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Seymour Duncan SSL-1 Vintage Staggered Pole Strat Single Coil Pickup - White

Single-coil Pickup with Alnico 5 Magnets
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True Single-coil Strat Tone

Vintage-correct and packing true single-coil Strat tone, the Seymour Duncan SSL-1 Vintage Staggered pickup provides you with the traditional punchy, bell-like tone we all know and love. Great for country, pop, surf, rockabilly, blues, ska, and classic rock, the SSL-1 really shines when you use clean and mildly distorted amp settings. Hand-ground Alnico 5 magnets and moderate windings give you a vintage output and brightness that work best with warmer-toned ash, alder, or basswood guitars, especially those with rosewood fingerboards. Seymour Duncan SSL-1 Vintage Staggered pickups have been loaded into countless axes by the guitar experts here at Sweetwater - they're really popular! Come check them out for yourself!

Seymour Duncan SSL-1 Vintage Staggered Pickup Features at a Glance:
  • Classic-sounding single-coil Stratocaster pickup
  • Vintage-correct design delivers true single-coil Strat tone
  • Hand-ground Alnico 5 magnets and moderate windings provide vintage output
  • Sounds best with warmer-toned ash, alder, or basswood guitars
  • Great for country, pop, surf, rockabilly, blues, ska, and classic rock
Get classic tone with a Seymour Duncan SSL-1 Vintage Staggered pickup!

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Tech Specs

  • Type: Single-coil
  • Position: Bridge, Neck
  • Active/Passive: Passive
  • Magnet Material: Alnico V
  • Number of Conductors: 2 wire
  • DC Resistance: 6.5K
  • Connectivity: Soldered
  • Number of Strings: 6
  • Covering: Covered
  • Color: White
  • Format: Strat-sized
  • Features: Staggered Pole Pieces
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 11201-01

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Rated 5/5

Amazing pickups

I recently replaced the pickups in an American Strat I have had for years. I never bonded with the original Fender pickups, so I put this in the neck plus a SSL-5 in the bridge and a SSL-1 rwrp in the middle. These are amazing pickups and have taken my Strat from being one of my least played guitars to one of my favorites. I highly recommend doing the blender mod with this too, the neck-bridge combination is fantastic. These nail Gilmour tones, can't recommend them highly enough.
Rated 5/5

Just beautiful

I put an SSL-1 in the neck position with a Duncan Alnico 2 Pro in the middle and an SSL-5 in the bridge. This is one of the most interesting and balanced strat pickups I've ever played. It's punchy and chimey at the same time. It drives tube amps really nicely, but it stays glassy and full sounding at any volume. Paired with the Alnico 2 in the middle, some of the really high end brightness gets rolled off in the 4th position, which I really like, but if you want to hold onto all of that brightness, an SSL-1 in the mid position would sound great. I've been through a bunch of different strat pickups over the years and this is now my go to neck pickup. I'm sure you could spend more money on Lollars or Franlins, but after using this pickup for a while, I don't really see the point. This is a fabulous neck pickup. Great balance, tone, chime, and attack.
Music background: Former pro
Rated 5/5

Get them now

Don't wait. Go ahead and get these now and start enjoying your Strat like it should sound. They're perfect. I put two of these and a SSL-5 in my Strat. Perfection.
Rated 4.5/5

Excellent Versatile Strat Pickups

I bought these pickups for my Highway One Strat & I was very pleased. They are basically just what they are advertised as. They sound great for blues & rock, very versatile but much more clarity in them than what you get with the stock strat pickups. Worth the money for the upgrade IMO.
Music background: Rock, Blues, Grunge
Rated 4/5

Great Vintage Strat

I've used these for years when I build guitars for myself and friends. It sounds just like a pickup from a 60's Fender. No difference. If that's what you want, then you can stop your search here.
Music background: Composer
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