Really gives you an idea of just how much effort goes into making guitar pickups. Since watching how they make Guitars and Pickups, I've gained more appreciations of these fantastic intruments and accessories.
Hi, Im from México (living in Mexico) And I like it very much that my people make by hand these beautiful pick ups for all kind of guitars, a whole tone universe! Thak you very much Mr Seymour giving good jobs to my people :D
Walter, I want you to know that there are lots of U.S. citizens who are white and are not racist douchebags with low self-esteem. Once all the 60 and 70-something year old racist white guys die off it will get better. It's like the John Mayer song "Waiting for the World to Change". ;)
From what I’ve heard, pick up making is actually not a difficult process once you have the measurements. So theres no real reason why it can’t be made in the USA.
i put a distortion and 59 in my flying v copy. It sounds better than the gibson in my opinion and i could tell the quality of the pickups as soon as i opened the box! phenomenal!
damm, I thought that you were overpricing them a lot. but seeing this just blew me away for how cheap you can get pickups that are pretty much handmade.
+Edgars LS You’re absolutely right, the price is overinflated -- cheap lead wires, cheap wax potting, unnecessary operations like phasing for a 4-wire pup, DC measure, dumb alnico magnets, etc.
Pick up making is considered easy and relatively cheap. However in my opinion I’d rather pay the high price to make sure all the employees are hopefully well paid thus in theory it keeps the quality of the product consistent without sloppy issues
This video is very interesting and I appreciate all those people a lot more than I would have if I hadn't seen it. I expected the whole process to me much more automated. Seeing so many people working on the thing that makes my guitar sing is kind of humbling. I'm sure they don't get a lot of my money, but I won't complain to myself about the $90 - $150 I have paid for each of my half dozen SD pickups.
He said Alnico properly! It stands for the compound Aluminum, Nickle and Cobalt. Many people say Al-Nee-co which is incorrect. Bravo sir! Now how do the pickups taste?
I love seymour ducan humbuckers. I use alinco II for neck pick-up and.splite and use only on ajustble pole side, makes awsome clean sparkling tone for my les paul. it makes that mudy front pick up sound to very clear sound like fender single coil but not that bright.
Lots of work batching up at each of the work stations here. Where's the one peice flow? I bet lots of pickups make it to the QC station wound incorrectly or out of phase.
I put an old gibson les paul humbucker in the hole of my Ibanez 12 string guitar. I got curious to use a Blackout pickup in there instead! any thoughts?
haii thanks for video, may i know how can i get data the number of windings high output pickup like bill lawrence L500xL or another that have output resistance 17k
4:43 you can see his facial expression and it looks like what he is really thinking is "this is the part that we are trying to get better than EMG..." lol and dont give me shit about this comment, i own both EMGs and Duncan blackouts, both are amazing
wow the profit margen must be huge! I know some of thoes pick ups go for over 180 bucks and thoes black outs are like 120 each.. 5 dollars in material. 30 bucks in labor cost. Another 30 in rent power and shipping and boxing ,,,120-65= 60 bucks...not bad at all...at profit margins like that you are up to 60 million in no time...DAMN I want to make pick ups and get rich! RICH I TELL YOU ! AH HA HA
Why are there predominately women, plump women specifically, making guitar parts? I've noticed this in other guitar factories. But this place looks like almost 100% plump ladies. What's the story?
No human being should have to do such a mindless spirit crushing job. This is one instance where full automation is worth the cost of jobs. Its not a job. Its a sentence. At the very least such a business should be a co-operative where every employee shares in the profits according to seniority. At times I truly detest capitalism.
+cgavin1 1. they were offered the job and voluntarily accepted it 2. the fact that they're hand made gives them authenticity 3. if they were replaced them with machines they would lose your job 4. without capitalism there would be no companies like Seymour Duncan or Dimarzio
1. they were offered the job and voluntarily accepted it 2. the fact that they're hand made gives them authenticity 3. if they were replaced them with machines they would lose your job 4. without capitalism there would be no companies like Seymour Duncan or Dimarzio
I was thinking of the same thing , of course its great they have a job , but I just cant imagine them repeating the same thing over and over. Few years a go I read an article about a factory in australia , everyweek they gave the staff tasks other than their jobs that they were passionate about so they look forward to something during the week , I think that kind of things can really psychologically help alot.
Ironic considering you're using a computer with an internet connection to make this comment. Since you're on this video, you're probably an electric guitar player. You probably also like listening to music that's generally played on electric guitar. Literally nothing described above would have existed without capitalism. It is the best system in existence. Even the socialist utopias you are inevitably going to start naming off cannot exist without an EXTREMELY healthy dose of capitalism. Societies crumble without it. Even your hippie commune can only exist because capitalism allows for the options of doing things that way. You wanna be angry at something? Be angry at corporatism. It's not that same thing. Now shut up and let the adults talk economics.
Really gives you an idea of just how much effort goes into making guitar pickups. Since watching how they make Guitars and Pickups, I've gained more appreciations of these fantastic intruments and accessories.
Hi, Im from México (living in Mexico)
And I like it very much that my people make by hand these beautiful pick ups for all kind of guitars, a whole tone universe!
Thak you very much Mr Seymour giving good jobs to my people :D
Thanks to your mum for all the gobbies
walterockmx And thank YOU for all of the Taco Bell!
walterockmx hope that they're documented
BayouGTR besides Chipotle Gringo Grill Taco Bell is the farthest thing from Mexican food you can find
Walter, I want you to know that there are lots of U.S. citizens who are white and are not racist douchebags with low self-esteem. Once all the 60 and 70-something year old racist white guys die off it will get better. It's like the John Mayer song "Waiting for the World to Change". ;)
I had no idea these were made in the USA! Glad to see manufacturing staying here!
From what I’ve heard, pick up making is actually not a difficult process once you have the measurements. So theres no real reason why it can’t be made in the USA.
I love these pickups. I don’t even look at all the others. Great stuff! Never a problem, ever??? Yes they are that good.
Excellent Video. Crystal clear good production value.
i put a distortion and 59 in my flying v copy. It sounds better than the gibson in my opinion and i could tell the quality of the pickups as soon as i opened the box! phenomenal!
damm, I thought that you were overpricing them a lot. but seeing this just blew me away for how cheap you can get pickups that are pretty much handmade.
+Edgars LS
You’re absolutely right, the price is overinflated -- cheap lead wires, cheap wax potting, unnecessary operations like phasing for a 4-wire pup, DC measure, dumb alnico magnets, etc.
Pick up making is considered easy and relatively cheap. However in my opinion I’d rather pay the high price to make sure all the employees are hopefully well paid thus in theory it keeps the quality of the product consistent without sloppy issues
This video is very interesting and I appreciate all those people a lot more than I would have if I hadn't seen it. I expected the whole process to me much more automated. Seeing so many people working on the thing that makes my guitar sing is kind of humbling. I'm sure they don't get a lot of my money, but I won't complain to myself about the $90 - $150 I have paid for each of my half dozen SD pickups.
every seymour duncan pickup i have ever gotten has had a cracked case or a ripped sticker. but the pickups have been nothing short of perfection.
seymour's pickups rock
He said Alnico properly! It stands for the compound Aluminum, Nickle and Cobalt. Many people say Al-Nee-co which is incorrect. Bravo sir! Now how do the pickups taste?
+billhillard
Did in this compound has some Iron ?
Your the best thank you all that work there. Great video🔊
2:29 Someone's gonna find one of Laura's acrylic nails inside a pickup one day.
Michael Lewis pretty hands😉
I found a white acrylic nail in my Duncan a few years back
Cool, I was wondering what solder wire brand they use. Thanks!
this is pretty cool
I love seymour ducan humbuckers. I use alinco II for neck pick-up and.splite and use only on ajustble pole side, makes awsome clean sparkling tone for my les paul. it makes that mudy front pick up sound to very clear sound like fender single coil but not that bright.
"Air has oxygen in it." Wow, learn something new every day.
Smooth jams
Lots of work batching up at each of the work stations here. Where's the one peice flow? I bet lots of pickups make it to the QC station wound incorrectly or out of phase.
I love my dimebucker
cool
I put an old gibson les paul humbucker in the hole of my Ibanez 12 string guitar.
I got curious to use a Blackout pickup in there instead!
any thoughts?
Just got my MT blackouts... Worth the insane $400 to get them in my small Canadian town.
Nice. Thank.
haii thanks for video, may i know how can i get data the number of windings high output pickup like bill lawrence L500xL or another that have output resistance 17k
Take a shot every time he says “blackouts”.
Until you fuckin black out!
Nacho and Imelda ... Sandra ... Dolores .. I see a pattern .. hummm..... wonder how much they get paid ...
wished I could work there.working for something I can relate to
It's a spanish name.
Don't ask me why but it is short for Ignacio, kinda like 'Iggy'
I got only seymour duncan in my guitars ; invader,duncan distortion,parallel axis etc etc are the best pickups for metal !!!!!!!!!
Seymour Duncan in my DEAN MD 24...
I’m sure no one has made a ‘Wax on/Wax off’ joke at Seymour Duncan.
If Seymour doesn't use Mr. Zogg's surfboard Sex Wax to pot the '78 Custom Custom and IM1 pickups then those pickups aren't really potted just saying
Why hasn't Seymour created a Burns Trisonic clone pickup wound to Brian May's specs?
Wax on, wax off, Danielson
oh wow, somebody else thought of that...
Looking at the thumbnail alone, I thought this was a super sketchy hot dog factory.
lol at laura's nails
4:43 you can see his facial expression and it looks like what he is really thinking is "this is the part that we are trying to get better than EMG..." lol and dont give me shit about this comment, i own both EMGs and Duncan blackouts, both are amazing
the pickups arnt made in mexico
they showed this stuff on you tube now you will find chinese seymour duncan copied humbuckers on market pretty soon
4:57 MICK THOMPSON pickups.............
wow the profit margen must be huge! I know some of thoes pick ups go for over 180 bucks and thoes black outs are like 120 each.. 5 dollars in material. 30 bucks in labor cost. Another 30 in rent power and shipping and boxing ,,,120-65= 60 bucks...not bad at all...at profit margins like that you are up to 60 million in no time...DAMN I want to make pick ups and get rich! RICH I TELL YOU ! AH HA HA
i thought i saw bacon on the thumbnail, that's why came here :D
I think it's Nancho is a more common name
NACHO? at 0:42
Seymour Duncan Pickups,
Designed by Men, made by Women.
***** It seems white people always need a race to hate? Your a ugly pasty t bag get over it...
Fader I'm Mexican :)
Just like Fender in the 1950s!
joseph941000able how does his statement translate to hate?sounds like you’re the hateful one.
In a lot of factories women do the work and they do a great job. The Neumann microphones are made by women and those are super high end products
Give me job! :(
Nachooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
labour intensive? joke?
I thought these pickups were made in China. Not Mexico
Wax on, wax off, the humbucker.
Why are there predominately women, plump women specifically, making guitar parts? I've noticed this in other guitar factories. But this place looks like almost 100% plump ladies. What's the story?
AllUrUtubeRbelong2me why do you even care?
nacho?
That cant be his real name , sound like a bad nickname went viral.
I thought they used fake human beings
cuca xD
Cuca means Pussy in Spanish. Well, at least in Venezuela.. LOL...
all the employe is woman...
woman...
yes bro ... woman..
Buy a Chinese one.Its the same
hey Koki, F.U.
Yell "La Migra" and half their factory will run out the back door.
That 80s guitar playing in the background is terrible
No human being should have to do such a mindless spirit crushing job. This is one instance where full automation is worth the cost of jobs. Its not a job. Its a sentence. At the very least such a business should be a co-operative where every employee shares in the profits according to seniority. At times I truly detest capitalism.
+cgavin1
1. they were offered the job and voluntarily accepted it
2. the fact that they're hand made gives them authenticity
3. if they were replaced them with machines they would lose your job
4. without capitalism there would be no companies like Seymour Duncan or Dimarzio
1. they were offered the job and voluntarily accepted it
2. the fact that they're hand made gives them authenticity
3. if they were replaced them with machines they would lose your job
4. without capitalism there would be no companies like Seymour Duncan or Dimarzio
Communism, fascism, totalitarianism, and socialism are way worse.
I was thinking of the same thing , of course its great they have a job , but I just cant imagine them repeating the same thing over and over.
Few years a go I read an article about a factory in australia , everyweek they gave the staff tasks other than their jobs that they were passionate about so they look forward to something during the week , I think that kind of things can really psychologically help alot.
Ironic considering you're using a computer with an internet connection to make this comment. Since you're on this video, you're probably an electric guitar player. You probably also like listening to music that's generally played on electric guitar.
Literally nothing described above would have existed without capitalism. It is the best system in existence. Even the socialist utopias you are inevitably going to start naming off cannot exist without an EXTREMELY healthy dose of capitalism. Societies crumble without it. Even your hippie commune can only exist because capitalism allows for the options of doing things that way.
You wanna be angry at something? Be angry at corporatism. It's not that same thing. Now shut up and let the adults talk economics.