No longer WTB - Seymour Duncan BG1400

CountryDave

Looking for the BG1400 telecaster/Esquire bridge pickup.
thanks

Dave

Funkfingers

I have something very similar but not exactly the same.

The back of the Custom Shop box lists:
The original purchaser's name.
An order number.
Pickup type - Tele Stack
Magnet type - A5
DCR - 30.0k
Gauss - 50
Date - 5/16/05 (16th May, 2005)
Wound by - MJ


On the Duncan Custom Shop product description page for the BG1400, there is a YouTube video of Greg Koch trying the pickup in a Wildwood limited edition Esquire. 

My pickup sounds almost exactly like the BG1400. i.e. Wonderful through overdriven valve amplification but slightly short on stinging high end twang on a clean channel.

I have been saving the pickup for a project but it has never started.

Having just looked up the MSRP on the BG1400, I understand why you seek a pre-owned one. I need to research what the going rate should be.

CountryDave

That’s so close you wonder if that’s where the original idea came from.
Not sure when the BG1400 was introduced, but can’t find much on the interweb before 2008.

There was a used BG on here last year but I ended up using something else for that guitar. Wish I’d bought it then.

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Funkfingers

Farque me.

Just browsing a well-known UK music store. Amongst their list of Seymour Duncan pickup stock, one CS '53 Tapped Tele Lead model, £349! I repeat, £349. 

I expect that its CS cousins, the BG1400 and Gilly Lead Stack would cost the same.

FWIIW, another UK retailer lists the BG1400 at £170 but with a looooooong wait.

The US MSRP is $170 exc. shipping.

CountryDave

Thanks for the info @Funkfingers ;
the search is currently on hold as I picked up an SD stacked pickup from eBay.
Not the BG1400 I was hoping for, but should do a job for now, giving me a hum free, punchy sound.