Firstly, it's a signature product, designed by Brandon Ellis (The Black Dahlia Murder). Secondly, it's a Custom Shop model. Putting these two considerations together, you know it's not gonna be appealing price-wise.
Anyway, the DYAD is half Crazy 8 & half PATB Distortion. This was the original tinkering of Mr. Ellis himself; putting two single coils from two different pickups together. It's also the reason why that reversed Seymour Duncan label is there - it was like that back in his tinkering days so that was left intact. For the record, I don't listen to TBDM but I'm interested in this pickup because it gives off that inherent top end boost which is basically what black metal is all about. Based solely on this attribute, I won't mind giving this a go. It's like Mark Holcomb's Alpha / Omega pickups; I don't listen to Periphery but I'm darn happy with those humbucker.
Pic: Seymour Duncan CS
