「Duncan Designed」
♪ Fender/Squier,
Jackson,ESP Ltd,Schecter Diamond Series,
Hamer, and Aria Pro II.のギターの・・・P.U.の「Duncan
Designed」の意味
セイモア・ダンカンのHPには下のとおりにある。以下引用すると・・・
（なぜこんなことが、気になるのかというと、Squierのギターを購入した際に、
明確なPUについての説明がなかったので、理解しておきたく調べてみた）
The Duncan Designed line of pickups was started in 1995
at the request of several of our larger original equipment manufacturer
("OEM") customers who wanted to offer a pickup
tied-in to the Duncan identity on their mid-level instruments.
While USA-made Seymour Duncan and Basslines pickups are
intended to fit on instruments with list prices over US$800,
the Korean-built Duncan Designed pickups are intended
for OEM use on guitars and basses with retail prices between US$300 and $800.
The Duncan Designed club members include Fender/Squier,
Jackson, ESP Ltd, Schecter Diamond Series, Hamer, and Aria Pro II.
There are currently several humbuckers available in the
Duncan Designed range,
each of which is neck or bridge position-calibrated and
was modeled after a USA-built model.
Vintage Progressive Cutting Edge
HB-101 HB-102 HB-7 LS-101 HB-104 HB-103 SC-101 HB-108
GEQ-1 P90-1 BEQ-2 & 3 HR-101
[・・・と書いており、]
TheHB-101was
patterned after the Seymour Duncan SH-1 '59 Model? humbucker set.
It uses an Alnico 5 magnet and winding spec based on the
revered 1955 - 1960 Gibson P.A.F.
TheHB-102was
modeled after Seymour's favorite humbucker combination,
the USA-made SH-4 JB? bridge and SH-2n Jazz Model? neck
set.
Like the HB-101s, these pickups also use Alnico 5 magnets,
but have a hotter winding spec,
based on the world's most popular "hot-rodded"
humbucker. The bridge pickup is Trembucker-spaced.
TheHB-7is
a seven-string version of the HB-102 set.
TheHB-103was
patterned after the SH-6 Duncan Distortion? set.
It uses ceramic magnets and powerful coil windings to
deliver a high output tone with lots of crunch and harmonics.
The bridge pickup is Trembucker-spaced.
TheHB-104is
a high-output blade humbucker that's based on a design we created for England's
Patrick Eggle Guitars.
The guitar was short-lived, but the pickup lives on in
some recent guitar designs from Schecter and Jackson.
TheHB-108is
called the Detonator? and is based on the high-output, Seymour Duncan SH-8 Invader.
TheP90-1is
a stacked-coil P-90 that offers series, parallel and out-of-phase switching
capabilities.
TheSC-101single
coils represent a tonal cross between Seymour Duncan's SSL-2 Vintage Flat
and SSL-6 Custom Flat models.
Unlike many inexpensive single coils that have a large
ceramic magnet glued underneath
non-magnetic steel slugs,
the SC-101s use real Alnico V rod pole pieces with a flat
magnet stagger for exceptional string balance.
The three single coil models are each specially calibrated
to either bridge,
middle or neck positions, with the middle pickup reverse
wound, reverse polarity.
The tone is chimey and bright with exceptional "quack"
in the notch positions.
TheHR-101is
based on the popular Seymour Duncan SHR-1 Hot Rails?, but with increased output.
TheLS-101is
a Lipstick Tube design pickup.
There are also on-board electronics for bass and guitar.
TheGEQ-1Firestorm?
20dB gain boost circuit for solid body electrics takes a standard looking axe
and,
with the flick of an innocent looking mini-toggle switch,
turns it into a weapon of mass destruction.
For bass, there are two circuits, the BEQ-2 two-band and
the BEQ-3 three-band.
In addition, there are numerous offerings for bass in
standard Jazz BassR, P-BassR,
soapbar and Music ManR formats.
Jazz Bass and P-Bass are registered trademarks of FMIC.
Patrick Eggle is a trademark of Patrick Eggle Guitars,
UK. Music Man is a registered trademark of Ernie Ball.
Seymour Duncan is not affiliated with these companies
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・・・というわけで、Made in Koria(韓国製)のThe Duncan DesignedのPUということなのか。
つまり、実際製造されているのは韓国で、材料はダンカン社から輸入ということなのか、
もしかしたら、材料の一部は韓国製の部品も使われているのか？。
HB-101・102に集約されるのだが、（HB-7以下は、かなり特殊なキャラクターのものと判断する。）
HB-101は「５９モデル」のサウンドを目指していると、上にある。
HB-102は、Jazzモデルをネックポジション、JBモデルをブリッジポジションに設定したタイプだとある。
[結果] フェンダーに問い合わせてみたが、この部分についての、スクウェアーからの明快な回答はなかったとのこと。
