Seymour Duncan Jimi Hendrix Loaded Pickguard Review

[@JohyeahM]

At last!! A review instead of a 2 minute demo.

[@glennstatham960]

Well I learned a bit about pickup height adjustment, thanks man!

[@precbsfender]

Way Overpriced...there definitely worth $279.00...but not $379.00.. the extra $100 goes to Authentic Hendrix Inc CEO "Janie Hendrix"...

[@AprilFools1993]

PRE CBS FENDER 920D had a loaded pickguard for 100 less than SD

[@jpotts345]

@Wesley Taylor where?

[@subzero308]

I love Hendrix he's the only reason I even picked up a guitar. But man they're just milking his name like crazy. Its a shame really.

[@watchingthecrazyworld7761]

I hate that they put his signature on each pickup. 🙄

[@adam5744]

nice video demo. but you could of swapped the pickguard with the original one then you would not have to drill new holes in you guitar

[@GUIGUI139]

This also comes in just the pickups as a set. If he would have wanted to do that then could have just bought the pickup set alone.

[@davidpomella6786]

I love the tone.I think the Stratocaster is the best design since sliced bread

[@marccarter1350]

Na, its all treble!

[@alessiobuffa3038]

being left handed, for me all PU are Reverse staggered...so i'm gonna buy these one to have "right" pu staggered ahahhahaah

[@ArielsSmartyPants]

It's a nice setup but I wonder if they offer these pickups on a plate with a reverse slant for the bridge pickup, definitely a big part of his sound.

[@runrabbitrun4342]

Not really a big part of his sound Jimi Didn't even use the Bridge pickup all that much. From late 67 all through out 68 he didn't even use a Fender Stratocaster He was using his Flying V from Gibson. Most people can't even tell the difference well he was doing that so,This is all over rated Its all about sales sales sales.

[@THEeMmMan]

They do offer a Hendrix Voodoo Style pickguard.

[@peterchoe]

+Jerry D Definitely not true. He uses the bridge a lot at woodstock as well as in the studio. He did not use the flying V for the whole set, when it even appeared at all, and his main guitar was still a strat. The strat is the guitar that appears in the majority of concert photos circa 1967-1968. And the bridge pickup angle was a big part of his sound. It cut down on the highs and tightened the bass, which in combination with pure nickel strings, 30-40 feet of high capacitance cable and a gain modded fuzz resulted in his live tones.

[@amyn227]

It's hard if seymour duncan make it reverse bridge slant pickup... because not all stratocaster body made with reverse slant bridge pickup chamber at the strat body, unless u did get the actual fender stratocaster jimi hendrix signature. Seymour make it standard slant so it can fit with any strat from any other brands (fender/squiare, esp/ltd, schecter, suhr & etc..... even any cheap brand strat made)

[@amyn227]

Even in this video, he use a Fernandes Stratocaster.

[@dennymcfastlane8530]

Surprised know one ever mentions the G string, when they talk about getting a Hendrix sound. Jimi always used a lighter gauge G string, because the G when bought in medium gauge Fender strings, that Hendrix used at the time, were always G dominate. I think Jimi used a B string as the G string, because the lighter gauge wouldn't G dominate. In the late 60's, not too many guitar string manufacturers were doing a variety of gauges.

[@Contact_Info]

That's because it doesn't make money

[@KevinDillardguitar]

An over looked part of this time is Jimis used of 59-100 foot of cable and the top end roll that comes with that or using the coily cables

[@Barracuda007]

they better be fucking perfect for 480 fucking quid!!!

[@phlopalopagus]

Wow thats high. It could still be done. Buy something cheap with a perfect neck and pitch it in. Half to be a great neck.

[@smitty31560]

What's 480 quid???

[@terryshrk]

excellent review,...finally someone reviewed this! Long overdue and very very much appreciated!!!!!!!

[@evilsheepguitarpickups9936]

Very nice review and playing.The pole stagger thing intrigues me. Roger Mayer spent a lot of effort choosing odd string gauges for Jimi to try and balance the string volumes. Would he have preferred flat poles I wonder?Still a good sounding set of pickups though.I thought your decision not to use effects was sound. In response to another comment, I wonder whether using a British amp might have softened the tone a little?Thanks for a great review

[@mykytapanarin4322]

SD really should let go that ugly brannding on pickup covers...

[@michaelmendillo4614]

I dig the Seymour Duncan Humbuckers,,, have them in my Jackson, awesome sound,, and very versatile for any playing style,,, 😁✌

[@scarlet699]

No sabia que chabelo tocaba guitarra

[@JerryRiceBall]

Lmaoo. $379?? I can get this to go with my Gibson Jimi Hendrix™️ Stratocaster. 😂😂

[@jonathanf106]

They originally come with 250K pots, what would be tone difference if I switched them out with 500K pots?

[@kennynordieker5653]

That's exactly what I wanted. Some not just plaxing hendrix. Awesome review also. 🤘💪🖒✌

[@grimper35]

thanks for this very comprehensive review & demo!

[@Andrew-Gomez904]

really cool loved the review but I think it's just a bit much of a harsher sound. I know jimi would sometimes get that harsh sound but it seems off putting to me. cool pickups tho

[@RBFR01]

You look like beetle juice's white brother.

[@brianstoltz2838]

But unfortunately the bridge pickup is not slanted in.

[@mariansabianhh]

Thank you sir for such a thorough review, I really liked your video! Greetings from Argentina.

[@nickf9392]

Of the strat pick ups I have played....fat 50's, SD California 50's, Fender Custom shop made strat....the hands down favorite is the Hendrix pick ups featured here. So much so, that I went back and replaced all of my strats with these. They are smooth, even, musical....nothing harsh, nothing muddy or biting. These have the best clean and overdriven sounds of anything I have tried.

[@jorgepavon8582]

Really? I got this loaded pickguard on a trade deal. I haven't installed them yet since I only have telecasters, but your comment motivates me to invest in a strat body and neck.

[@nickf9392]

@@jorgepavon8582 Same here I'm a Tele guy to the bone, however I do own about six strats. When you set the Hendrix pick up heights I recommend this...on the neck & middle pick up set the height at 1/8" below the bottom of the strings and set the bridge pick up at 1/16 below the bottom of the string. Also roll the guitar volume back slightly to 9 or 9 1/2, this cuts the glassy sound common to strats and delivers the full musical sound of these pick ups. Let me know how you make out.

[@jorgepavon8582]

@Nick F hell yeah. Awesome tip brother. Thanks!

[@crilf5830]

Why so many strats?

[@nickf9392]

@@crilf5830 I make them. Different woods, different necks, finishes. Its not my favorite guitar (not that they are bad in any way), but it fills a niche. And I have been doing this for 50 years, so its been a very fulfilling endeavor.

[@Yahootie]

I like that eggbeater drill!

[@Stratmandew]

Nice Demo, well done. Thank You Ever considered the bridge tone mod?

[@chrishorton615]

Some of that tone is where the neck pickup is located. There is a harmonic node there.

[@alguitarchristie]

Hey, as the pickups are upside down compared to the regular pickups. Did that mean that you had to raise the the pickups higher on the bass side compared to normal?

[@madgeniusmusic]

Great video Robbie.

[@crilf5830]

Hendrix tone comes from a Strat.

[@golds04]

Better make sure you include the accent when doing otherwise the PU reverse polarity and continents.

[@padbender2972]

groovy video...my Jimi's go on my 87 strat tomorrow. pumped

[@andreadichiara1280]

Hi can you say why you changed the jack socket ? Thank you

[@salzulli6290]

Andrea Dichiara came with the pickguard

[@MisterGuitarItalia]

bridge pup should slant the other way... for this much cash, you could/should offer a custom pickguard

[@pelipetteri1]

Oh yeaaah! Finally someone reviews these! Thank you sir!

[@DBSG1976]

Awesome...you put a Hendrix pickguard going into a Surf Green Stratocaster!

[@danaugan]

Magnifique !!!!! thank you MR...!

[@stevestarr6395]

These pickups do it all!!

[@AndrewSnowden007]

Hi, if you are left handed like me do they just get set-up the opposite way round? Thanks

[@JourneymanActor]

sounds great. great demo, cool to see the install.

[@waynechurchill7212]

Great tone also jazzy tone great playing

[@PK08-86]

Scratch plate .....lmao

[@curtisdavis7903]

Are they noiseless?

[@RLMUD]

sound good, but not JIMI

[@runrabbitrun4342]

I don't understand Why SD Runs the black ground wire from pot to pot Its not even needed. Its a waste of wire and makes things look messier......About adjusting the Pickup Height if you really are trying to get close to Hendrix Look at his wood stock Video they show many closeups of the strat You'll see Jimi has the pickups height completely straight across no angel at all.

[@Robstafarian]

Those black ground wires ARE necessary: they provide the ground connection for the tone capacitors.

[@runrabbitrun4342]

No ,Your wrong They do not,.... everything works as it should without the Ugly wire running from pot to pot. You don't think so,Take a look at any Custom shop stratocaster Or any stratocaster made from oh lets say 1954 to 1970 You will not find the ugly ground wire on a single unit Not one!!! Mark my words. If you do find one on a original vintage strat please post the link. Cause i can post 10,000 links without it. "The wire"..

[@Robstafarian]

+Jerry D Vintage Strats had metal plates, which were connected to ground, beneath their pickguards. Pickguards without a metal plate, such as the one in this video, require the wires for the reason I stated previously.

[@runrabbitrun4342]

i need you to expand on metal plate

[@Robstafarian]

+Jerry D What would you like me to explain?

[@bluesuedevinyl9538]

Have a Squier Contemporary HSS, and Installed the Jimi Hendrix neck, and middle pickups but when i switch to the middle pickup, and humbucker pickup the volume isn't as loud plus has a trebley sound. Would you know what might be causing this

[@Takuro2003]

As Jimi was using right hand strat left handed, Seymour's pickup is wound reversed to mimic the effect. Thus I think reversing your rear humbucker should solve the problem.

[@shreddy412]

Very late to this party but your single coils are out of phase with your humbucker. Switch the wires on both neck and middle pickups to solve your issue. (ie. black wires to the switch and hot wires get grounded to the pot)

[@KevinDillardguitar]

I’m sure this has been brought up somewhere but for the true Jimi thing the bridge pup should be reverse slanted for the string path to be correct

[@chipsterb4946]

Kevin Dillard - very good point. He makes a big deal about the reverse staggered pole pieces, but angling the bridge pickup the opposite way would have a bigger effect on sound. The problem is that the pickup route in most bodies wouldn’t accommodate a bridge pickup angled the other way. Look at this guitar as an example.

[@kowalski4734]

who is jimi hendrix?😎🎸

[@craig4fsu]

He's a guitar, revolutionary that didn't live to be very old, but sure left his mark.

[@grog5564]

Do you offer a Left Handed version?

[@subzero308]

As a lefty guitar companies don't offer shit for lefty guitarist... Even tho they're fucking Hendrix pick ups smh.. All Hendrix stuff should be made for lefties and if righty players want them they should have to use them reverse like Jimi had too.

[@grog5564]

@@subzero308 Actually, part of the Jimi Hendrix sound was that his pickups (single coil) were not wound for a lefty. Also from what I have learned, in upgrading an Epiphone SG, is that even the Pots on a left handed guitar are made for a lefty. According to Seymore Duncan's Tech, Humbuckers do not need to be wound for a lefty, but single coil do.