Description
Some pickups chase a spec sheet. This one chases a legend. The APH-2B is built to replicate the bridge tone from Slash’s famous 1986 Les Paul – the guitar behind nearly every recorded riff and solo of his career, even though he owns dozens of others for the stage.
Underneath, it shares the same Alnico 2 magnet as Seymour Duncan’s standard APH-1 Pro, but the winding here is dialed up just enough to push a Les Paul into that sweet, singing sustain and gritty crunch that’s become synonymous with Slash’s playing. Seymour Duncan even carried over the finer details from the original ’86 pickup – single-conductor cable, long-legged baseplate, and a wooden spacer – so the construction matches the source as closely as the sound does. It’s the same pickup Gibson now installs in its Slash signature Les Paul models.
Key details:
- Alnico 2 magnet for warm, moderate output
- Suited to jazz, blues, and classic rock tones
- Single-conductor cable, long-legged bottom plate, wooden spacer
- Zebra bobbin finish (bridge position)
- Works beautifully in Les Pauls and other well-balanced humbucker guitars, including hollow and semi-hollow bodies
For the full recording-era Slash sound, pair this bridge pickup with its reverse zebra neck counterpart – the exact combo found in his original guitar – or run it solo into an overdrive pedal like the SFX-11 Twin Tube Blue for leads that sing and chords that snarl.
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