Seymour Duncan Models
ESP luthiers also made a lesser-known brand under the name of “Seymour Duncan," from the mid-1990s until 2004.
You won’t find them in any ESP catalog or anywhere on-line, except maybe in Japanese guitar shops that specialize in used
guitars. Seymour Duncan is written as the actual logo on the headstock of these guitars. There are two different series of
Seymour Duncans; the "professional series," which sold between $2,000 - $3,000, and the "traditional series," which was
marketed in the $900 - $1,500 price range. The traditional series featured SD SSL-1 pickups while the more expensive
professional series came with SD Alnico II single coil pickups. If a guitar is from the traditional series, it will say so on the
headstock. If it just says “Seymour Duncan,” then it is the more expensive model. ESP only made Fender replicas under the
Seymour Duncan brand. The most common model numbers were DS-100, DS-180, DS-200 and DS-280Pro for Stratocasters,
DT-100, DT-200 and DT-280Pro for Telecasters. Bass guitar models were DPB, for the Precision Bass line and DJB for the
Jazz Bass line.