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Post subject: Seymour Duncan Jimi Hendrix pickups
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 1:40 pm
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Any opinions on these? Sounds like an interesting idea:

In 1968 Seymour met with and wound pickups for Jimi Hendrix when he came to perform at Xavier University in Cincinnati. Seymour presented Jimi with the hand-wound pickups he had made, which were then installed in Jimi's Strat. Before the performance, the two had a fairly extensive conversation about music and tone and took some pictures together. Meeting Jimi was obviously a big inspiration for Seymour, and I’m sure it motivated him to keep working on his passion.

Eight years after his meeting with Jimi, he founded Seymour Duncan Pickups. 2016 is our 40th anniversary as a company, so we’ve been looking through our archives for projects that reflect Seymour’s history of ingenuity and innovation. Of course, Seymour (being Seymour) kept a meticulous record of exactly how he wound those pickups for Jimi so many years ago, so it seemed like a natural choice for us.

The Hendrix Signature set is made exactly the same way that Seymour wound those original pickups for Jimi, with the exception of the reverse magnet stagger, which is designed to emulate Jimi’s use of right handed guitars ‘upside-down’.

Sort of like a time machine that can take you back to a 60s Strat if what they have done what they say.

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Post subject: Re: Seymour Duncan Jimi Hendrix pickups
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 7:47 pm
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It's a great link and I wish them the very best with it.

I spent a happy half hour looking over their product page and the main impression was a dizzying and confusing array of PUPs seemingly for every occasion.

I'm not sure I could ever buy them as I would always wonder if I bought the right ones. At least with the Hendrix reference you have a clue as to what they might sound like.

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Post subject: Re: Seymour Duncan Jimi Hendrix pickups
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 8:43 pm
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John Sims wrote:
It's a great link and I wish them the very best with it.

I spent a happy half hour looking over their product page and the main impression was a dizzying and confusing array of PUPs seemingly for every occasion.

I'm not sure I could ever buy them as I would always wonder if I bought the right ones. At least with the Hendrix reference you have a clue as to what they might sound like.


If you go here: http://www.seymourduncan.com/forum/
And do a little sifting, ask a question of you have one you will find a wealth of information.

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