Seymour Duncan Scooped Strat Neck Black Pickup

Seymour Duncan Scooped Strat Neck Black Pickup

The Seymour Duncan Scooped Strat Neck is engineered to anchor the neck position with a warm, articulate midrange that captures clean single-coil definition without aggressive high-end glare. This underwound '50s-style design produces smooth, tonally balanced recordings while maintaining the note separation needed for layered tracking and vocal-friendly mix sits—essential for home studios where neck pickups handle rhythm, texture, and harmonic depth.

Tone & Recording Character

A 6.13k DC resistance rating delivers moderate output that prints cleanly to tape or DAW without forcing excessive gain compensation, preserving headroom for tracking stacked guitars or blended tones. The Alnico V magnet with extended pole pieces ensures consistent magnetic pull and clear transient definition, particularly critical in the lower registers where neck pickups anchor body and sustain during production.

Studio Integration & Wiring

The single-conductor cloth cable provides reliable shielding and maintains period-correct appearance for authentic vintage recordings. As a single-coil Stratocaster neck pickup, it drops directly into standard three-pickup Strat configurations and excels in split or blended neck-middle settings—a core production technique for achieving thick, centered tones without phase issues.

Key Features

• Single-coil Stratocaster neck pickup
• Underwound '50s-style design
• DC Resistance: 6.13k
• Alnico V Rod magnets
• Extended pole pieces
• Single conductor cloth cable
• Warm, articulate midrange tone
• Vintage-voiced output character

This pickup combines controlled output, classic magnetic construction, and authentic vintage voicing into a reliable neck position tool for recording sessions that prioritize tonal warmth, clarity, and mix-friendly character across production demands.