hollow) e ho deciso di montare 2 HB per un sound rock e heavy alla Running With The Devil! Che ne pensi se scegliessi questi Seymour, il risultato potrebbe avvicinarsi a quello della tua Charvel e i suoi Seymour 78? Grazie Brett per la tua eventuale risposta, un cordiale saluto

[@duck_5150]

Whoa...evenly voiced harmonics

[@Siam_Thai.]

The only thing I don't like about the Seymour Duncan pickups. It is a material that is brittle and breaks very easily. You can notice it at the signal receiver pin. There will be clearly visible cracks.

[@jblaze4583]

Nice

[@tubular2times]

How would you describe the 78's vs the JB Sh-4s ? I have a similar Charvel and I am looking for a change.

[@tubular2times]

How would you describe the 78's vs the JB Sh-4s?

[@davelip6992]

Great tone and great playing too! What was the first amp you were playing?

[@MarkDeweyCA]

Brett what are you using for your rig? Amp, pedals, switcher?

[@stevencancel1727]

Think the AXE works well with the custom 78

[@luc7263]

Great demo Brett ! As the player 😉 Do they provide that set with a middle pickup for an Ibanez S serie ?

[@Bikewithlove]

Happy with my ‘59 Trembucker, thanks :) (Sounds awesome though)

[@BOUZOUKISIGNIS]

My only concern is that the 78 might clean up a lot better than the 59 with the volume pot. I had a lil 59 in a Strat that it didn't cleaned up well.

[@Bikewithlove]

@@BOUZOUKISIGNIS - For clean I have a SD stacked hot rail at the neck, & for power & distortion the trembucker angled at the bridge, a 3-way switch, and a push-pull pot on each pickup so it’s a bit of a Strat/Gibson hybrid.

[@BOUZOUKISIGNIS]

@@Bikewithlove by cleaning up i mean reducing the gain of my distorted sounds for rythm

[@Bikewithlove]

@@BOUZOUKISIGNIS - I know - the ‘59 is a bit untameable. I tried out a TV Jones Powertron & SD Pearly Gates, both of which sounded good on a clean channel, but the Powertron sounded too beefy to my ear, and the Pearly Gates sounded too ‘plain Jane’ for what I was looking for. Isn’t all this great though? I mean, we’re really spoiled! Plus it’s not outrageously costly. The fact that these pickups range from $70 to $140 is like manna from heaven.

[@michaeltrust5121]

That doesn’t sound anything like the brown sound and you’re so distorted, I don’t know if that’s what you’re attempting but I’m guessing so since you’re trying to play Van Halen tunes you could cut the distortion in half and it would still be too much

[@afterstars]

Torn between this and the bareknuckle steve stevens. I know they’re a bit different.

[@ronin2167]

I've had a set sitting around for a few years and never installed them. Having a custom guitar built. I make put them in it. It's not a strat though.

[@G-NutZ]

Don’t talk about the 78 anymore. Lots of folks aren’t using it and it does rip. I don’t want the sauce recipe getting out.

[@jamesflack8624]

😁👍 Cheers 🍻

[@696HEAD]

いいねえ。 Neck→78 Bridge→ Warren DeMartini RTM How about this choice?

[@ue4058]

Cigarette lighter in the air, man, that was awesome!

[@simonharper9222]

Alder body?

[@bigtorrisi]

This guy has so much gear you cannot tell what is pickup and what is gear.

[@Dooogz]

And what is fingers!

[@baabaabaa2293]

It's his job mate, as you can see he's been playing professionally over the last two millennia. ps. Apologies Burgs, lm getting older too mate!