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Great sounding pickup!
I used it at the bridge position on an Ibanez SA and I love it. It sounds just right. I am usually picky about the bridge pickup because they all sound too bright for me. The SH-5 sounds just right! Not too dark either. All overdrive rock genres of the 80s or 90s can use this pickup. If you're more into newer metal I would go for a different seymour duncan more muddy like the sh-6 or nazgul, but this one goes perfect to my style.
PROS:
- Sounds awesome!
- Good price for such a great pickup
no cons. Really!
PROS:
- Sounds awesome!
- Good price for such a great pickup
no cons. Really!
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Sounds killer in every setting
So after looooong time of thinking should I change my pickup (ESP LH150 in bridge position which I really like) or not. I went with it and to be honest at first it was NOT such a big change as I thought it would be but I will still give it a 5 stars. I expected much bigger change in sound as I watched a lot of reviews and comparison videos on YT and I was kinda let down at first (it was similar story with BOSS SD-1) but then I started to play with it a little bit and found out that I was really wrong in my first judgement.
What I got was the thing I looked for and that is individual note articulation with high gain amp settings and power cords that still sound crushing. Also less mud and less feedback. Also I found myself playing more on my clean settings and it sounds really good for jazz stuff. It has nice breakup on clean so I managed to get old school dead kennedys sound in combination with delay pedal. On lead channel I kinda got that tone of Exodus album Showel headed kill machine and to me that is amazing sound. Medium output on high gain amp is way to go!
I would recommend it to anyone!
What I got was the thing I looked for and that is individual note articulation with high gain amp settings and power cords that still sound crushing. Also less mud and less feedback. Also I found myself playing more on my clean settings and it sounds really good for jazz stuff. It has nice breakup on clean so I managed to get old school dead kennedys sound in combination with delay pedal. On lead channel I kinda got that tone of Exodus album Showel headed kill machine and to me that is amazing sound. Medium output on high gain amp is way to go!
I would recommend it to anyone!
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J
Ordered/paid an unopened product and the product was used.
I ordered and paid for a new pickup, the pickup was USED with some scratches on top. I don't have any problem because it works but I would liked to know first.
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Simply amazing
This is a really good pickup. I love it. It can do sprakling cleans and simply crushing metal riffs. I would say SD JBs taken another step further.
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S
The best pickup ever!
I have a lot of pickups different manufacturers and SH-5 sounds the best. I have one in my Yamaha Pacifica 120H in bridge position with V8 in neck and this pickups are universal from blues to heavy metal. It gives a lot of treble with soft bass. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to upgrade their guitar.
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FM
Fat heavy rock pickup
I installed this pickup in a too bright Epiphone Slash Les Paul. The guitar sounded good but a bit boxy and too bright for a Les Paul for my taste.
The update made it sound huge, fat & raw. Perfectly suited for heavy rock and metal (Guns, Alter Bridge, Black Stone Cherry...), at ease for rhythm and solo stuff.
It however compresses the sound a little bit, which makes it not the best choice when you need a crunch sound with very clear articulation and detached notes.
The update made it sound huge, fat & raw. Perfectly suited for heavy rock and metal (Guns, Alter Bridge, Black Stone Cherry...), at ease for rhythm and solo stuff.
It however compresses the sound a little bit, which makes it not the best choice when you need a crunch sound with very clear articulation and detached notes.
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It's a good pickup for distortion
A little too much bass ,but overall good sound . It handles the palm mutres very well
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