Corey Beaulieu Damocles™ Signature Blackouts®

The Damocles™ are a full sounding high-gain active pickup set, perfect for Corey’s detuned progressive metal style. Buy now on Seymour Duncan's website:
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As a longtime member of metal titans Trivium, Corey Beaulieu is a driving force behind the band’s epic guitar work. To deliver their onslaught of chugging riffs and intricate leads, his go-to pickups have always been Seymour Duncan Blackouts® Active Humbuckers. To cut through Trivium’s monumental wall of guitars both live and in studio, Corey requested a specific voicing of his Blackouts® with increased presence, balance and clarity. The result of this modified voicing is the Corey Beaulieu Damocles™ Signature Blackouts® - a full sounding high-gain active pickup set perfect for Corey’s detuned progressive metal style.
This powerful addition to the Blackouts® lineup is available in 6 and 7 string sets and singles, with active and passive mounts.
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[@ghost_java35]

I appreciate the fact that Corey never jumped on the Fishman bandwagon

[@svelle37]

The marketing for those is really something else. I remember one interview with Matt Heafy in which he said something like, "They have lower latency." Like, WTF is that even supposed to mean?

[@Ghost-of-Melinda]

@@svelle37 I remember that and i almost spilled my tea. i was like "dude, are you mental, do you even know what you are talking about?" problem is, that many artists often have no clue and they will tell everything the marketing team tells them to make the quick bucks in the end of the day, or keep their endorsement. thats why i dont trust any advertisements, no matter how good the artist is, i dont buy their advertisment without being very suspicious. Its pure cringe everytime you hear some unfactual and not true statements from professional artists.

[@spoonerluv]

If it sounds good, it is good. The Fishmans are popular for a reason. They can afford the marketing budget because people like them.

[@joeylizotte7537]

@@svelle37 Yeah.. If he had any latency issues, it would come from his wireless setup.. lol. I remember him going on and on about how good it sounds when palm muting (while demonstrating), and there was this horrible "whomp" sound every time. Plus there's the "cocked wah" sound that's always there. They just don't sound good. Now, every well-known guitarist that uses them has a "signature" pickup set.. but they're all the same. Just EQ'd differently using software.

[@gab.lab.martins]

Fishman Fluences sound like an AI-generated guitar sound. So artificial, so sterile, so bad.

[@tracyteasdale167]

The most underrated guitarist around, his sound is amazing, so pleased for him on these signature blackouts ❤️‍🔥

[@JasonGuitarHand]

Not sure why Corey isn't frequently mentioned on the conversation of one of the finest Metal guitarists of his generation. Trivium never failed to deliver phenomenal execution of progressive and thrash heavy music, and Corey's guitar playing is a significant reason behind driving Trivium to amazing heights. So glad he got his signature Blackouts.

[@Carl_2112]

Corey is not only the most underrated lead guitar player. He is also one of the greatest people to have a conversation with. I'm really happy for Corey and all of his success. I can't wait to throw these in both of my Jackson Corey Beaulieu guitars.

[@nicholasreese7856]

Corey is one of the most under rated metal guitarists of the last 20 years. Can't wait to pick these up!

[@rorbot_SMF]

I gotta try these. Blackouts are among my favorite active pickups. 🤯🤯

[@MetalBaller83]

I met Corey at a show in Denver in 2009. He and I just chatted guitars for a good 20 minutes. Such a nice guy and so humble. Definitely one of the most underrated guitar players in the game. He will always be one of my favorite players, and he’s definitely one of my favorite people in metal. He’s a fucking badass. 🤘🏻😈🤘🏻

[@GiuBepis]

I can't for these to be on Corey's signature! They're awesome!

[@Jimboishere11]

It's awesome to see Seymour Duncan responding to so many comments! 😊 great job 👍🏻

[@e-train765]

I cannot wait to put these pickups in my Jackson RRx24 🤘😤🤘

[@justenbeashel]

Bought a set of blackouts when they first came out. My then $300 guitar suddenly turned into a $1000 guitar in terms of it's jump in sound quality. These sound great (even better than my set)...may need to start saving for this set and install in my new guitar!!!

[@DaveViner]

Great guitarist, I was never a massive Trivium fan in the early 2000s, but Corey and Matt's playing was always very impressive. I listened to their last album and was blown away by it, very, very good. I feel so stupid for sleeping on them for this many years! 😅

[@markob.19]

First I bought Matt Heafy's Fishman Fluence pickups, now I gotta buy Corey's Damocles SDBs!

[@markolivares6943]

Just purchased the bridge pickup last night. Can’t wait to try it out when it arrives. Been looking for a new pickup and this is right up my alley

[@seymourduncan]

Hope you enjoy it! Tag us in any videos you post with sound samples once you get it installed!

[@DeanBaco]

Very well deserved, for sure! Can't wait to try these out in one of my guitars!

[@divaiswara293]

glad that he back using real amps and pedals, and those pickups sound killer!

[@JokerCat9]

Finally! Looking forward to the new EQ

[@JamieSlays]

These sound great

[@blamealexis]

Finally, congrats to Corey👊

[@skippertheeyechild6621]

Really underappreciated player.

[@aeugmk2]

Blackouts are fantastic pickups. 👊

[@JockeLundgrenTV]

Interesting video. Thanks from Sweden! 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@LucifersBeard332]

These sound great. I've got a Dimarzio tone zone in the bridge of one of mine which I'm a massive fan of. I've also got a set of fishman fluence in another and whilst I like them, I really have to dial them in to get a good sound. Might consider these in the future.

[@Matthewhorn93]

Curious to try these! I've tried the original blackouts and the EMTY set. I prefer the cleans on the EMTY set, but prefer the logo on the originals. These would be fun to swap my EMGs out with!

[@Matthewhorn93]

​@@crock2434 I prefer the look of the full "seymour duncan" logo over just the "S" on the EMTY set

[@wmxx2000]

Might have to swap my EMTY Blackouts for these

[@flavienbabin3028]

I'll definitely give it a try, I use BKP Juggernaut since years now, and I love the ceramic/alnico mashup, and was thinking about a active kind of pickup ! I have a KV7 with Juggernaut, it's clear that this Corey's signature axe get a Damocles set in it !

[@stevelife8505]

When will the Eric Gales pickups and these pickups be released? There are a few shops on Reverb claiming they have the Eric Gales pickups in stock while I pre-ordered them from ZzSounds

[@seymourduncan]

Hey Steve, our Custom Shop is hard at work getting the Eric Gales set built and sent out to retailers like zZounds!

[@stevelife8505]

​@@seymourduncanThanks!!!

[@numbersabcdefg]

I love his tone! Not a bright chimney, but Beautiful articulation. Love the low end! ❤❤❤

[@jeffnduran]

I see that Brandon Ellis signature hanging out on the wall back there ❤ 🌿🌿👀😅🌿

[@iamgribs]

He is good.

[@vidmohit4684]

Happy for him. He's a great player :)

[@seymourduncan]

He's unreal!

[@jconner3891]

I’m still liking the emgs and black outs over fishmans

[@joeylizotte7537]

Was his EQ set up like Dimebag's (maxed out at 800Hz)?

[@seymourduncan]

It was pretty subtle cut on 100 and 200 and a little extra on 1.6k. He was using an MXR Six band EQ pedal at the time.

[@jonsierra723]

Shot in the dark here but I can still order the mick Thomson ones? Or at least a custom made pick up that might sound like it lol? Or do I just bite the bullet and get these?

[@seymourduncan]

You can always reach out to our Custom Shop, but we have something coming out later this month that might scratch that itch 🤫

[@jonsierra723]

@@seymourduncan next month is my birthday month... I can't wait😅

[@svelle37]

​@@seymourduncan I appreciate you dropping a hint about an upcoming product like that, even if it potentially means making a little less money since the person might not buy a custom shop set after all.

[@sp33dracerx2]

Interesting

[@themodernguitarist]

I wanna know how these will be different from the old EMTY pickups

[@seymourduncan]

Keep an eye out for later this month for something a bit closer to those!

[@kokaakas]

Once I tried Blackouts AHB1 never looked any other direction. They just growls! No other pickup match that sound. Been playing Blackouts for almost 10 years now. Might give Damocles a try.

[@kokaakas]

BTW in this song rythm parts recorded with AHB1. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZyXl2aFqdugmMU&ab_channel=Refleksija

[@garrettboomerbender]

Those inlays look so small

[@seymourduncan]

Inspired by the second guitar Jackson made for Randy Rhoads (the black one).

[@spoonerluv]

By custom EQ he means absolutely no mids lol

[@honigdachs.]

He literally mentioned a mid boost, champ.