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Seymour Duncan SH1 59 Humbucker Pickup

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. Learn More...

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Features:
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Quality:
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Value:
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I Want It:
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Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
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Support:
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Individual User Ratings

Overall:
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Features:
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Quality:
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Sound:
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Ease of Use:
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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.

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Overall:
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Features:
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Quality:
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Value:
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I Want It:
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Sound:
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Ease of Use:
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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.

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Overall:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10
Features:
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Quality:
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Value:
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I Want It:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10

Value:
Alright value, when you grow up you'll replace it.

Sound:
It is an alright sounding pickup, but I have a '57 Les Paul Custom and it has the original PAF's and the Seymour Duncan model is similar, but not nearly as rich sounding. I replaced mine with a set of "Crossroads" from WCR Pickups and they nail "that sound" and then some. Truly a first class product. I guarantee if you by a set you'll never even think about replacing them, unles of course they are stolen.

Overall:
It's just O.K. in my book.

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