Seymour Duncan STB-BW Black Winter Trembucker Black Pickup humbucker

Seymour Duncan Black Winter Trembucker — Extreme Metal Bridge Pickup

The Seymour Duncan Black Winter Trembucker is a high-output passive humbucker built for the most aggressive metal styles. Designed for the bridge position on guitars with a Floyd Rose or vintage vibrato tremolo, this pickup delivers crushing distortion, vicious mids, and aggressive saturation without losing string-to-string separation. Hand made in Santa Barbara, California, it handles any tuning — no matter how low.

What Sets the Black Winter Apart

Unlike standard humbuckers, this pickup uses three large ceramic magnets instead of the typical two — a deliberate choice that boosts output and sustain in high-gain situations. Vacuum wax potting eliminates microphonic squeal, and the 4-conductor shielded cable supports coil-split and other advanced wiring.

High-Output Ceramic Magnet Design

Built for players who want passive humbucker tone with active-level output, the Black Winter Trembucker uses three large ceramic magnets to drive the coil harder than standard Alnico designs.

• DC Resistance: 17.4 kOhm — high-output passive design
• Magnet: Ceramic (3 large) — tight bass, fast transient response, clear note definition
• Type: Passive humbucker — no battery required

Hand-Built Construction with Pro Wiring

Every unit is hand wound and vacuum wax potted at the Seymour Duncan workshop in California.

• Cable: 4-conductor shielded — supports coil-split, series/parallel, and phase options
• Potting: Vacuum wax potted — eliminates microphonic squeal
• Manufacturing: Hand made in Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Trembucker Spacing for Floyd Rose Bridges

The Trembucker variant is built with wider pole piece spacing to match Floyd Rose double-locking tremolos and vintage-style vibrato bridges.

• Position: Bridge / Tremolo — designed for the bridge slot
• String Spacing: 52.6 mm (2.070") — matches Floyd Rose and vintage vibrato bridges
• Format: 6-string humbucker — standard electric guitar configuration