Seymour Duncan Joe Bonamassa Amos Pickup Set Aged Nickel

The Seymour Duncan Joe Bonamassa Amos Pickup Set - here with Aged Nickel covers - has been designed to recreate the unique sound produced by Joe’s Gibson 1958 Flying V. Warm, clear and powerful, Joe’s verdict is that, “I think it's the best of the three replica pickup sets I've collaborated on with Duncan." ‘Nuf said!

The Seymour Duncan Joe Bonamassa Amos Pickup Set is now available from Merchant City Music, Glasgow’s longest-established guitar specialist. A pioneer of online selling, we ship fast to the UK, Europe and worldwide. Note: We are able to obtain a wide range of Seymour Duncan pickups from our UK supplier. Get in touch if you don’t see the particular model you’re looking for.

Seymour Duncan Joe Bonamassa Amos Pickup Set in Aged Nickel

Joe Bonamassa’s 1958 Flying V was special even before being purchased by the famous bluesman – as one of just 98 Flying V’s produced by Gibson in the fifties, it has been featured in numerous books and magazines, and even had a cameo in the infamous mockumentary “This is Spinal Tap”. Remarkably, tracing the serial number led back to the original dealer where it was sold – with a photo of storeowner Amos Arthur holding the guitar in his shop as proof. The Seymour Duncan Joe Bonamassa Amos Pickup Set has been designed to reproduce the unique original pickups from this incredible piece of guitar history.

The sound of the Amos Flying V is uniquely robust compared to other PAF loaded guitars. Careful examination of the original pickups revealed something unique – unusually strong magnetism, which could only be replicated by using Alnico 6 magnets. Although Alnico 6 might seem like an odd choice for a PAF replica, the result is surprisingly warm, clear and powerful – and matches the tone of the originals.

Each set is built using period-correct butyrate bobbins, maple spacers, and wound on the same historic Leesona winding machine originally used by Gibson in the fifties and sixties, and is hand-signed by Seymour W. Duncan and Joe Bonamassa.