Description
When your rig needs to go from chugging power chords to screaming pinch harmonics without flinching, the SH-6 Mayhem set is the tool for the job. This is Seymour Duncan’s Duncan Distortion™ humbucker calibrated as a proper matched pair — one wound for the bridge, one for the neck — so both pickups work together instead of fighting for headroom.
Under the covers you get ceramic magnets paired with over-wound coils, a combo that’s practically synonymous with old-school metal, nu-metal, gothic, garage, punk and thrash tone. The output is high enough to push an amp into raw distortion territory, and the low-end stays tight and articulate even when you drop tune — no mud, no flab, just controlled aggression.
- Ceramic magnet, over-wound coil construction for high output
- Matched bridge/neck calibration for consistent tone across positions
- Four-conductor wiring on both pickups for coil-splitting and phase tricks
- Bridge model spec’d for standard 1.925″ (48.9mm) string spacing
- Wiring diagram and mounting hardware included
Suits balanced, warm-sounding guitars particularly well — rosewood fingerboards bring out the best in these. If you want a cleaner counterpoint in the neck, plenty of players pair the Distortion bridge with an SH-2n Jazz Model instead of running the matched neck.
This is the pickup behind John Connolly (Sevendust), Jerry Horton (Papa Roach), Meegs Rascon (Coal Chamber), Wayne Static (Static-X) and Eric Peterson (Testament) — all bridge-position players who needed tone that could carry a mix without losing bite.
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