Description
The SH-55B isn’t Seymour Duncan’s take on a P.A.F. — it’s a direct collaboration with the man who invented the humbucker, Seth Lover himself. Every material choice mirrors the 1955 originals: nickel silver cover and long-legged baseplate, butyrate bobbins, plain enamel magnet wire, an Alnico 2 bar magnet, a wooden spacer, and black paper tape holding it all together. Nothing about the construction is modernized for convenience.
That includes the winding process. Seymour Duncan leaves the SH-55B unpotted, just like the pickups Gibson was shipping in the mid-50s. Skipping the wax means you get a touch of microphonic openness and that slightly “honky” edge collectors chase — a sign the pickup is behaving exactly as a real vintage P.A.F. would, not a flaw to engineer out.
Tonally, expect the real deal: warm, woody midrange, a slightly compressed top end, and enough clarity to keep chords articulate at any gain level. It’s equally at home carving out jazz chords, twanging through country licks, growling on blues bends, or driving classic rock riffs with natural, amp-pushed grit rather than brute output.
Comes wired with vintage-style single conductor cable, matching the era it’s built to honor.
- Alnico 2 bar magnet
- Unpotted for authentic vintage microphonics
- Nickel silver cover and baseplate, butyrate bobbins
- Single conductor cable
Most players run the SH-55B as a matched neck/bridge set. Prefer more bite from the bridge? Pair this SH-55B in the neck with an SH-11 Custom Custom for a heavier rock voice without losing the vintage neck tone.
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