Seymour Duncan unveils Duality hybrid active and passive guitar pickup

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New humbucker promises the best of both works

Pickup legend Seymour Duncan has announced the Duality, which promises to combine the best of active and passive technologies in one unit.

The design puts more emphasis on pickup coils and magnet than traditional actives while offering the low noise, high headroom and signal strength integrity of actives.

This makes for a versatile design that can handle everything from metal to blues and country, according to SD.

The Duality is available with black uncovered bobbins or zebra uncovered bobbins for $229 per set from Seymour Duncan. It's also available in individual standalone neck, bridge or Trembucker configurations.

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Mike has been Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com since 2019, and an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict for far longer. He has a master's degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and 15 years' experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. His writing also appears in the The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock as Maebe.