Seymour Duncan Dave Mustaine LiveWire Active Humbucker Set - black nickel

The Seymour Duncan Dave Mustaine LiveWire Active  Humbucker Set - black nickel. FREE shipping anywhere in the USA!

Application
Active, 9-volt-powered preamp built into the pickup. Provides the benefits of an active pickup without sacrificing the famous, organic, "Seymourized" tone. Great for classic rock, punk, garage, thrash, old school metal, nu-metal, black metal and other heavy rock and aggressive music styles.

Description
The active preamp allows higher gain and more output without sacrificing tonal response and dynamic feel. The resonant frequency of the bridge and neck pickup is matched with that of the SH-4 JB and SH-2n Jazz Model (neck) respectively.

Complete setup
Comes in a two-pickup, neck & bridge set. Black nickel plated covers.

Guitars
Any double humbucker guitar with vibrato or hard-tail bridge.



Audio courtesy of Seymour Duncan

About the Guitars: We used a '60's Classic Les Paul with a fresh set of American Flyer 10-46 gauge strings.

About the Amps: We employed the "highest common denominator" philosophy in our amp selection. For clean tones, we used a silverface Fender Super Reverb with stock 4x10 "blue frame" speakers. We kept the Bright Switch "On" throughout. For crunch tones, we used a well-worn Marshall JCM 800 50 watt master volume head through a new Marshall 1960A Celestion®-loaded 4x12 cabinet. We plugged into the High output. With both amps we close miked straight-on with SM-57s through a Soundcraft Spirit Folio Mixer.

These are the amp settings:

Fender Super Reverb
Bright Switch
3
5
6.5
4.5
2.5
On
Volume
Treble
Midrange
Bass
Reverb
Marshall JCM 800
Output
5.5
10
4
4
2
7
High
Presence
Bass
Midrange
Treble
Master
Pre-Amp

 


Players
Dave Mustaine / Megadeth

Specifications
- Cable: Three conductor shielded
- DC Resistance: N/A
- Resonant Peak: Neck: 6.3 KHz, Bridge: 4.1 KHz
- Magnet: Alnico V Bar (both pickups)
- EQ (B/M/T):  5 / 6 / 8

Download wiring diagram here

Returns:
Most pickups can't be returned once installed because of the installation process that requires soldering, etc. Seymour Duncan however offers a fantastic 21 Day Return Policy! Here's the details:
Seymour Duncan / Basslines offers our 21 Day Real World Exchange Policy on all new pickups purchased in the U.S. and some other participating countries, which states the following: If for any reason you're not satisfied with the pickup's sound or construction, return it and your receipt to your dealer, or direct to the factory within 21 days for exchange with another pickups of equal or lesser value. To do this, please just send us an email and include your invoice number and the new pickup you'd like to exchange towards.