Description
The SH-1B ’59 is Seymour Duncan’s take on the sound that started it all – a faithful recreation of the humbuckers built in the late 1950s, tuned for bridge position duty. If you’re after that classic PAF character rather than a modern high-output growl, this pickup delivers it with real authenticity.
- Clean tones stay warm with a crystalline top end, never muddy or dull
- Push it into distortion and you get a full, bright breakup with sustain that just keeps blooming
- Built with period-correct details: plain enamel wire, a long-legged bottom plate, vintage-style single conductor cable, and no logo on the cover
- Vacuum wax potted to kill microphonic squeal without sacrificing that open, dynamic PAF feel
Compared to Duncan’s SH-55 Seth Lover, the ’59 sits with slightly more scooped mids – a subtly different flavor of vintage that suits players chasing a bit more clarity and separation in their chords and leads.
This bridge model pairs naturally with the ’59 neck pickup for a cohesive vintage voice, but plenty of players run it against a hotter bridge companion like the SH-4 JB or SH-13 Dimebucker elsewhere in their setup – though as a bridge pickup itself, the SH-1B is plenty capable of handling country twang, jazz warmth, bluesy grit, funky snap, and both classic and heavy rock on its own.
Finished in white to suit a range of guitar builds.
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