Seymour Duncan SH1 59 Humbucker Pickup

Warm, smooth tone and sustain.

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Overall User Ratings

Overall:: 9 out of 10
Features:: 10 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 9 out of 10
I Want It:: 9 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 10 out of 10
Support:: 9 out of 10

"If your reading my heading, please continue reading the remainder because I know what you are looking for."

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 10 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 10 out of 10

User: a customer from yahoo.com

Submitted: 1/12/2007

Style of Music: Classic rock

Musical Experience: Hobbyist

Location: North Carolina, USA

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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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"Seymour found the sound AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!"

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 10 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 10 out of 10
I Want It:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 10 out of 10

User: a customer from henry-net.com

Submitted: 8/4/2006

Style of Music: Rock-on love it all!!!!!!!

Musical Experience: old fingers 40 years of Rock & Roll and still Rock'in

Location: Holgate, Ohio Where men are men and the sheep are scared !!!!!!!!!!!

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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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"An O.K. pickup, which you'll replace one day."

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

Submitted: 7/16/2004

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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