Pickups for 7-String Guitars

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DiMarzio D Activator 7 Neck (DP719 ) & Bridge (DP720) Active humbuckers have a distinctive sound - powerful, clean, open-sounding, with excellent harmonic overtones and very tight lows. The down side for many players is that they also sound cold, have limited dynamics and run out of headroom when played hard. And of course, they need batteries. In 2006 DiMarzio took a close look at the most popular active neck and bridge humbuckers to see if they could capture all of the good qualities and eliminate the disadvantages. The D Activator™ neck and bridge models are the result. They have the same loud yet clean sound as the active humbuckers players are familiar with, and killer harmonics. They also respond instantly to hard or light pick attack. In a word, they rock. And they don’t need batteries. Our Price (each): £79.95 (Including VAT at 20%) Position Bridge (+£0.00) Neck (+£0.00) Calibrated Neck/Bridge Set (+£77.95)     Quantity:

DiMarzio D Sonic7 (DP706 ) The new DiMarzio Dropsonic is a high-output bridge humbucker designed for the extended low end and heavy chords that dropped tuning delivers, plus serious treble response for single-note solos. The DropSonic isn't just a one-sound pickup, either. The patented design utilizes 4-conductor wiring to access 2 different single-coil sounds plus parallel humbucking mode, for 3 additional sounds that are distinctive and versatile. As used by John Petrucci. The standard colour for 7 string pickups is black. Our Price (each): £79.95 (Including VAT at 20%) Quantity:

DiMarzio X2N7 (DP705) The X2N is a take-no-prisoners, in-your-face humbucker. Twin, wide-bar pole pieces give the X2N a nasty, dangerous look - and rightly so. DiMarzio's highest gain pickup excels at thrashing your amplifier into screaming overdrive. Put one in the bridge position for a powerful boost in the voltage the amp sees from your guitar. The result is a hot sound with relentless drive. If your amp needs to see more gain in order to go over-the-top in the overdrive department, the X2N's output and EQ are focused to slam the signal through with authority. Not that the X2N is completely single-minded: 4-conductor wiring permits single-coil and parallel humbucking operation for a wide selection of hot, musical sounds. Black only. Recommended for bridge position on solidbody guitars. Our Price (each): £79.95 (Including VAT at 20%) Quantity:

DiMarzio Evolution 7 (DP704) The six string version of the Evolution is the bridge pickup from the Steve Vai set. Fitted as original equipment on the Ibanez JEM guitars it's fat, punchy and loud!! DC Resistance - 13.84 kOhm. The standard colour for 7-string pickups is black. Our Price (each): £79.95 (Including VAT at 20%) Quantity:

DiMarzio Tone Zone (DP755 ) The six string F version of the Tone Zone is the bridge pickup fitted to the Ibanez J Series guitars. Very big warm tone with good overtones and harmonics. DC Resistance - 17.31K Ohm. The standard colour for 7-string pickups is black. Our Price (each): £68.95 (Including VAT at 20%) Quantity:

DiMarzio Air Norton 7 (DP793) The six-string version is used as the neck pickup in the Ibanez J series guitars. Very warm and open humbucker. The standard colour for 7-string pickups is black. Our Price (each): £68.95 (Including VAT at 20%) Quantity:

DiMarzio PAF7 (DP759) Classic vintage tone - a smooth, almost voice-like quality - the PAF® has that intangible swell to the notes after attack. It possesses vintage output, and breathes freely with an open, warm character. Played flat-out through non-master volume tube amps, the PAF® recreates the deep character of the great plug-in, turn-up and wail school of tone. Modern potting techniques and tight, consistent winding eliminate squeal and microphonics common to the originals. Here is solid tone for both neck and bridge positions. Balances well in the neck with hotter bridge humbuckers. Recommended for: Neck and bridge positions in all solid, semisolid and hollowbody guitars. There are two basic types of vintage humbuckers: those that have a hotter, like new tone and those that have a softer, aged sound. The Air ClassicTM has the softer sound, and the PAF® is a little tighter and tougher - very useful for cleaning up muddy-sounding neck positions. Its also good as a bridge pickup combined with neck & middle single-coils: not loud enough to overwhelm them, and bright enough to blend well. The standard colour for 7-string pickups is black. Our Price (each): £73.95 (Including VAT at 20%) Quantity:

DiMarzio Blaze Custom Pickup (DP703) The Blaze™ Bridge Model has a very distinct “clean overdrive” sound. The Blaze™ Custom Bridge was built for 7-string players who prefer a hotter bridge pickup with more mid-range. Because more power is focused in the middle of the guitar’s range, the Blaze™ Custom Bridge will overdrive an amp more easily and the sound will be fatter. We still don't want the seventh string to get muddy, so we used our dual-resonance design to add some crispness to the low end. You'll get more attack and hotter harmonic overtones, too. Recommended For: Bridge position. This is designed to be a soloists' pickup. We brought the power up a little from the Blaze™ bridge model, rounded the high end off and increased the mids. We did this with fully-cranked amps and overdrive pedals in mind, but you can also get clean chord sounds with the four-conductor parallel and splitting options. Our Price (each): £79.95 (Including VAT at 20%) Quantity:

DiMarzio Blaze Bridge Pickup (DP702) 7-string guitars are hard to amplify. Most players tune the seventh string to a low B (or even A) and it's a real trick to get a big, solid tone from the other strings without the seventh turning to mud. Blaze humbuckers solve the problem by tuning the 2 coils to different frequencies. Low notes are fat and highs are bright and clean. Recommended for the bridge position. The Blaze™ Bridge Model bears a strong resemblance to the Steve's Special™. The mids are scooped out, and both treble and bass are boosted. The hot bass response gives the seventh string a lot of impact, while opening up the midrange keeps it from getting muddy. This enables the Blaze™ Bridge Model to handle both fast soloing and clean chords, because individual notes won't smear together with heavy overdrive, and clean sounds have an almost "hi-fi" quality. Wiring: Standard 4-conductor Magnet: Ceramic Output: 380mV DC resistance: 20.75K Year of introduction: 1990 Our Price (each): £79.95 (Including VAT at 20%) Quantity:

DiMarzio Blaze Middle Pickup (DP701) Seven-string guitars are hard to amplify. Most players tune the seventh string to a low B (or even A), and it's a real trick to get a big, solid tone from the other strings without the seventh turning to mud. The BlazeTM single-coil is exceptionally tight, and is designed to be a match for the BlazeTM 'buckers in split mode. Both lows and highs are bright and clean. 14K ohms may seem like a lot of resistance for a single-coil, but the BlazeTM is not at all muddy - it's bright and even-sounding through the entire 7-string frequency range. Wiring Two conductor Magnet: Ceramic Output: 200mV DC Resistance: 14.10K Year of introduction: 1990 Our Price (each): £59.95 (Including VAT at 20%) Quantity:

DiMarzio Blaze Neck Pickup (DP700) This is the model originally designed for the neck position of the Ibanez® Universe. The neck position needs to be warm, but not too fat (nobody wants the low “B” sounding like a tuba, right?), so we scooped out some of the mids to brighten up the low notes and we kept the power down to a reasonable level to avoid unnecessary sludge. Our Price (each): £79.95 (Including VAT at 20%) Quantity:

Seymour Duncan SH-6 Duncan Distortion™ 7-String Humbucker High output humbucker built for aggressive playing styles. Recommended for old school metal, nu-metal, gothic, garage, punk, thrash and other heavy rock styles. Great for drop tunings. Yields high output while retaining clarity. The massive ceramic magnet and hot coil windings deliver tremendous power and raw distorted rock sounds. More aggressive than the SH-5 Duncan Custom. Comes with four-conductor hookup cable. Available for both neck and bridge positions. Often a Distortion bridge is paired with an SH-2n Jazz Model in the neck for good clean tones and versatility. For balanced and warm instruments. Works especially well with rosewood fingerboards. Our Price (each): £68.95 (Including VAT at 20%) Position Bridge (+£0.00) Neck (+£0.00) Calibrated Neck/Bridge Set (+£66.95)     Quantity:

Seymour Duncan SH-8 Invader 7-String Humbucker Ultra high output humbucker built for aggressive playing styles. Recommended for punk, garage, thrash, metal and other heavy rock styles. Designed for the heaviest tones a passive pickup can produce. The combination of three ceramic magnets, over-wound coils and twelve black oxide cap screws make the Invader an electrifying force of energy. The wide magnetic field pumps power into your amp with a totally heavy sound. Comes with four-conductor hookup cable. Available for both neck and bridge positions - most commonly used in the bridge position. The Invader neck pickup has considerably reduced output for tonal versatility. For all instruments. The wide pole pieces work for both humbucker and Trembucker string spacing. Optional 7-string version. Our Price (each): £73.95 (Including VAT at 20%) Position Bridge (+£0.00) Neck (+£0.00) Calibrated Neck/Bridge Set (+£71.95)     Quantity:

Seymour Duncan SH-5 Duncan Custom™ 7-String Humbucker "P.A.F. on steroids" tone. Used for classic rock, heavy rock, funk, punk, R&B, metal and drop-tunings. Beefed up Patent Applied For tone for a hard-driving, kickin' sound with the right balance of power, sustain, and distortion. This pickup cuts through with a distinctive high end and midrange attack. The ceramic magnet and custom coil design give it compressed dynamics, an enhanced harmonic structure, and a punchy bass. Perfect for dropped tunings without "mushing" out. Comes with four-conductor hookup cable. Recommended for Bridge Position Available in black only. Often a Duncan Custom is paired with an SH-1 '59 in the neck for bigger P.A.F. tones in the bridge and vintage-correct P.A.F. tones in the neck. For balanced and warm instruments. Works especially well with rosewood fingerboards. Options of Nickel or gold-plated cover; Trembucker; 7-string version. Players: Mike Chlasciak / Halford (bridge), Whitey Kirst / Iggy Pop (bridge), Rick Jackett / finger eleven (bridge), Will Adler & Mark Morton / Lamb of God (bridge) Our Price (each): £68.95 (Including VAT at 20%) Quantity:

Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB 7-string Bridge Humbucker A completely balanced coil configuration produces great harmonics and a high output with just the right blend of sustain and distortion. You get the best of both worlds: from sweet warm tones to raw rock 'n' roll. Combine this with the (SH-2) Jazz Neck and you've got Seymour's personal favorite combination. Available in black only. Recommended for Bridge position. Players: Paul Stanley / KISS, Gary Rossington / Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ty Tabor / King’s X, Steve Marker / Garbage, Nick Hexum & Tim Mahoney / 311, John Connolly / Sevendust, Dave Mustaine / Megadeth Our Price (each): £68.95 (Including VAT at 20%) Quantity:

Seymour Duncan SH-2 Jazz 7-string Humbucker SH-2 -- This pickup is for players who need an accurate, clear tone for fast jazz runs. The brighter sound has slightly less output and is a good match with most pickups. A popular combination is The Jazz™ in the neck with either a JB™ (SH-4) or Duncan Custom™ (SH-5) in the bridge. Available in black only. Players: Jerry Horton / Papa Roach (neck), Dave Mustaine / Megadeth (neck), Doug Pettibone / Lucinda Williams (neck) Click here to visit the Seymour Duncan Website Our Price (each): £68.95 (Including VAT at 20%) Position Bridge (+£0.00) Neck (+£0.00) Calibrated Neck/Bridge Set (+£66.95)     Quantity:

Seymour Duncan SH-1 '59 7-String Humbucker SH-1/ TB59-1b -- The most important thing about the vintage Patent Applied For pickup was its warm, smooth tone and sustain that was unlike anything heard before. The SH-1 is built with the same kind of enameled wire, nickel-plated studs, and balanced coil windings that humbucker inventor Seth Lover used in his first pickups. It looks and sounds just like a '59. Available in black only. Single conductor cable is standard, four conductor is available upon request. With traditional or Trembucker spacing. Also for 7-string guitars, available in black only. Players: Ben Harper (neck & bridge), Robben Ford (neck & bridge), Mike Einzinger / Incubus (neck), Robert Smith / The Cure Click here to visit the Seymour Duncan Website Our Price (each): £68.95 (Including VAT at 20%) Position Bridge (+£0.00) Neck (+£0.00) Calibrated Neck/Bridge Set (+£66.95)     Quantity:

EMG-707 (7 String Active 85 in a 35DC Housing) The EMG-707 is a seven string pickup for guitar. The pickup is housed in our 35 Extended bass housing, so it's not a direct replacement for a humbucking pickup. The 707 is a dual coil pickup with Alnico Poles similar to the 85, with the same amount of output. Package Includes: EMG's exclusive Quik-Connect™ cable, prewired split shaft volume/tone control set, output jack, battery clip set, screws & springs. Options Available: ONLY AVAILABLE IN BLACK Our Price (each): £98.95 (Including VAT at 20%) Quantity:

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