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