Seymour Duncan Holcomb SS 8St Matte Black Pickup Set

The Holcomb SS uses a ceramic magnet in the Scarlet neck pickup for clean and mid-gain definition, paired with an Alnico 8 magnet in the Scourge bridge pickup for controlled midrange and tight bass response. This combination is specifically calibrated to cut through heavy drop tunings while maintaining note clarity and preventing bloat during high-gain play and palm-mutes.

The Holcomb SS is designed primarily for metal, djent, progressive, and extended-range styles. Their aggressive articulation and tight low-end focus make them less suited to jazz, blues, and folk applications where warmer, more open tone is typically preferred.

No—both the Scarlet neck and Scourge bridge pickups feature coil-splitting capability, allowing you to voice each pickup independently for tonal flexibility without any rewiring.

This is a complete matched pair: the Scarlet neck pickup with ceramic magnet and the Scourge bridge pickup with Alnico 8 magnet, both designed for standard humbucker spacing on 8-string guitars. Both include coil-splitting wiring.

Yes—the Holcomb SS set is designed and built in Santa Barbara, California by Seymour Duncan.

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