Description
The Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates started life as an attempt to bottle the tone locked inside a ’59 Les Paul Standard, the guitar behind some of the rawest, most rebellious blues-rock ever recorded. This SH-PG1B version is built for the bridge position and dressed in the eye-catching reverse zebra coil combo.
Tonally, it sits just above vintage output, giving you a pickup that cleans up nicely on lower gain settings but pushes into sweet, slightly rude overdrive the moment you dig in. Sustain is a standout trait here — notes bloom and hang, and the bright top end lets pinch harmonics leap out effortlessly, a signature trait that made this pickup famous in the first place.
- Position: Bridge
- Finish: Reverse Zebra
- Output: Warm, slightly hotter than vintage
- Wiring: Four-conductor hookup cable included
Well suited to blues, classic rock, southern rock, jam bands, and hard rock, the Pearly Gates rewards players who like to control dynamics with their picking hand. Roll off the volume for glassy cleans, dig in for snarling lead tones — it responds to touch the way the best vintage-inspired humbuckers should.
A dependable upgrade for any solid body electric looking to trade sterile modern output for genuine vintage-rock character.
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