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Seymour DuncanScooped Strat Pickup Black Bridge

Seymour Duncan
Seymour Duncan Scooped Strat Pickup Black Bridge

Independent shopping perspective

The Korena take

Seymour Duncan's black Scooped Strat bridge pickup is voiced for an SSS Stratocaster with more focus at the frequency extremes and less in the middle. The design draws on underwound 1950s-style pickups, adds slightly higher pole height, and uses Alnico 5. In practice, it is meant to cover singing or more forceful vintage Texas-blues playing alongside clean pop-rock and gentle crunch, with a voice designed to balance higher-mid-forward pedals and amplifiers.

Seymour Duncan Scooped Strat Pickup Black Bridge product detail
Product studySeymour Duncan Scooped Strat Pickup Black Bridge

Strong match

Who this is for

  • Fitting the bridge position of a Stratocaster with an SSS pickup layout.
  • Vintage Texas-blues parts ranging from singing lines to more forceful playing.
  • Clean or soft-crunch pop-rock through pedals and amps voiced with higher mids.

Consider the trade-offs

When to look elsewhere

  • Stratocaster guitars without an SSS pickup configuration.
  • Players wanting a bridge pickup whose voice emphasizes the mids.

What matters in use

The specifications, translated

Catalog numbers tell only part of the story. These are the details most likely to change how this product feels, sounds, or fits into a setup.

Detail 01

Bridge position

Designed as the bridge-position version of the Scooped Strat pickup.

Detail 02

Alnico 5

Included in the pickup's stated design.

Final check

Know before you order

  1. 01Confirm that your Stratocaster uses an SSS pickup configuration and that you need a bridge-position pickup.

Product questions

Before you decide

Straight answers to the questions shoppers most often ask about this product.

01What is the Scooped Strat bridge pickup voiced for?

It emphasizes highs and lows while scaling back the midrange.

02Which styles does it target?

It was designed to cover vintage Texas blues, clean pop rock, and soft crunch.

Reference

Full specifications

The complete catalog record, organized around the decisions musicians make when comparing gear.

1 detailsPickups & controls
Pickup Configuration
SSS
2 detailsBody & build
Color
Black
Body Shape
Stratocaster