Lose the bad hum, crank up the tone!

Seymour Duncan Blackouts are 9-volt active humbuckers that provide more extended frequency response with less compression. Seymour Duncan engineers have captured the tone players want in an active guitar pickup design with the benefits of balanced inputs.

Not only do Seymour Duncan Blackouts active humbuckers have less hum than most active humbuckers, they also have more lows, more highs, and more output. Simply put, the Blackouts have more tone than most active pickups. Players will find far fewer problems with hum, especially near computer monitors and fluorescent lighting.

Blackouts are available in individual neck and bridge models, or as a two-pickup set. All versions come with all necessary mounting hardware, including pots, jack, and a battery clip.

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Seymour Duncan Blackouts Active Humbucker Specifications:

• AHB-1 Blackout Neck Model Specifications
  
  Resonant Frequency: 750 Hz
• Average Output Voltage: 0.65 Volts RMS (1)
• Maximum Output Voltage: 2.60 Volts RMS (2)
• Noise: -97dBV
• Output Impedance: 1K Ohm
• Current Consumption: 350 micro-amperes
• Battery Life: 1420 hours (3)
• Preamp Topology: Discrete hybrid differential, FET input
• Preamp Gain: 16 dB
• Preamp THD at 1V: .003%
  
  AHB-1 Blackout Bridge Model Specifications
  
  Resonant Frequency: 530 Hz
• Average Output Voltage: 2.00 Volts RMS (1)
• Maximum Output Voltage: 2.60 Volts RMS (2)
• Noise: -96dBV
• Output Impedance: 1K Ohm
• Current Consumption: 350 micro-amperes
• Battery Life: 1420 hours (3)
• Preamp Topology: Discrete hybrid differential, FET input
• Preamp Gain: 18 dB
• Preamp THD at 1V: .003%
  
  Notes:
• (1) Output voltage measured under the following conditions:
• a. Pickups installed in a guitar and set up for typical playing conditions.
• b. Neck pickup adjusted approx. 3/16" from strings.
• c. Bridge pickup adjusted approx. 1/8" from strings.
• d. String gauge used - .010 to .046
• e. Open E-chord strummed at moderate intensity.
• f. 5 sample average reading taken using storage oscilloscope.
• (2) Maximum output voltage is taken at the onset of clipping in the preamp when powered from a 9 Volt source.
• Battery life computed for one pickup. Divide by two for life of set.

Seymour Duncan Blackouts Active Humbucker

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BEST ACTIVE PICKUP YOU CAN BUY

Posted by sloppyjoe from Galapagos on Aug 30, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Blues, Metal

This pickup came with a guitar I recently bought and it blows any EMG out of the water by far. Harmonics scream on this thing, a really clean and thick distortion sound so nothing gets muddy. Amazing for soloing. This is the best of the best kids. I highly recommend this pickup to anyone who plays metal and wants the best possible tone.

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BEST ACTIVE PICKUP YOU CAN BUY

Posted by sloppyjoe from Galapagos on Aug 30, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Blues, Metal

This pickup came with a guitar I recently bought and it blows any EMG out of the water by far. Harmonics scream on this thing, a really clean and thick distortion sound so nothing gets muddy. Amazing for soloing. This is the best of the best kids. I highly recommend this pickup to anyone who plays metal and wants the best possible tone.

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Great Product for any Metal Head!

Posted by tcsheehan186 from Pittsburgh on Aug 15, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Guitarist for 6 years

Reviewer's Play Style: Groove Metal

I just got this in the mail yesterday and installed it myself and this thing rocks!!! Theres alot of lows and highs and it picks up harmonics very well. And if you are worried about installing it, anyone can do it with soldering experience. I am a 16 year old kid in high school and I installed it with no trouble at all. This is a great pickup for metal and I highly recommend it!

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The tone You lookin' for in Metal

Posted by DaveWentToHollywood9 from Colorado springs, CO on Jun 29, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician, Live Artist

Reviewer's Play Style: Metal, Thrash, Groovy/Blues Metal

Okay, you know how you get that muddy, rather boxy sound with EMG's? These nix all that stuff. Perfect sustain and thrash metal type tone. EMG's are gonna be for death metal and a lot of palm muting bs. These blackouts are for shredding and getting the most tone out of any riff and lick you can come up with. Get this pick up if you wanna sound legit!!

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Wow!

Posted by dimebag4ever from Rome, Ga on Jun 15, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Metal

This is the best pickup you can get! This gets harmonics so well. I put this on my Ibanez rg420ex and wow? this is way better than 81/85 emgs.

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