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Seymour Duncan SH-5 Duncan Custom Bridge Humbucker Pickup - Black

High-output Bridge Position Humbucker with Ceramic Magnet - Black
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Seymour Duncan Pickups - It's all about tone!

Think of the Duncan Custom SH-5 as a bigger, beefier P.A.F., perfect for searing leads and huge chords. Don't get us wrong, the tone is still very much P.A.F., but this one is voiced to be a bit on the mean side. The ceramic magnet and custom coil design provide compressed dynamics with an enhanced harmonic structure and excellent low-frequency response. If you're a dropped-tuning player, the Duncan Custom SH-5 lets you go low without the mud. For aggressive rock, the Duncan Custom SH-5 is perfect!

Seymour Duncan Duncan Custom SH-5 at a Glance:
  • Sound
  • Complete setup

Sound
The Duncan Custom SH-5 is chock-full of "P.A.F. on steroids" tone, and is often used for classic rock, heavy rock, funk, punk, R&B, metal, and drop-tunings. This beefed up Patent Applied For tone provides a hard-driving, kickin' sound with the right balance of power, sustain, and distortion. This pickup cuts through with a distinctive high end and midrange attack. The ceramic magnet and custom coil design give it compressed dynamics, an enhanced harmonic structure, and a punchy bass. The SH-5 is perfect for dropped tunings without "mushing" out, and comes with four-conductor hookup cable to facilitate complex switching options.

Complete setup
The Duncan Custom SH-5 is recommended for the bridge position, and is often paired with an SH-1 '59 in the neck for bigger P.A.F. tones in the bridge and vintage-correct P.A.F. tones in the neck. The SH-5 is great for balanced and warm instruments, and works especially well with rosewood fingerboards.

Seymour Duncan Duncan Custom SH-5 Features:
  • Humbucker
  • Standard spacing, Learn more...
  • High output
  • Color: Black
  • Bridge position
  • Standard spacing, Learn more...
  • Ceramic magnet
  • Custom coil design
  • Compressed dynamics
  • Enhanced harmonic structure
  • P.A.F.-style tones with more bite
Your tone begins with Seymour Duncan pickups!

Why Choose Seymour Duncan?
Quite simply, it boils down to tone. Seymour Duncan has spent the majority of his life refining the art of creating pickups. Seymour Duncan is dedicated to getting the best tone possible from his pickups, from modern metal monsters to faithful reproductions of gems from the '50s and '60s. We know tone is important to you which is why we choose to carry Seymour Duncan pickups. With the massive amount of pickups available from Seymour Duncan, you're certain to find the sound you've been looking for.

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Tech Specs

  • Type: Humbucker
  • Position: Bridge
  • Active/Passive: Passive
  • Magnet Material: Ceramic
  • Number of Conductors: 4 wire plus shield
  • DC Resistance: 14.1K
  • Connectivity: Soldered
  • Number of Strings: 6
  • Covering: Uncovered
  • Color: Black
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 11102-17-B

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Customer Reviews

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Rated 5/5

Sh5 wow what can I say the Seymour Duncan people have electric guitar pickups down Im telling you

Currently inside a Kramer 211 starter strat but it's awesome in there my guitar was ok but when I put this in it was like a custom job like a rockstar guitar no gump get one I'm telling you you might Wana research what wood combo sounds best personally I say it's good in any guitar and that goes for all their pickups
Rated 5/5

Duncan Custom

What a great pickup. Usually high output humbuckers tend to dry out the tone and just turn into a low mid focused bland pickup. This Duncan custom manages to raise the output for a hotter pickup and still retain the actual beautiful tone usually found on lower output PAF's. Saturated and full with beautiful high mids. Very well done!
Rated 5/5

Really Screams

Installed this in a semi hollow body singlecut style guitar. Woke this guitar up. It really screams and chugs now. Also cleans up well.
Music background: Retired Guitar Tech
Rated 5/5

Amazing pickup!

Love this humbucker! Sizzling output without being crazy high. Never sounds overly compressed or boxy. The highs sing, the low end thumps, and the mid-range just blooms through the mix. Clean tones are impressive as well. This is one great pickup!
Music background: Guitarist, singer, songwriter, live performer
Rated 5/5

Great Upgrade to PRS Tremonti SE

Was happy with the feel of my PRS SE but was wrong setup for my preferred classic rock and metal with stock Tremonti pickups—the bridge was too beefy in bass and it mushed out everything. The EQ on the Custom is great for rock, the mids are way more articulate, and harmonics come out easily. Even though it has a ceramic magnet, the gain texture has nice grit that isn't shrill (by comparison to as Distortion). It may not be the pickup for more modern styles but it is much more versatile than what I had. Good upgrade.
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