Dave Mustaine Thrash Factor Pickup set by Seymour Duncan

The Dave Mustaine Signature Thrash Factor humbucker recreates the unique tone of Dave’s favorite JB, used to record some of his most iconic albums.

In 1990 Megadeth released their landmark fourth album, “Rust In Peace”. Widely regarded as one of the most iconic and influential metal albums of all time, its breakneck rhythms, intricate arrangements, shifting time signatures, and blazing dual lead guitar lines showcased the band’s mastery of their craft.
During the recording of the album Dave relied heavily on one guitar in particular, loaded with a Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge and 59 model in the neck. According to Dave, that JB had a tone that that was different from an ‘off-the-shelf’ JB – and had become part of his signature sound.

We worked closely with Dave to recreate the tone and feel of his favorite JB, ultimately altering the winding process in order to achieve the tone he was looking for – compared to the standard JB model, the Thrash Factor’s low end is tighter, the mids are slightly scooped, and the highs are more aggressive.

The Dave Mustaine Signature Thrash Factor is hand built in Santa Barbara, California.

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[jimblesnottronbo]

Its kinda cool that he still has his Jackson King V after so many years especially after how much he promotes his dean guitars

[jordanmayer]

Man, I love Mustaines tone his livewires were megadeth in a pup, just fantastic.

[jairotena]

Kinda liked the original name Passive Aggressors when they debuted his new Dean that came with them during last winter NAMM, had they not already been a name for some Chapman pickups so they're now Thrash Factor

[charvelgtrs]

Someone needs to do a comparison against a standard JB. I'm a fan of the JB, but I do wish the lows were a bit tighter and the highs a bit crunchier.

[masatakayoshikawa]

When he Dave Mustaine is talking, he looks so tired. I worry about that. But when he is playing, he still looks so cool! Then I understood that tone is very important for him.(Actually I’ve felt that.)

[Scotty_Russell_Music]

Hmm, the audio of the live performance isn't really that good or is it just me? The guitars sound nothing like RIP and is that how the riff for HW actually goes?

[kevinvargas]

The search has ended 🤟 this set is going to my js32 rhoads, I expect crazy results

[mrcarlc]

I'm very interested to hear these demoed along side a JB and the JB antiquity. It shouldn't a world of difference between the pickups, really. The formula from the original hasn't changed very much. However, perhaps they are taking into consideration the sound of the record and the post production used on the guitars. I'm sure the guitar tracks went through additional eqing in the studio. If you are going that route, it could be a very interesting pickup.

[ethananderson]

1:10 I can’t not look at it, it’s too beautiful...

[nhunter]

So, can we get a demo with a clean amp? Neck and bridge. Chorus, reverb, and delay. Most any pickup can be dialed in for metal.

[jgmopar]

I might need to check these out I do like the JB I got them in two of my guitars.To the crew at Seymour Duncan. Stay safe up there I noticed the fires are getting ugly that way. We got hit hard in Ventura last week and it tears me up to see it moving so fast again. Stay safe

[svart]

In most scenes he has the other pair of pickups from Duncan, the Livewire

[Murphy_lab_R]

I am wondering if the JB that was in that jackson had a ceramic magnet swap in place of the Alnico 5 they come with stock? That would make it tighter and have a thrashier tone.

[luckydominguez]

I can tell you something, Best bands in Metal have awesome killers tones.

[aandc]

I read years ago in guitar world that Jackson wasn't following through as in giving Dave a few new models a year...so that's why he went with dean...but in the article Dave said he'll always love Jackson guitars rule!

[Nghilifa]

Nice guitar, it originally used to be black with the Megadeth 3d-logo on the upper wing. I might have to get these for my Jackson Rhoads.

[PietroRumenta]

Finally!
F I N A L L L Y !!!
Finally Dave has dropped the active crap!
Let the sound breathe, let the wood vibrate, let the dynamics be expressed, let your hands shape the sound, not a battery and a circuit!

I use both passive and active pick-ups daily, so I know what I am speaking of.

[peanutscorn]

These things have been out for like a month and still no demo

[hailhydrazine]

so how tight is it? the description makes it sound like it is a SH6

[Foghornish]

I'd love to know what Dave used for Peace sells and So Far So Good So What, I'm guessing a jcm 800, maybe his old bich. But did he use a od in front or not? Really interesting.