Description
This is Seymour Duncan’s take on the classic Music Man humbucker, retuned with Alnico magnets instead of the stock ceramic. The result is a wider frequency window on both ends — a rounder, more woody low end and a top that stays articulate rather than sharp or brittle. If you’ve found the ceramic version a bit stiff or clinical for your playing, this is the pickup that trades some aggression for touch sensitivity and nuance.
Under the hood, custom coil winding works alongside the Alnico magnets to shape that extended response, giving you a humbucker that still has plenty of output and punch but with a smoother, more vintage-leaning character. It’s built for players chasing tones from the mid-’70s: think blues runs, funky slap-adjacent lines, classic rock riffs, southern rock grit, jam-band stretch-outs, and hard rock drive — all with a bit more warmth and harmonic complexity than the ceramic option delivers.
Designed as a direct fit for 5-string Music Man-style basses, it comes wired with a four-conductor hookup cable so you’ve got full flexibility for series, parallel, or coil-splitting configurations, plus a logo cover to keep things looking factory-correct. For anyone chasing maximum tonal control, Seymour Duncan recommends pairing this pickup with the STC-3M3 or STC-3M4 Tone Circuits to really dial in the EQ shaping this Alnico design is capable of.
- Alnico magnet humbucker voiced after 1976-era Music Man tone
- Extended frequency range: warmer lows, more detailed highs vs. ceramic version
- Four-conductor wiring for switching flexibility
- Includes logo cover
- Pairs well with STC-3M3 / STC-3M4 Tone Circuits
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