Description
The SH-6B Duncan Distortion is Seymour Duncan’s go-to bridge humbucker for players who need serious output without turning their tone into mud. A hefty ceramic magnet paired with hot coil windings pumps out huge gain while still letting individual notes and chords cut through the wall of distortion.
- Ceramic magnet for high output and tight, aggressive attack
- Hot-wound coils deliver raw, saturated rock and metal tones
- Four-conductor hookup cable for flexible wiring options (series, parallel, split)
- Gold finish bridge humbucker
Where the SH-5 Duncan Custom leans more toward versatile rock crunch, the SH-6B turns things up a notch — it’s the choice for old-school metal, nu-metal, gothic rock, garage, punk, and thrash, and it handles drop tunings without falling apart. Riffs stay punchy and articulate even under heavy gain, which is exactly what this pickup was designed to do.
Plenty of players drop the SH-6B into the bridge and pair it with an SH-2n Jazz Model in the neck, giving them a rig that can go from thick, singing leads and clean tones to full-on distorted aggression without swapping guitars.
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