Description
Before Strat pickups looked like Strat pickups, they looked like this. Seymour Duncan’s SLS Lipstick set revives the tube-shaped design of the original ’50s units, right down to the Alnico 6 magnets that give them their unmistakably bright, chimey character. If your playlist leans country, surf, rockabilly, blues, or classic rock, this is the tone signature you’re chasing.
- Calibrated 3-pickup set: higher-output SLS-1 bridge, RW/RP (reverse-wound/reverse-polarity) middle, and standard SLS-1 neck
- Alnico 6 magnets with a winding spec tuned to bring out sparkle and jangle
- RW/RP middle pickup cancels hum in positions 2 and 4, just like the vintage-correct wiring players expect
The lipstick housing isn’t just a throwback look — it shapes the tone too, contributing to that airy, glassy top-end these pickups are known for. Because they run bright by design, they’re an especially good match for warmer-sounding bodies: ash, alder, or basswood, including hollow and semi-hollow builds. Pair them with a rosewood fingerboard and the combination gets even more musical, tempering the highs just enough to keep things sweet rather than brittle.
Since this is a matched, calibrated set rather than a single pickup, you get consistent output and balanced string-to-string response across all three positions — no guesswork mixing and matching individual units. Drop it into a Strat-style guitar and you’re instantly in classic single-coil territory, with the added visual punch of that unmistakable lipstick-tube look.
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