Description
The SH-PG1 is Seymour Duncan’s tribute to the pickups that lived inside a certain ’59 Les Paul Standard and helped invent the sound of Texas blues-rock. It’s a warm humbucker that sits just above vintage output, giving you that classic PAF-style breathing room while still pushing your amp into overdrive when you dig in.
As the neck counterpart to the SH-PG1b bridge pickup, this version is intentionally underwound relative to its sibling, part of the calibrated pairing that keeps both pickups balanced and musically matched across the neck. Expect a smooth, vocal midrange with a bright top end that lets pinch harmonics leap out effortlessly, along with the kind of sustain that makes single notes feel like they hang in the air forever.
Whether you’re chasing blues, southern rock, classic rock, or jam-band tones, the Pearly Gates neck pickup delivers that sweet-but-slightly-rude character players have chased for decades. It’s articulate enough for clean work but has plenty of harmonic complexity waiting to unfold as you push the gain.
- Neck position humbucker, calibrated for use with the SH-PG1b bridge pickup
- Slightly hotter than vintage output
- Four-conductor hookup cable for flexible wiring options (series, parallel, split coil)
- Black cover finish
- Ideal for blues, classic rock, southern rock, jam, and hard rock styles
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