Description
Co-designed by Seymour Duncan and Seth Lover himself, the SH-55N is about as close as you can get to a genuine 1955 PAF without a time machine. It’s built from the same ingredients: an Alnico 2 bar magnet, butyrate plastic bobbins, plain enamel wire, a nickel silver cover with a long-legged nickel silver baseplate, a wooden spacer, and black paper tape holding it all together underneath.
The key detail is what’s missing — wax potting. Seymour left this one unpotted on purpose, the same way the original PAFs were made, which lets the cover resonate slightly and gives the pickup that touch of open, “honky” microphonic character old humbuckers are famous for. Expect a rounded, vintage voice with airy top end and a midrange that stays musical rather than harsh, well suited to country twang, jazz warmth, blues phrasing, and classic rock crunch.
This is the neck-position (N) model, wired 4-conductor for full coil-splitting and phase flexibility. It pairs naturally with its bridge counterpart for an all-vintage PAF set, or you can run it in the neck alongside a hotter SH-11 Custom Custom in the bridge if you want a fuller, heavier voice out front without losing the vintage sweetness up the neck.
- Alnico 2 bar magnet
- 4-conductor lead wire for series/parallel/split wiring
- Nickel silver cover and long-legged baseplate
- Butyrate bobbins, plain enamel wire, wood spacer, black paper tape
- Unpotted for authentic vintage microphonics
- Gold cover finish
- Neck position pickup
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