Seymour Duncan SH-PG1 Pearly Gates Pickup Black/Creme Bridge

by Seymour Duncan

Product Features

• Essentially a variation on the Patent Applied For sound, the Pearly Gates sound is sweet, but slightly rude
• Four conductor cable, with traditional or Trembucker spacing

Product Details

• Item Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0002D0622
• Item model number: 11102-49-Z
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,416 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)

Product Description

The original custom Pearly Gates pickups were wound for the famous '59 Les Paul Standard that defined the raw, rebellious sound of Texas blues rock. Essentially a variation on the Patent Applied For sound, Seymour Duncan's Pearly Gates sound sweet, but is slightly rude, with great sustain and a bright top that make harmonics jump out of the guitar.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is Texas Tone., January 18, 2008

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This review is from: Seymour Duncan SH-PG1 Pearly Gates Pickup Black/Creme Bridge

This is a great pickup. I've got two guitars that feature this pickup, one a Lone Star Stratocaster and a custom built korina wood Telecaster. This pickup is smoking hot, with tone for days. It is essentially as the product review says, a modified PAF. If you play blues or blues based rock, that modification is really going to make a difference. Overall, these have the PAF sound, just with more bite. The 'Pearly Gates' referred to is the legendary Les Paul belonging to Billy F. Gibbons, he of ZZ Top fame. To hear these pickups in action, I would check out Top's last couple CDs. I believe that Billy had several guitars built using these pickups. Granted, his collection is very extensive, so you never know what you're listening to, but it'll give you a good idea. If you're mixing and matching these with another type of pickup, make sure you get a pickup with a comparative output. For example, I had originally intended to pair the Pearly Gates up with a Fender Nocaster pickup for my custom Tele. My builder advised me against this, as the dropoff in output when switching pickups would be overly drastic. I went with a Fender Texas Special Tele pickup instead, similar to the pairing on my Lone Star Strat.