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Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0butGWtsWA

Anyone heard any updates on the new Slash model Duncans? Months ago, he twittered about them. Seemed to be like a "reissue" of 1986 Alnico II Pros. Apparently to be used in his new Slash model Les Paul which I assume will be introduced at the NAMM show in early 2010.

Here are a few examples. Also, here is a copy/paste from a post I made on the subject last year: From what I know, the first Duncan humbuckers (very late '70s through early '80s) had no logo at all pressed into the bottom of the metal baseplate (so it is a totally plain baseplate). The...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHBHtFZjtUo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKNsCo3t-eg

Okay - I know this subject has been discussed a few times here over the years, but I was hoping to finally create a post to clear things up (as much as possible, anyway) once and for all. Here is what I have observed - *please* add any other details or clarifications (for example, specific...

Hi guys, I'm just starting to get into the whole history of Duncan pickups and how they've evolved over the years, how and when new models were introduced, etc... Can anyone give me a little history of the earliest Duncan pickup models (I guess starting in the late '70s, through the mid-to-late...

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-SEYMOUR-DUNCAN-59-MODEL-BRIDGE-PICKUP-NO-NAME_W0QQitemZ290062886142QQihZ019QQcategoryZ41430QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem I'm curious if anyone can narrow down the year range this pickup was made. Among other things, note the braided metal harness wire and the overlapping...

Anyone know exactly when this was? Which year(s)? Was it sometime in the '80s? Or '90s? By "regular" pickups, I mean ones that weren't intended to appear vintage (like PAF looking ones, etc.) - just the regular, normal, everyday models. Thanks!

Hi, Does anyone know how you might identify SD Alnico II Pro humbuckers manufactured in 1985, or at least in the 1984 through 1986 range? Is there a serial number or any other recognizable coding on the back, etc., so that you could definitively identify one of them manufactured in 1985? Or, at...