The Seymour Duncan ‘78 Model humbucker delivers warm crunch with biting leads and overtone laden tapped runs.
In the late 70s, Seymour Duncan was well known
as the go-to guy for players that wanted something custom. Sometime in
‘78, Eddie Van Halen gave him a P.A.F. to experiment with, along with
instructions to rewind it with the intent to enhance the reproduction of
artificial harmonics and “hot wind” a little for some extra “juice”.
The Seymour Duncan ‘78 Model humbucker is the
result of that experiment. Loaded with an Alnico 2 magnet and wound to
the exact same hot specs as that original P.A.F. rewind, the ‘78’s
magnet and output combination lends itself to a warm crunch with biting
leads and overtone laden tapped runs. While the ‘78 Model was not the
final destination for Eddie, it offers players the opportunity to
revisit a waypoint in the early days of his legendary pursuit of the
ultimate tone.
If you’re a player who demands a
high-performance tone and wants the classic hard rockin’ rhythm crunch,
articulate picked harmonics for your tapped solos and whammy bar
acrobatics, the ‘78 Model just may be your ticket.
DCR: Bridge 9k
Magnet: Alnico 2
Cable: 4c Shielded
Type: Passive
