Seymour Duncan celebrates 50 years of pickup building with super-limited run of the classic ‘59 Model P.A.F. humbucker
Seymour Duncan is celebrating its 50th anniversary in style by reissuing its P.A.F. ‘59 Model humbucker pickup in a highly limited run.
With only 500 sets available worldwide – each hand-built by the brand’s Custom Shop masters with decades of experience – the ‘59 Model Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Custom Shop Set pickups are built exactly as Seymour’s original ‘59s were, but with a number of visual touches commemorating 50 years in the game.
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A recreation of the original 59 Model, these pickups feature butyrate bobbins, long-legged baseplates, single-conductor cable, maple spacers and rough-cast Alnico V magnets. Their original-spec construction delivers that classic open and airy P.A.F. tone, Seymour Duncan says.
Meanwhile, the pickups’ bottom plates bear the signature of the brand’s founder Seymour W. Duncan and Custom Shop manager Maricela “MJ” Juarez, as well as original replica “Seymourized” stickers.
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Each set also arrives in exclusive anniversary packaging in celebration of the brand’s half-century of pickup building.
The ‘59 Model Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Custom Shop Set “celebrates Seymour’s personal vision of an ideal P.A.F.-style humbucker, shaped by decades of hands-on experience, careful listening and an appreciation for the many voices that made the originals legendary”, the brand says.
“Vintage P.A.F. pickups are revered for the tones captured on countless classic recordings, with variation among individual pickups yielding a wide spectrum of voicings. Early in his career, Seymour developed a deep understanding of these variations by rewinding, repairing, and studying countless vintage pickups.”
The company explains that Seymour’s original goal with the ‘59 Model was to reach his “ideal interpretation of a P.A.F.”, using an Alnico 5 magnet to capture the “open, airy character and three-dimensional harmonics of the best originals, while offering balance between neck and bridge”.
The ‘59 Model Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Custom Shop Set is priced at $375, and comes in Black and Zebra colourways.
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