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Massive metal tone dialed to the exact specs of Dimebag Darrell. Beef, crunch, edge, balls.play button

Massive metal tone dialed to the exact specs of Dimebag Darrell. Beef, crunch, edge, balls.

Seymour Duncan

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Crunchy pick attack, scooped mids and just the right amount of saturation is what the SH-13 Dimebucker bridge pickup is all about. Dime wanted his signature humbucker to have a thick crunch that sags just a little when you really lay into it. Combine that with a full, tight, low-end response, a ceramic magnet with dual stainless steel blades, and you have the Dimebucker. Huge and straight from the brain of the late, great Darrell Abbot.

In a 2004 interview, Dimebag described the tone of the Dimebucker, "It’s very saturated—not to the point where its overly fuzzy, but it has a smooth and crunchy distortion tone. It will give you some extra gain, but it won’t go so far that your sound breaks up and is going crazy. You get that warm tone with the distortion mixed in and it has the low end that’s kicking you in the butt while the top end is cutting your face off in the right way, but not ripping your face off. If you ever listen to a Pantera record, that’s what you’ll hear through this pickup.”

Combine with a ’59 Model bridge pickup (sold separately) in the neck position for the setup that Darrell himself used. Hand built in Santa Barbara, CA, the Dimebucker uses a ceramic bar magnet, dual stainless steel blades, 4-conductor lead wire for multiple wiring options, and is vacuum wax potted for squeal-free performance. Not many high-output passive humbucker pickups are capable of the massive metal tone of Dimebag Darrell. Dime wanted it all: beef, crunch, edge and balls, with biting treble and punchy bass, but an overall smoothness. Enter the SH-13 Dimebucker.
Seymour Duncan SH-13 Dimebucker Bridge Humbucker Pickup - Black
Seymour Duncan SH-13 Dimebucker Bridge Humbucker Pickup - Black

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  • Powerful ceramic magnet coupled with stainless steel blades generates take-no-prisoners tonality
  • Small metal mass in core produces aggressive, high output with treble bite and clarity, and punchy bass response
  • Perfect for heavy rock and metal

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4.83

42 Reviews

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of respondents would recommend this to a friend

Pretty good
This is a killer pickup.....awesome
Awesome product to get door any Dean

Most Liked Positive Review

5

Very nice

I have EMG 81's in my guitars and dimebuckers.... the dimebuckers actually sound like they have a higher output than the EMG's... Really nice metal tone. I'm just in a straight heavy metal band but this would be an amazing death metal pickup also. Speed picking and fast riffs sound really good on this thing.

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Most Liked Negative Review

3

neh

I have one of these in my Piphone Les Paul, sure it looks silly but the sounds are really nice, I will say one thing though, Its not what I expected, I had high expectations, and its too bad, now I want the Invader pickup.

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Reviewed by 42 customers

  • Amazing pickup, guitar screams

    5

    Verified BuyerVerified Buyer

    submitteda year ago

    byJoe

    fromDowners grove, Illinois

    Submitted as part of a sweepstakes

    Great deal with free installation by technician during guitar a thon

  • Pretty good

    5

    Verified BuyerVerified Buyer

    submitteda year ago

    byVince

    fromSaint cloud

    Submitted as part of a sweepstakes

    I'm usually an active pickup guy but I got this to go in a Washburn dimebolt. I am pleasantly surprised though. Very good pickup and it has a unique look!

  • Aggressive, clear, and strangely versatile

    5

    submitted3 years ago

    byDoug W

    fromMacomb, MI

    First, it might matter what guitar it's in. I have it in a basswood Strat body. This thing has a split personality. This pickup is everything you expect: bright and cutting, super crunchy, and searingly hot. But I was very surprised by what else it does. It's clarity gives it an interesting (I like it, you may not) clean tone. I have it coil split and split…..it's a really good overwound single coil tone. In my Strat, it gets a really good clean, chimey, Strat tone and when pushed, an aggressive Strat tone reminiscent of the Seymour Duncan Custom Staggered but brighter. You'll never get a round, warm, buttery tone out of it but that's not what it's made to do. It's a natural born killer waiting for it's next victim. But in the right set up, it has a surprising offering of really useful tones.

  • This is a killer pickup.....awesome

    5

    submitted5 years ago

    byRaymond

    fromIllinois

    I actually put this in one of my strats. I needed a stratocaster with some balls and this dimebucker definitely did the trick. Easy to install. Love it

  • YES!

    5

    submitted6 years ago

    bySavage

    fromFlorida

    Ive been playing for 20 something years. Ive had this pickup in my Washburn Dime for about 15 years. Still sounds great. It crushes. I also have a DBZ Venom with EMG 81/85. I know everybody loves the EMGs, but I actually want to pull the 81 for the Dimebucker. Its thicker, crunchier, and sounds nastier. I love this pickup. If you play metal, you cant go wrong with this one.

  • Dimebucker pickup

    5

    Verified BuyerVerified Buyer

    submitted7 years ago

    byBRIAN

    fromundisclosed

    This is an amazing pick-up. Great distortion and even sounds sweet on clean setting.

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  • submitted5 years ago

    asked byLandon

    fromDallas, TX

    This is a passive pickup, correct?

    This is a passive pickup, correct?

    Open Reply - Ronald
    Yes it is.