Seymour Duncan Unveils New Slash Pickup Covers

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The designs are available for the guitarist’s signature Alnico II humbuckers.

Seymour Duncan has unveiled a new line of Slash pickup covers, available in four styles—nickel, raw nickel, black nickel and gold.

The covers, constructed of nickel silver, are hand built in Seymour Duncan’s Santa Barbara, California, factory, and come in both bridge and neck versions. The designs are available for the guitarist’s signature Slash APH-2 Alnico II Pro humbuckers.

For more information, head over to SeymourDuncan.com. 

Richard Bienstock
Richard Bienstock

Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.

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