Brandon Ellis’s Dyad pickup blends Seymour Duncan Parallel Axis™ innovation with custom design for high output, sharp articulation, and versatile tones.
Details Brandon Ellis has become known as one of the most innovative guitarists in heavy music, and his work with The Black Dahlia Murder shows there is no limit to his virtuosity. Performing lightning-fast arpeggio sweeps, aggressive tremolo picking, and propulsive down-tuned riffs requires guitar tone that can keep up the pace and cut through the mix. While experimenting with different Seymour Duncan pickups over his career, Brandon’s sound became defined by our Parallel Axis™ humbuckers. This line of pickups features two slotted pole pieces per string, which removes distortion from the string’s vibration pattern. This ensures better note separation and extended sustain by creating a decentralised magnetic field. Dabbling in pickup design himself, Brandon concocted a hybrid pickup combining two of his favourite Parallel Axis™ models: The North coil of a Crazy 8 and the hotter South coil of a Parallel Axis™ Trembucker Distortion, along with the Alnico 2 bar magnet from an RTM. The result is the Dyad, a high-output Humbucker with a sizzly bite and a super articulate pick attack that perfectly suited Brandon’s needs. Despite being a single bridge pickup, the Dyad offers more tones than meets the eye. Flipping the pickup upside down, in Brandon’s words, “offers a chewier, mid-range focused sound for guitarists looking for more body out of their instrument in standard tunings.” The Dyad is available in humbucker and trembucker spacing, and comes standard with dual Seymour Duncan logos facing inward in tribute to Brandon’s original homemade design.
SKU 1611828-96 Barcode No Country of Manufacture United States Manufacturer Seymour Duncan Position Bridge Colour Black Conductor 4 Conductor Magnet Alnico II DCR 18.3k Output High String 6 Mount Humbucker Type Humbucker