Seymour launches the 59/Custom Hybrid!

Chuck_Norris

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Have you heard?

Seymour soon will launch the production line 59/Custom Hybrid! I'm really looking forward to try out one of those :D
 
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I saw that on FB too. I thought there was a Dimarzio patent that prevented them from selling these.
 
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Very cool!

Maybe we can get the Brobucker this year as well.
 
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Cool but... another SD pickup with an unfortunately confusing name. Sure those of us here know what a C/59 hybrid is but > 90% of guitarists don't. Naming is / has been a weakness of SD. Most notably the Jazz and Screamin Demon come to mind, along wit hthe JB/Jazz set as the "Hot rodded humbucker".
 
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So you guys who've built and/or used these… what sorts of guitars have they gone in, and for what kinds of music?
 
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AniML said:
Sure those of us here know what a C/59 hybrid is but > 90% of guitarists don't.
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**** 'em. Could it be more obvious by the name what it is?
 
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Jessie's ghost said:
**** 'em. Could it be more obvious by the name what it is?
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In the most basic sense a hybrid is a pairing of unlike things, like a poodle and a cocker spaniel. In today's marketing world say the word and most will automatically assume a highly efficient vehicle at the expense of power.

Hybrid of what?

Should be a name that alludes to retro-modern, not to a green planet and energy conservation, unless of course they are marketing this to the hipster-indie crowd
 
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i think i want to try one with a ceramic.......... or......... C598 anyone (alnico 8)
 
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I'm with AniML. We know what it means, but most people won't and will just stick with the JB because everyone knows what that is.
 
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Hybrid of what?
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A hybrid of a '59 and a Custom. It's not Seymour's fault that some braindead morons have gotten intellectually lazy and no longer remember what the term "hybrid" actually means. It's a hybrid, or indeed, a vivisection, of two of the most popular humbuckers in the catalog.
 
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Jessie's ghost said:
A hybrid of a '59 and a Custom. It's not Seymour's fault that some braindead morons have gotten intellectually lazy and no longer remember what the term "hybrid" actually means. It's a hybrid, or indeed, a vivisection, of two of the most popular humbuckers in the catalog.
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It is not the job of a marketing department to point blame for the mass adoption of a word. It is the marketing department that is being lazy by calling it what we call it and not doing their jobs. It is marketing's job to make their product appealing to their potential buyers, not to give hommage to the grass roots guys who already know everything about it

I mean, really who *here* is going to buy a new Hybrid (capital "H") for $90 when they can make 2 hybrids (lower case "h") for the same price? This needs to appeal to the people who are not here


Evan, SD marketing ... naming contest?
 
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AniML said:
It is not the job of a marketing department to point blame for the mass adoption of a word. It is the marketing department that is being lazy by calling it what we call it and not doing their jobs. It is marketing's job to make their product appealing to their potential buyers, not to give hommage to the grass roots guys who already know everything about it

I mean, really who *here* is going to buy a new Hybrid (capital "H") for $90 when they can make 2 hybrids (lower case "h") for the same price? This needs to appeal to the people who are not here


Evan, SD marketing ... naming contest?
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me! i am scared of taking the whole thing apart
 
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Jessie's ghost said:
A hybrid of a '59 and a Custom. It's not Seymour's fault that some braindead morons have gotten intellectually lazy and no longer remember what the term "hybrid" actually means.
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You seem to be missing the point that most people looking to upgrade pickups wont know what a Custom is. The name means nothing. 59 at least suggests an old PAF type pickup, but "59/Custom Hybrid" will not mean an awful lot to people wanting to upgrade their first Epiphone. We all know they will just go for a JB/Jazz set because thats what everyone does!
 
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AniML said:
It is not the job of a marketing department to point blame for the mass adoption of a word. It is the marketing department that is being lazy by calling it what we call it and not doing their jobs. It is marketing's job to make their product appealing to their potential buyers, not to give hommage to the grass roots guys who already know everything about it

I mean, really who *here* is going to buy a new Hybrid (capital "H") for $90 when they can make 2 hybrids (lower case "h") for the same price? This needs to appeal to the people who are not here


Evan, SD marketing ... naming contest?
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So after they give it some stupid name, how are we going to know what it is? Because, as soon as I saw "59/Custom Hybrid", I knew exactly what it was.

Personally, I would buy it. For $90? Sure. I don't buy used pickups.

Good luck with the new, ridiculous, non-intuitive name.
 
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Jessie's ghost said:
So you guys who've built and/or used these… what sorts of guitars have they gone in, and for what kinds of music?
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The hybrid will cover ANY style and works in all the woods(basswood,alder,mahogany,poplar,ash) i tried it in but YMMV?
I just hope seymour offers this with the custom 7K coil as the forward coil because as its inventor(BACHTOROCK) has stated when splitting the custom 7K coil is better to use as a single and i agree 199%
 
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metalmachine said:
me! i am scared of taking the whole thing apart
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Understandable for you and 10 or 20 other people here who would like to try one and have the same reservations. Are you going to buy a new one for $90 (maybe more?) or one from the trading post for $50?

But pretend you don't come here and you go to your local GC to buy a new pickup for blues and classic rock and they have the Jazz, JB, Screamin Demon, Custom, Custom 5, Custom Custom and Hybrid. 59 is out of stock (one of the few properly named HBs along with the Pearly Gates IMO) Which are you going to buy?



Oh and as a total aside, I didn't particularly care for the hybrid. I don't particularly care for the 59 or custom line either. I found the 59 too dull (maybe a lemon?) and the customs too compressed. But I absolutely love the PG and Demon. I am eventually going to pair these up in a hybrid, just looking for a cheapo PG
 
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