Seymour Duncan Releases Duff McKagan Signature PJ Pickup Set

Harness the same tight low-end and attack Duff is known for with a pickup combination sure to inspire

Seymour Duncan Releases Duff McKagan Signature PJ Pickup Set

Harness the same tight low-end and attack Duff is known for with a pickup combination sure to inspire

Seymour Duncan has partnered with Duff to offer the Duff McKagan Signature PJ Set, bearing his distinctive skull & crossbones logo. The combination of a Hot Stack Jazz bass bridge and a Quarter Pound P-Bass neck is sure to inspire anyone looking for an aggressive bass tone without hum. Load these into your PJ bass to achieve Duffโ€™s trademark sound โ€“ noise free and with plenty of attitude.

Harness the same tight low-end and attack Duff is known for with a pickup combination sure to inspire anyone looking for an aggressive bass tone without the hum.

Seymour Duncan is proud to offer this special pickup set featuring:

  • Combines a Hot Stack Jazz Bass Bridge with a Quarter Pound Precision Neck
  • Hum Cancelling
  • Fits most standard PJ routs.
  • Hand-built in Santa Barbara, CA

Since the mid-1980s, Duff McKaganโ€™s bass lines and songwriting have powered hits from Guns Nโ€™ Roses, Velvet Revolver, and his other highly influential projects. On classic performances like โ€œSweet Child Oโ€™ Mineโ€, โ€œSlitherโ€, and โ€œWelcome To The Jungleโ€ his weapon of choice was a Fenderยฎ PJ bass loaded with Seymour Duncan pickups. Now you can harness that same tight low-end and sharp attack Duff is known for with the Duff McKagan Signature PJ Pickup Set.

Great bass players know that a PJ pickup combination can give you the punchy, thunderous tones needed for rock, punk, funk and beyond. Chasing that flexibility, Duff used his first record advance to buy a Fender Jazz Bassยฎ Special with a Precisionยฎ split-coil pickup in the neck position and a Jazz bass pickup in the bridge. The original single-coil bridge pickup was swapped out for a Seymour Duncan Hot Stack Jazz bassยฎ pickup, nixing the hum in all positions while also adding some extra output.

Years later, Duff was gifted a bass with the Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound P-Bassยฎ pickup in the neck. The large diameter alnico 5 magnets and high output coils gave Duff an exciting new dimension to his sound, and he began to pair it with the Hot Stack Jazz Bass bridge for a powerful pickup combination with plenty of grit, low end, and attack. This pairing became Duffโ€™s signature sound, and heโ€™s used these pickups on hit recordings and world tours ever since.

Seymour Duncan has partnered with Duff to offer these two pickups as the Duff McKagan Signature PJ Set, bearing his distinctive skull & crossbones logo. This combination is sure to inspire anyone looking for an aggressive bass tone without hum, perfect for stage and studio. Load these high output pickups into your PJ bass to achieve Duffโ€™s trademark sound โ€“ noise free and with plenty of attitude.

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