Seymour Duncan Custom Shop “Road Fatigue” Bridge Pickup - Short Run Handwound by MJ

Inspired by one of the most powerful, creative and masterful guitarists blazing a path through the world of modern jazz fusion in the mid-1980s, we asked the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop to wind us a few bridge pickups that would have been a perfect fit.

We started with a Custom Shop-aged AlNiCo 5 magnet and ’59 coils wound to neck position specs. We chose vintage G-spacing for these, as preferred by the maestro. Along with the slightly lower DCR and shorter magnet (compared to Trembucker spaced pickups), we then chose perhaps the most critical component: Double rows of adjustable pole screws. Each pickup has 12 pole screws rather than the 6 screws and 6 slugs in traditional humbucker design. This gives each pickup enhanced warmth and fatness, emphasizing a beautiful, singing midrange with enough clarity and sustain to enhance long, fluid lines and an incredible turn-on-a-dime dynamic range.

DCR in this batch ranges from 7.75-7.81k, with black bobbins and nickel screws, standard humbucker spacing, short legs, braided single-conductor wiring, and wax potting. Each pickup is personally handwound by MJ in the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop.