Seymour Duncan Nazgûl™ Sentient™ Rails Set

Crafted to explore the depths of metal tunings, the Nazgûl Sentient Rails Set unleashes blistering highs, cutting mids, and precise bass, embodying the essence of modern metal.

Our Nazgûl Rails bridge is a brutal variation, combining the unrelenting articulation, saturation, and chug of our original Nazgul with the clarity and tightness of a rail pickup. The rail design evenly distributes the magnetic field across the strings, enhancing string to string balance with increased clarity and sustain, for a response that is truly vicious, yet completely controllable.

The Sentient Rails neck pickup was designed as the perfect companion to our Nazgûl Rails, enhancing the original’s ability to clean up effortlessly for intricate chordal passages while being clear and tight for single note runs under high gain for a modern response. This pickup is incredibly expressive with a broad harmonic range.

Hand built in our Santa Barbara, CA factory, these humbucker pickups use Alnico 8 bar magnets, 4-conductor lead wire for multiple wiring options, and are vacuum wax potted for squeal-free performance. The set is available in both 6 and 7 string versions.

The Rail Series

Introducing the Rail Series from Seymour Duncan, where classic pickups meet innovative rail design for modern players. This collection features JB Rails, Jazz Rails, the Hot-Rodded Rails Set, Nazgûl Rails, Sentient Rails, and the Nazgûl Sentient Rails Set. Each pickup retains the revered characteristics of our originals while infusing them with the clarity, tightness, and sustain of rail design, making them ideal for high-gain applications. 

The JB Rails has our classic JB Model’s full low end, crips highs, and upper-midrange bump, but adds the tightness and accentuated attack of the rails platform. The Jazz Rails pickup is a perfect complement, maintaining the original Jazz’s glassy treble response, full bass, and scooped mids while incorporating the string-to-string balance of a rail design. The Hot-Rodded Rails Set combines JB Rails and Jazz Rails, delivering a versatile, high-gain setup. 

The Nazgûl Rails retains the brutal articulation of the Nazgûl while adding the rails design gives focused low-end and precise sustain, perfect for modern metal. The Sentient Rails neck pickup, designed to pair with Nazgûl Rails, delivers exceptional clarity and harmonic range, ideal for intricate chordal passages and lower tunings. Together, the Nazgûl Sentient Rails Set offers blistering highs, cutting mids, and precise bass, capturing the essence of modern metal. 

Available for both 6-String and 7-String guitars. They are suitable for both standard humbucker and trembucker string spacing.