Description
Slash has owned dozens of Les Pauls over the years, but almost every recording since 1986 has come from one particular guitar. The APH-2N is Seymour Duncan’s answer to a simple problem: how do you get that exact sound into guitars that aren’t that guitar? This is the neck pickup born from reverse-engineering his ’86 recording axe, built so his other Les Pauls — the ones he actually tours with — can speak with the same voice.
Under the cover sits an Alnico 2 magnet, the same foundation used in the standard APH-1 Alnico II Pro. But the winding here carries a touch more output, enough to nudge a stock Les Paul toward that sustain-heavy, slightly rude crunch that’s all over Slash’s catalog. Seymour Duncan also carried over the period-correct details from the original pickup: single-conductor cable, long-legged baseplate, and a wooden spacer. It’s the same unit Gibson now installs in its current Slash signature Les Paul.
Tonally it sits in warm, moderate-output territory — think jazz phrasing, blues bends, and classic rock crunch rather than high-gain saturation. While it was engineered for a Les Paul, it’ll behave well in any balanced humbucker-loaded guitar, including hollow and semi-hollow bodies.
- Alnico 2 magnet for warm, musical response
- Moderate output boost over the standard APH-1
- Single-conductor wiring, long-legged baseplate, wooden spacer
- Reverse zebra cover — pairs with the zebra APH-2 bridge for the full Slash configuration
- Sold individually or as a matched zebra/reverse zebra set
For the full effect, run this alongside its reverse zebra bridge counterpart and, if you’re chasing the complete rig, pair with an all-tube overdrive-distortion stompbox for those singing lead lines and authoritative rhythm chording.
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