Description
The SH-PG Pearly Gates started life as an attempt to bottle the tone of a vintage 1959 Les Paul Standard’s pickups, and it landed on something that’s become a legend in its own right. This is the pickup behind the raw, rebellious snarl of Texas blues-rock, and it earns every bit of that reputation – warm and sweet through clean amps, then just slightly rude when you push it into breakup.
- Moderate output, tuned a touch hotter than true vintage specs for extra push without losing clarity
- Bright top end that pulls harmonics right out of the strings
- Long, singing sustain that holds notes without turning muddy
- Nickel cover for classic looks and a slightly softer high end
- Four-conductor wiring for coil-splitting, phase, and series/parallel switching options
Don’t let the blues-rock pedigree fool you into thinking it’s a one-trick pickup – the SH-PG shows up just as comfortably in classic rock, southern rock, and plenty of modern rock rigs too. Its balanced voice plays nicely with almost any humbucker you pair it with in the neck, so you’ve got real flexibility when building out your tone.
If you’re chasing that late-’50s Les Paul character with a bit more push and top-end sparkle than a true vintage-output pickup gives you, the Pearly Gates is worth a serious listen in your bridge slot.
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