Description
If you’ve ever wondered what a real late-’50s PAF sounded like before decades of clone-chasing muddied the waters, the SH-1N is Seymour Duncan’s answer. This is the neck version, built with plain enamel magnet wire and a long-legged baseplate for that unmistakable vintage-correct voicing — no logo stamped on the cover, just old-school character.
Tonally, expect warm, crystalline clean tones that stay articulate even as you dig in, and distorted tones that come out full and bright rather than dark and compressed. Sustain rolls off smoothly instead of falling off a cliff, which makes it a favorite for players chasing that singing lead tone or just a chunky rhythm sound with room to breathe. Compared to the SH-55 Seth Lover, the ’59 leans into slightly scooped mids — a subtly different flavor of vintage rather than a copy.
- 4-conductor wiring for series/parallel switching, coil splitting, and other custom wiring tricks
- Vacuum wax potted to eliminate microphonic squeal at stage volume
- White cover, neck position
Suits country twang, jazz warmth, blues bends, funk chank, classic rock riffing, and heavier rock alike. Many players pair this neck pickup with a hotter bridge humbucker like the SH-4 JB or SH-13 Dimebucker to cover more tonal ground across a single guitar.
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