Seymour Duncan SH-55 Seth Lover

[surfnorthwest]

My new Godin midi guitar came with Seymour Duncan Custom Customs, I don't like them at all... way to harsh for my liking. I pulled the trigger on some Seymour Duncan SH-55 Seth Lovers for it and thought those would sound great in this guitar. Any thoughts on those, the sound clips on their site sound great.

[mkstylee]

Hey surf,
The seth's are great pickups vintage tone and plenty of bottom end.although my les paul is a very dark instrument the bridge has a lovley vintage growl to it but the neck was too boomy for my guitar i would like to have tried the pup's in a different les paul but like i say the neck was boomy but most likley due to the darkness of my guitar ,i put a antiquity in as it cleaned it up a tad ,all in all the seth's are very nice if you like smooth 'full sounding pickups vitnage tone and not too hot.Just make sure your guitar it quite bright first. i have 50's wiring and luxe bumblebee caps.
My 2p worth.

[kerrpow]

Surf,

I agree with you on the custom/custom. I was replacing a pick up in an Explorer I had ( ditched it a week ago, a dog of a guitar.not model) So I went with a custom/custom and It did absolutely nothing in that guitar. Poor choice on my part. I have a sd '59 in neck position in this other guitar I have and it sounds good,not muddy,very clear. But if I was to do it again I'd also try the seth.

Not much help but I'm w/you on the custom.

[surfnorthwest]

Finally got around to putting these Seth Lovers in my Godin LGXT, the guitar is smoother now and these sound fantastic. Very impressed with the fullness and the bite. I think the older I get the more I don't care for the hot pickups anymore.

For me I was deciding between these and the Bare-knuckle Abraxsas, I am very happy with the choice.

[TubeStack]

Yes, great pickups, Surf. I have 'em in one of my LP's and love them. Very articulate but with lots of bite, nice and airy with great treble detail, and super juicy mids. I found the bridge to lack bottom end a bit, though that could be the guitar, and this characteristic probably helped make the mids so prominent. I also found the neck pup a bit boomy, as mkstylee says, but it was so clear and tasty, I didn't care that much.