From Seymour Duncan:

In the late 70s, Seymour Duncan was well known as the go-to guy for players that wanted something custom. Sometime in 78, Eddie Van Halen gave him a P.A.F. to experiment with, along with instructions to rewind it with the intent to enhance the reproduction of artificial harmonics and hot wind a little for some extra juice.

The Seymour Duncan 78 Model humbucker is the result of that experiment. Loaded with an Alnico 2 magnet and wound to the exact same hot specs as that original P.A.F. rewind, the 78s magnet and output combination lends itself to a warm crunch with biting leads and overtone laden tapped runs. While the 78 Model was not the final destination for Eddie, it offers players the opportunity to revisit a waypoint in the early days of his legendary pursuit of the ultimate tone.

If youre a player who demands a high-performance tone and wants the classic hard rockin rhythm crunch, articulate picked harmonics for your tapped solos and whammy bar acrobatics, the 78 Model just may be your ticket.