Seymour Duncan SH55 Seth Lover Humbucker Pickup

Nickel Silver bottom plate. Butyrate plastic bobbins. Plain enamel wire. Alnico bar magnet.

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Overall User Ratings

Overall:: 9 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
Support:: 10 out of 10

"Albert King ALERT!"

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
Support:: 10 out of 10

User: a customer from hotmail.com

Submitted: 8/13/2007

Style of Music: Blues; jazz; rock, hard rock

Musical Experience: Hobbyist

Location: Saint Cloud Minnesota USA

Feature:
They are just like the PAF ones; the materials in them are top of the line.

Quality:
No problems with quality -- top of the line!

Value:
Great deal at around a hundred bucks, worth every penny!

Desirability:
Gold covers look outstanding on my Gibson Custom cherry burst!

Sound:
AlbertKingVille! The description on Seymour Duncan's site fits this pickup well. I find it: smooth, warm and thick. The quality is perfect for clean blues and jazz like tones. Distortion is alright, if you enjoy "old-school" distortion. If one is looking for quality, this is the pickup to buy! I played several other Gibsons with other pickups -- these were the ones for me.

Ease of Use:
Outstanding harmonics; ease of use not a problem at all; best pickup I ever played, no question.

Support:
They have responded via e~mail within the same day; wonderful service.

Overall:
I would buy this product again, even if it failed. It is amazing for blues tones.

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"If you want the "holy Grail" of pickups,here it is!"

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
Support:: 10 out of 10

User: a customer from yahoo.com

Submitted: 10/13/2005

Style of Music: Blues/Jazz/Country/ Rock

Musical Experience: retired musician, sound engineer and record producer

Location: Edgewood, Maryland

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Feature:
everything you need to install it comes with it

Quality:
built to perfection, why else would the father of humbucker pickups sign it himself?

Value:
no doubt, try buying an original 1955 "PAF" Seth Lover for about 10,000.00 dollars...... if you can find one

Desirability:
this goes without saying

Sound:
this pickup has the very best articulation of note, dynamics, warmth of tone and string balance from note to note all the way down the neck. I play blues and jazz and I have tried every pickup known to man from the expensive "botique" ones to plain ceramic wax potted ones. The man for whom this is named and the one that invented humbucker pickups signed it on the back for a reason folks. It is an exact replica of his original "PAF" designed one. Just go see how much an original 1955 "PAF" Seth Lover will cost you and you'll be buying this one fatser than you can hit the checkout button. I use this in a custom SX jazz box guitar and it is the only pickup in the instrument. 1 volume control and 1 tone control, that's it. Pure tonal delight! All the pinch harmonics and definition of note you could ever dream of, PERIOD!!

Support:
Seymour Duncan is one of the finest pickup makers in the world, once again, enough said

Overall:
If it was stolen, I'd find the thief, pull his you know what's thru his nose and take it back!!!

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