SH-55n Seth Lover Neck 1-conductor Pickup - Nickel Review

100% on the plus side!

Recently, I bought this SH-55N Seth Lover Pickup for my G&L ASAT Bluesboy, Tribute...... I was never really happy with the stock pickup, so after a little research, I settled for the Seymour Duncan Humbucker,,,,, What a Difference!.... Hard to explain, but after changing the pickups and play this guitar through my Vox, It makes my AC30 sound like an AC30! .... At half Volume… read more it's clean, Crank it up a bit, and you've got some tones to be proud of.......I also added a STL-3 Quarter Pound Seymour Duncan on the bridge side.... Nice Combination with the Seth Lover......

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Seth Lover SH-55n

Replaced the super 80s in a 1978 Ibanez 2630.. and have to say it is a beautiful sound!

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Great Sounding Pickup

I'm usually not a Seymour Duncan pickups fan, but after doing my research on Humbucker pickups this is the one that came out on top. Wow, what a nice sounding pickup, just like the old days. I play this over an old Fender tube amp. If you like the guitar sound of ZZ Top's Blue Jean Blues, this pickup is it. Sounds like an old 60's Les Paul pickup. Love it!

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Great PAF-style Pickup

II have two very nice limited edition Epiphone Dot guitars. I have the Gibson 57 Classics in one and these in the other. Both are great but I prefer the Seth Lovers to the Gibsons. It's certainly a matter of taste, but if you want open and airy sounding, low output PAF-style humbuckers, these are the ones IMO. The Gibsons sound a little less defined and more grainy in my opinion.… read more I believe the fact that the Seth Lovers are not wax potted is what contributes to the open sound. But be aware that it makes them a bit more microphonic than the wax potted models. In other words, you will hear it more through the amp if you knock the pick against the pickup cover. In practice this doesn't bother me in the least, but if you are kind of person who would be bugged by this, try to test one out before you buy. In summary, I am thrilled with these pickups and would buy them again and again

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Great!

I replaced a Gibson stock 490R in my Les Paul Studio Deluxe with a Seth Lover neck and can't be more pleased with the upgrade that also included replacing all stock wiring with a 50's style, Emerson Pre-wired assembly. The Seth Lover neck doesn't sound muddy at all and handles distortion quite well while also having a very nice clean tone which I think is it's strength. I've played… read more a Burstbucker 1 which I remember being quite nice too, but the Seth is smoother, full, clear and responsive without sounding dull and scooped. Sweetwater customer service is the best!

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