Gus G Blackouts Modular System

Passive Tone. Active Aggression.

Gus has been part of the Seymour Duncan family for years.  When he started to need more punch, clarity, and output from his pickups for the stage and studio with Ozzy and Firewind, he came to Seymour Duncan to meet his needs.

Based upon Seymour Duncan's popular Blackouts Modular Preamp  and Coil Packs, the new System starts with a U.S.A. made Modular Preamp and a Custom Wound neck and bridge coil pack.  The tone is EXPLOSIVE, giving players high output passive tone with the extra aggression and clarity of Active pickups.

This set should be availble in late November - retailing for $299

Details:

• Combines active and passive. The Gus G. Fire Blackouts System is a matched set of two passive humbucking pickups and a dual preamp that replaces one of the guitar's volume pots.

• Traditional humbucker design with individual pole pieces provides the note definition and string-to-string feel of passive pickups.

• Alnico 5 magnets deliver rich, detailed tones. The bridge pickup's larger magnet adds more low-mids for fatter, fuller-sounding leads.

• Custom-wound coils create a remarkably open, airy sound.

• A high-output, low-noise differential dual preamp captures every nuance of the passive-style pickups—with plenty of headroom. Most other active preamps clip too easily, decimating your dynamics.

• Long battery life. A single 9-volt battery provides approximately 750 hours of playing time.  

• Bare-wire lockdown connectors. Uses the same solderless connectors as our Liberator Pickup Change System. No soldering required if replacing existing active pickups. Screwdriver included.

• Includes three additional 25K potentiometers for users who are replacing passive pickups. 

• Organic sound. Instead of tone that sounds as if it was created by a preamp, you'll hear the wood of your guitar. You'll hear your picking style. You'll hear you.

• Pickups hand-made in Santa Barbara, California. Preamp made in the USA.

The word straight from Gus G's mouth about his new signature pickup set:

"This system combines the best aspects of passive and active pickups. You get the massive tone and boost of Blackouts actives with the clarity and harmonics of a great passive pickup. There's all the kick of an active, with plenty of distortion, but with the control and response of a great passive pickup. The system responds perfectly to every picking technique, and more of my personality comes through than with any other active pickup I've tried."

"I always wanted to know how it would sound if the best of the passive and active pickup worlds came together. The Gus G. Pickup System is definitely the answer for me. The matched pickups and preamp give me the massive tone and boost of Blackouts active pickups together with the clarity and harmonics of Seymour Duncan passive pickups."

Gus G Visits The Seymour Duncan Factory