Description
Some pickups politely raise the output. The Invader just kicks the door in. Seymour Duncan built the SH-8 around three ceramic magnets and overwound coils to squeeze out about as much passive-pickup power as physics allows, then bolted it down with twelve black oxide cap screws for good measure – both a tonal statement and a look that matches the attitude.
That trio of ceramic magnets throws a wider, more aggressive magnetic field than a typical humbucker, which is exactly why this thing exists: to drive your amp into snarling, compressed, saturated territory without you touching the gain knob. Palm-muted chugs come out tight and brutal, leads cut through a wall of distortion, and the whole thing stays surprisingly articulate even when you’re pushing it hard – crucial if you’re playing anything in the metal, thrash, punk, or garage rock family.
Wired with a four-conductor hookup cable, so you’ve got the option to split the coils if you want a moment of clarity between the chaos. While the Invader is offered for both neck and bridge, this is the bridge version – the position it’s most at home in, delivering the full-force output the pickup was designed around. (The neck version dials the output back for more tonal range, but that’s a different pickup for a different job.)
- Three ceramic magnets for ultra high output
- Overwound coils tuned for heavy, saturated tones
- Twelve black oxide cap screws
- Four-conductor hookup cable included
- Bridge position – built for metal, punk, thrash, and garage rock
- Black cover
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