Seymour Duncan - Brandon Ellis Signature Dyad Parallel Axis™ Humbucker
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- 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 decentralized magnetic field.
Dabbling in pickup design himself, Brandon concocted a hybrid pickup combining two of his favorite 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.
Purchase the Brandon Ellis Signature Dyad Parallel Axis™ Humbucker on the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop website:
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This guy is a legend not only for his playing but for his producer skills and knowledge on pickups. He didn't just slap his name on a product provided to him. This is how EVH did things!
He has more in common with eddie than any other guitarist
Besides nuno no one sounds like eddie more than nuno
Never heard of him
Nuno bettencourt from the band Extreme @@Itsklops
This guy's talent is breathtaking. Also same birthday 😊 Aug 10 just sayin
Literally getting pliers and shit and DESIGNING your own sig pickup is such a flex lol.
What a legend! great tone
Props to Seymour Duncan for reaching out to someone like Brandon Ellis, not many companies are smart enough to take advantage of their consumer's genius. It seems to me like this would make an amazing 7 or even 8 string pickup!
Cool. I actually really like how Brandon has some knowledge about pickups as it made his story about the creation of the pickup very interesting!
@@benburnett8109it’s badass for sure. I think I’m gonna actually pick one of these up
Brandon deserves every single bit of success he’s had. What a killer dude 🤘
Brandon Ellis has become one of my guitar heroes and is truly right up there with the greats. His phrasing, note choice, accuracy and vibrato are unreal. Congrats on the new signature pickup, you deserve it.
Probably the most interesting pickup origin story I've heard.
That gold crackle custom shop Kelly is THE SHIT man!!!!! What an awesome guitar!
Brandon is the real deal, insane player/musician and very knowledgeable on the tech side of guitars as well.
His playing is insane. Rad pickup, cant wait to hear it in person
Brandon is the best in the game right now! Can’t wait for that new TBDM album! 🔥
It’s gonna be the best album of 2024 hands down
And hopefully with a black and gold color scheme!
i saw them recently with 200 stab wounds and chelsea grin it was off the wall
most exciting guitarist around right now. all hail tbdm i cannot wait for the new album!
I think we may have just been treated to a sneak peek at the new album....some of the songs were unfamiliar 😊
I got the Blues Saraceno parallel axis back in the 90's i wanted a pickup that sounded good like an emg but didnt need a battery. and omg it was way beyond my expectations. The pickup was so articulate and sounded clear even in high gain and harmonics just pop off with ease with it. so im really glad that Brandon has rekindled interest in the parallel axis pickups. 🤘
That black and gold pickup looks killer! Brandon = guitar mad scientist 🤘
Return of the Parallel Axis, yes!! I had the Blues Saraceno one back in the late 90s and it ruled. This will be a must-buy from me.
this is how you sell your signature pickups. damn ,Brandon really knows what he's talking about.
no joke, got me wanting to buy one and put in one of mine.
Blues Saraceno had a trembucker in the 90s. Jammed with him at Brian Guitars in New Haven Ct.
Been waitin for this Brandon is one of the best in my generation comin from a guitarist as well that loves all the greats he’s deff solidified his spot.
One of the best doing it for a min. Been a fan of his work since arsis!
I am loving this. I've always loved Brandon's style, tone, and how nerdy he gets with his gear. He has great taste overall. I see this as an absolute win, I'm sticking one in my C standard ESP for that real Black Dahlia vibe.
Great vid, props all around to Brandon and Seymour Duncan
Thank you!!!
Can’t wait to try these out , always have certain guitars for recording so this will be a fun tone journey too
This guy is just literally kicking every guitarist's ass right now.
Can't wait to hear some new music from these babies made by this legend!!
I put a parallel Axis distortion PATB-2 in an old Ibanez I had laying around and it's now the best sounding guitar in my collection. Absoltely perfect pickup. Similar to a Duncan Distortion with just a little top end harshness dialed back. Still a very tight pickup without the harshness of a modern metal pickup...perfection.
A true master in every facet. He's the goat in modern metal, in my opinion.
Duncan is kicking ass with metal-oriented pickups. I've always loved the PATB series and can't wait to try this one.
For real! Between this, the Dimebucker, Black Winter, etc ... SD is giving us a nice variety
Man I didn't think I could respect your work any more than I already do, but you just proved me wrong. You seriously are a master of your craft🤘So glad I held out on getting the pickups for my guitar now. These are going in it for sure!
He is such an artist … he’s always chasing the sound… and now I’m buying this pick up😂
Awesome video!! Brandon rips!! Such a talented guitarist!! Still waiting for his gold crackle to become a production model!! Do you here that Jackson?
the hotter south coil is similar to having the pole pieces higher on the south coil than those on the north coil, more articulation more bite, great stuff Brandon and SD
Thanks!
I'm not a huge BDM fan but I've become a fan of Brandon's playing and his approach to modding guitars. He's a very smart guy and great musician
It was really important to start your sentence by saying how you are not a fan though.
That’s your opinion and I respect that but you’re wrong and I hate you!
Jkjk
That’s too bad
I find it interesting how their sound changed with him bringing this neoclassical aspect. Not exactly my cup of tea, but a fitting evolution for the band. Can't wait to see what he and Ryan Knight will come up with in the new album.
What an epic player and a cool dude! Way to go Brandon.😎
Let's go looks sick! Glad Brandon is getting more and more reputation around the scene! Monstrous player!
also cosmetically these looks cool AF
Building your own bucker is a pretty stronk power move.
Brandon is my favorite player so ill for sure be picking up a bridge pup. Super sick.
Definitely want two of these pickups.
Can't wait to give this a try, huge fan of the standard parallel axis! Love the story and the upside down logo
Having a custom/59 hybrid that I put an Alnico 2 in and loving it but it still not being quite perfect definitely has me thinking about this pickup as the next thing I try.
Dude that is crazy. Props. 👽🤘🏼
I need to hear these RTM’s. Everyones talkin about em and I think Warrens tone has always stood tall. Brandon- congrats on your own version of it ! You’re carryin that 80’s torch well. (Might be cool to hear ya put together an 80’s inspired Band!) 😃
Check out Skullfist! 🤘😎
This is very cool . And, seriously , Brandon Ellis is one of the great musician around. Go watch his social media, very amazing playing :) Cheers !
Alnico II were the magnets for the legendary Bursts. Now a high output pickup with Alnico II, Brandon is so cool.
I love AlNiCo 2! Great job guys
Love this guy. Brandon is a godsend to us metal heads 🤘🏻🤘🏻
That Kelly is gorgeous. Really makes me jealous as a guitar designer. Vicious shape.
I wish SD would put a tone chart for these up on their site. Definitely interested. 🤘🏻
We're getting alot of requests for that, I'll see what I can do.
You know your sound i like what you did with the pick ups
Excellent as always!! Though, it looks like he's just about to cry in the thumbnail 😆
I love how he's straight up a guitar nerd just like some of us!
Amazing
I'm hyped about this \m/
Dude is a legend and deserves this soo much. Thank you SD! 🫡
I have the Jeff Loomis signature SD pick ups, very hot and high out out for brightness in every single note. SD killing the game in metal 🤘🏼…. When is that gold crackle Kelly coming out for sale tho..??
This dude is a mad scientist, epic af
Cant wait to slap one of these on the new PRS Custom SE I bought...i wonder how it'll sound 😅😊
Brandon is fucking awesome. BDM is amazing live.
Sick pickup, I’m wondering if we’re hearing new bdm riffs near the end of the video
Bought a PATB-1 cause of this guy and it finally made me like my Dinky; pickup looks cool
Waiting the arrival of this beauty in Europe. Definitely gonna buy it
Seriously, considering one. We need a tone video!!
Gotta get this pickup!
I need it in my guitar! Right now :D
Definitely need to try your signature pickup Brandon.
My go to combination on 75 % of my guitars is a dimebucker in the bridge and a blues saraceno trembucker in the neck.
My other guitars have a dimebucker in the bridge and a chrome JB in the neck
hotter pickups you can also move further away from the strings to keep them out tf way - good move
thanks for something actually new to try
I like how the pickup has two logos on it.
BADASS guitarist!
Never heard of this dude until youtube ha ha ha ha
Awesome guitar
Just installed love it. Cool for EVH stuff as well! I didn’t flip it either.
I’m thinking of getting these for my SL27
You da man Brandon
I wish Jackson would give us this guitar it's fucking gorgeous
Pleeeeaaaaasssseeee offer these in 7 string variants as well!
Legend 🎸🔥
Quick update,so far I have 2 guitars equipped with this pickup and man this pickup is straight fire,one guitar has the Crazy Viii coil as the outer coil flipped (2014 Charvel Desolation Star DST3-FR 1H modified) and the other has the PATB distortion outer coil ( 2020 Jackson SLX Lava Orange Crackle Finish modified) with the neck pickup having the “Crazy Viii” coil of the Dyad on the outer neck position with having a in and out of phase switch,going to try neck splitting the coils for sound experimentation,very dope set of pickups!
#BUFFALO
#NEWYORK
dont listen to BDM but after seeing this dudes chops Im about to
Almost had me sold until you said "Scoop in the mids."
Please note I did not play for the cure... The idea makes me sick. It was meant to be a play on "race for the cure" and turned out to be a sad coincidence.
Would it be safe to say the Diad is hotter or more percussive than the Hyperion? Congrats on your signature pickups! I love Seymour Duncan!
I hope you guys make a matching single coil sized humbucker neck pickup :)
can’t wait
How does this compare to the Dimebucker and Black Winter pickups?
Am a fan of both, and am interested in putting Brandon's in my ESP Telecaster instead of one of those.
Congratsu
awesome!
Great.
I'm hoping for that Kelly to become available soon.
Whats the top single coil pickup hes using for the neck position? He eluded to having something active in his lineup but im unsure if this is the one he was talking about.
Sick.
Man, im putting together a lefty one pickup rhoads from parts and I think I'm gonna pick one of these up.
Please tag us when you complete the build - would love to see it!
@seymourduncan now I pretty much have to! How does the custom shop work you just order like normal?
@@kasper7983 yes, the only difference is you can create whatever configuration you want with pole piece color, logo and logo color. Here's the link if you want to check it out: customshop.seymourduncan.com/brandon-ellis-signature-dyad-parallel-axis-humbucker/
I want to hear an A/B of this and the parallel axis regular pickup
If you don't mind, anyone know what rail he is using with that Axis?
I def wanna get me one of those but living in the EU it seems impossible...
A great guitarist and a mad scientist😂
I know it’s not the point of the video, but I love the Kelly with a maple fretboard…wish Jackson didn’t stray away from maple fretboards recently
This dude is fuckin wild
DYAD with a Jupiter Neck 🥰
what's the single rail coil paired with this??
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Does anyone know what's the song he plays in the beginning of the video ? Ty
So fucking badass!!!