Description
Extended-range players chasing a neck pickup that can hang with a Nazgûl or Pegasus bridge finally get their match. The Sentient was designed specifically as the neck-position partner to those passive 7 and 8-string bridge humbuckers, landing tonally between a ’59 and a Jazz model neck pickup — full-bodied but never muddy, with enough clarity to keep low-tuned chords from turning into mush.
Vintage output and an alnico 5 bar magnet give the Sentient a dynamic, harmonically rich voice that responds to touch rather than flattening everything into one texture. Clean tones stay glassy and defined, while high-gain leads come through fluid and articulate instead of compressed or brittle — exactly what you want from a neck pickup carrying solos in low tunings.
Built at Seymour Duncan’s Santa Barbara, CA factory, this 8-string Sentient features:
- Alnico 5 bar magnet for vintage-correct output and dynamics
- Nickel silver bottom plate
- 4-conductor lead wire for coil-split and series/parallel wiring options
- Vacuum wax potting to eliminate microphonic squeal
- Passive mount design that drops into standard humbucker routing
This listing is the black cover version, giving your extended-range guitar a clean, stealthy look at the neck. Pair it with the Nazgûl or Pegasus bridge pickup for a cohesive, balanced setup across the whole range — from tight low-string chugging to singing lead runs.
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