Seymour Duncan MortalCoil 3-Voice Neck Humbucker - Black - Active High Output Electric Guitar Pickup

Introducing Seymour Duncan’s MortalCoil: an active humbucker set with three voices engineered for precision, power, and musical clarity. Designed from the ground up for modern players who demand brutal articulation and authoritative low end, the new primary MC1 voice delivers an exceptionally tight, mix-ready modern metal sound that stays focused and controlled across complex riffs, palm mutes, and harmonics. Alongside it, MortalCoil brings additional voices drawn directly from Seymour Duncan’s legacy: a classic JB Model voice, plus a powerful single-coil voice ready when versatility matters. Built on 50 years of pickup-voicing expertise, MortalCoil represents a fresh approach to what multiple-voiced active pickups can be. MortalCoil’s MC1 (Voice 1) delivers uncompromising tightness, note separation, and cutting presence for modern metal applications, maintaining clarity and balance without fizz or nasal midrange, even under extreme gain. Voice 2 unlocks our authentic JB Model Bridge voice, capturing the proven character and feel players have trusted for decades. Voice 3 offers a strong, articulate single-coil voice with enough output and definition to hold its own in modern rigs, making it ideal for cleans, edge-of-breakup tones, and layered production. At the core of MortalCoil are precision-wound high-density copper coils with optimized resistance, providing faster transient response and stronger pick attack than competing designs across all tunings. Our all-new preamp utilizes advanced audio op-amps that contribute gain, rich harmonic detail, and dynamic feel with extremely low distortion, while the efficient circuit design supports superior battery life for reliable performance on stage and in the studio. The result is crushing attack and surgical control under modern metal gain. Whether you’re tracking or performing live, MortalCoil allows one guitar to move effortlessly from pristine cleans to aggressive high-gain tones. Experience what happens when 50 years of pickup expertise meets modern active technology. MortalCoil installs easily as a drop-in upgrade for many existing active setups and includes all required pots and wiring. Available now in 6-string and 7-string configurations.

• Seymour Duncan’s MortalCoil active humbucker set delivers three precision-engineered voices designed for power, clarity, and versatility. The MC1 voice provides a tight, mix-ready modern metal sound with focused lows and articulate response for complex riffs, palm mutes, and harmonics without high-end fizz or nasal midrange. It also adds our authentic JB Model tone, plus a powerful single-coil voice for complete tonal versatility. Experience what happens when 50 years of pickup expertise meets modern active technology.
• The MC1 voice delivers exceptional tightness, note-to-note separation, and cutting presence for modern metal applications while maintaining balance and clarity under high gain. Voice 2 captures the proven character of Seymour Duncan’s classic JB Model voicing. Voice 3 provides clear, articulate single-coil tones for cleans and layered production. Precision-wound copper coils provide faster transient response and stronger pick attack than competing designs, while advanced audio op-amps contribute rich harmonic detail, and efficient circuitry provides superior battery life.
• From pristine cleans to aggressive high-gain tones, MortalCoil gives players a single pickup system capable of covering a wide range of musical styles in the studio or on stage. Combining decades of pickup expertise with modern active technology, MortalCoil installs easily as a drop-in upgrade for many existing active setups and includes all required pots and wiring.
• Handmade in Santa Barbara, California: Seymour Duncan takes pride in designing and crafting our products to create the most amazing sound possible. That starts with providing an environment that attracts and retains our great team of engineers, product designers and craftsman, many of whom have been with the company for decades.
• Magnet: Ceramic, Hardware Pack Included, Active Pickup