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Seymour Duncan SH1 59 Humbucker Pickup

Warm, smooth tone and sustain.

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The most important thing about the vintage Patent Applied For pickup was its warm, smooth tone and sustain that was unlike anything heard before. The SH-1 is built with the same kind of enameled wire, nickel-plated studs, and balanced coil windings that humbucker inventor Seth Lover used in his first pickups. It looks and sounds just like a '59. Single conductor cable is standard. With traditional spacing.

Technical Info

Hum Canceling: Yes

D.C. Resistance:
Neck: 7.43k
Bridge: 8.13k

Magnet: Alnico 5 bar

Resonant Peak:
Neck: 6.8kHz
Bridge: 6.0kHz
09/04 Price lowered, New, Black, SH1B, Bridge, was $72.95, now only $61.95.
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09/04 New lower price, New, Gold, SH1B, Bridge, was $94.95, now only $79.95.

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Seymour Duncan SH1 59 Humbucker Pickup Reviews

12 People rated this product :
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"If your reading my heading, please continue reading the remainder because I know what you are looking for."
Feature:
Features? well... I do like the fact that it is a two conductor pickup - so it was a breeze to install.

Quality:
Im pretty confident the pickup will be great quality, I've had many people recommend these to me.

Value:
Yep. It was great not to pay tax or shipping on this particular product.

Sound:
IF you are looking for a replica sound of the other more expensive name brand '59 humbucker that starts with a G, then you will be delighted just as I was. I needed to replace the bridge pickup in my Les Paul because the '59 in my other Les Paul sounded sooooo good. I would describe the pickup to be 'squawky,' when digging hard into the strings, but with the volume on the guitar backed down, it presents a warm and balanced tone as well.

Ease of Use:
I think this pickup would bring even the darker sounding woods to life because of its slightly scooped mids and has just enough treble

Overall:
If this pickup were to go foul I would probably just try the sh-4 instead of the sh-1, just for kicks.

Submitted: 01/12/2007
Style of Music: Classic rock
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"Seymour found the sound AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!"
Feature:
stick with the classic braided steel single wire!!!

Quality:
Perfect!

Value:
Buy the calibrated neck and bridge set ( 124.95) Great deal.

Desirability:
Great addition to any guitar.Made my Les Paul sound very classic!!!!

Sound:
Great classic smooth sustaining sound!!! Anyone who says different is deaf!!!!!!!!!!

Ease of Use:
Use the included wiring diagram from seymour!!!!

Support:
Not needed

Overall:
All my guitars will be having elective surgery in the near future.

Submitted: 08/04/2006
Style of Music: Rock-on love it all!!!!!!!
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