

⚡ Elevate your riff game with the ultimate metal tone weapon!
The Seymour Duncan Nazgul and Sentient Set is a hand-built, high-output humbucker pair designed for 6-string guitars, delivering aggressive, articulate tones ideal for modern metal and low tunings. Featuring ceramic and Alnico 5 magnets, 4-conductor wiring, and vacuum wax potting, this set offers versatile sonic options with squeal-free performance, making it a top choice for professionals seeking powerful, dynamic sound.
| ASIN | B00YBCJO0A |
| Best Sellers Rank | #45,233 in Musical Instruments ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments ) #482 in Electric Guitar Pickups & Pickup Covers |
| Color Name | Black |
| Connector Type | 4-conductor |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (106) |
| Date First Available | May 26, 2015 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 12.5 ounces |
| Item model number | Nazgul/Sentient Set 6 string |
| Material Type | Ceramic, Alnico 5 |
| Product Dimensions | 6.25 x 4.5 x 1.5 inches |
| String Gauge | Heavy |
| String Material | Stainless Steel |
M**E
Phenomenal Versatile Humbuckers
I’ve been wanting to get this Nazgûl/Sentient set for quite a while. Very happy I made the purchase. Very simple install- I installed in an IYV PRS copy- the guitar sounds amazing now. I re-wired the guitar with vintage push-back cloth wire and also swapped out the pots for CTS/push-pull coil split pot too along with a Pure Tone jack. The wiring diagram contains all the knowledge you need to install these pickups. The lead wires are a little short so I implemented “jumper” wires to connect both red/white wires from each humbucker to their respective lugs on the tone push/pull pot. It’s very simple to add a jumper wire. Now for how they sound. I love the Sentient neck pup which uses an alnico 5 magnet. Beautiful, articulate, very detailed note articulation playing clean, but this neck pup also screams with harmonics and mid range growl as previously stated on prior reviews. The bridge Nazgûl uses a large ceramic magnet and packs quite a punch. It’s just the right amount of power. Phenomenal, layered mid range waves of od/distortion or crisp, detailed notes on clean. These pickups are the clearest and just best sounding pickups I’ve ever heard. I have over 90 guitars, and I’ve definitely done my share of pickup upgrades. I’ve tried just about every brand and style out there and these are by far the best I’ve ever played. These pups sound excellent for down-tuning as well- I play dropped C metal/stoner metal/stoner rock. Let’s put it this way- I’m going to re-record parts of a few songs I’m currently writing with this IYV guitar. You cannot go wrong with Seymour Duncan in my opinion.
A**N
Best buy for low-end guitars
Got dang! This made my $100 guitar sound better than my Gibson! If it weren't for the price, I'd buy them for all my guitars! It was my first time installing/soldering and it went perfect. Look up the diagrams on the semour duncan website for help. Absolutely would buy again
M**N
Awesome set of pickups!
Love these pickups! I got these after trying to install a set of invaders in this guitar, twice, and both times it failed. This set was easy to install and sounds great. If you play Rock or Metal these are the pickups for you, but I was also pleasantly surprised by how nice the clean tones are as well! Definitely one of my favorite pickup sets I’ve installed so far! Rock on!
B**K
Disgustingly emotional.
I’ve played a whole bunch of metal pickups. I wanted to replace the JB/57 set in the guitar pictured. The JB is great and versatile, but just didn’t get as disgusting as I wanted while maintaining clarity and articulation. The Nazgul/Sentient set does and then some. These aren’t “djent’y” pickups. If you’re looking for that djent honk then check out the Alpha/Omega set. These ain’t that. These have that awesome midrange growl and bark. They’re sweet. They can be EQ’ed to sound like Black Winters, but black winters can’t be EQ’s to sound like these. Normally I like higher output, but something about the output range on these that is perfect. There is so much harmonic content it’s ridiculous. While they sound amazing dirty, the thing that surprised me most, was how great they sound clean. I have them wired into a single CTS push/pull to split the coils in every position. Clean ambient tones, or pushed cleans sound better than anything I’ve ever heard. I don’t know if it’s because of the guitar they’re in, or if it’s the actual pickups. All I do know is that I’ve never heard anything sound so good clean. I’m not a big “clean” playing kinda guy, but the Nazgul/Sentient set make me want turn the reverb and delay to 11 and play more clean stuff. If you’re looking for versatility, clarity, articulation, harmonics, general all around filthy growling disgusting metal tones, and stupidly emotional chime’y airy cleans. These will be your jambone.
E**N
Rock N Roll
great pickup combination . If you like to grind , chop and peel , these are the pickups . I even disconnect a distortion pedal as the gain in a volume pot is enough to get these Mofos to blast the room with all the rock you want
T**D
Killer Pickups!
I love these pickups. Put them on a baritone guitar I built, and I could not be happier. Would recommend them.
P**T
Get them
Wicked pickups. Although not quitenas wicked as the Black Winter Pickups, these are no joke. Installed in a Jackson Kelly with single volume knob. Could use a tone knob but still wicked! If youre considering them, buy them. You wont be dissappointed.
J**.
Nazgul / Sentient (6 String) Rocks!!!
This is a terrific set of pickups. I swapped out a 490t/490r combo inside a 2013 LPJ Pro for this set and have not been disappointed. At high volumes the Nazgul in the bridge drives hard but not overbearing or thin, by any means. The Sentient in the neck has a buttery, thick sound. At lower volumes, these pickups clean up really nice. Very versatile set (even more so when wired for coil tapping). With both pickups engaged, it's a very sweet combo. Spend some time rolling the volume/tone's slightly on each while both are engaged and discover some really cool tones.
G**O
Prima dell'acquisto ho guardato tanti video e letto tante recensioni ed in base alla mia necessità di migliorare il mio suono(prettamente metal)ho scelto questi due pickup, mai scelta più azzeccata! Avevo la necessità di dare più definizione sui palm muting ed una maggiore corposità sui power cord, praticamente il nazgul è tutto ciò. Che dire del sentient, per me il miglior pick up al manico mai sentito. Confermo tutto ciò che è scritto sul sito della Seymour Duncan. Un ultimo appunto, per i mie gusti il Sentient rende meglio sui soli del Nazgul
C**I
Do these pups ever scream! In a good way haha . I paired them with coil spliter push pull pots a kill switch and a Emg Afterburner Boost which is all most not Necessary they're so hot when in over drive. The cleans are amazing too so warm amd bright Would recommend using coil splitters to further their versatility... A+ RATING
S**M
انتيازززز لكن وصلتني العلبة فيها كسر لكن ما اثر. على المنتج انصح فيه مره ممتاز
A**R
Nazgul Humbucker: 5/5 Sentient Humbucker mit vertauschter Verkabelung, also Fehler bei der Produktion, ließ mich rätseln warum trotz richtiger Verkabelung nach Hersteller der Klang sehr schwach und nasal war. Wurde selber gefixt aber nicht jeder hat ein Multimeter/Zeit ein "neues" Produkt zu reparieren. Deswegen 1 Stern.
J**S
Muito bom
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