Jazz Model Neck Humbucker – Black

It’s a great pickup for the neck position.

Fantastic pickup!

I purchased this to replace a non-working EMG pickup at the neck position of an ESP guitar where I did not want to install active pickups. It had a good tone by itself and also meshed well with the EMG bridge pickup. I can now use this guitar in some live shows. Installation was simple. A far improvement over the cleaner tones of the EMG pickup (before it stopped working).

After doing my research and hearing all the hype about this pickup, I finally purchased one of these about a year ago. I put it in an alder Telecaster body that was finished with just hand rubbed poly. I had all the good electronics in it: CTS pots, a CRL switch, vintage cloth wire. I got it all wired in. I set it up, plugged it in and... I found it sterile and lifeless. Very clean, very well made, but I just really did not hear any character. I initially had it paired with an STK-T3B. I tried pairing it with a Little 59 Tele bridge pickup. It certainly helped because of the presence of the mids in the Little 59, but I still just sort of felt meh about the pickup. I tried a few other things - I also put it in an old Squier Tele Thinline with the Gibson scale neck and it still just was not the pickup for me. I was getting ready to sell the pickup when I decided to take an old Squier Classic Vibe Tele Thinline body (semi hollow) I had and convert it from single coils to humbuckers. I covered the SH-2N with a nickel cover (no wax) and placed it into the neck position. I complimented it with a nickel covered SH-4B (JB) in the bridge position. I do have a conversion neck on the guitar - it's the Gibson 24-3/4" scale as opposed to Fender's 25.5". I have to tell you - this has become my main guitar. I cannot put this thing down it sounds so nice. I really like both the neck only position and the middle position on the selector switch that combines the Jazz/JB. I think this thing just gets an awesome sound now. I play a lot of older jazz standards arranged for chord/melody and this setup REALLY does the trick. It's great all around: clarity in the highs (but not too bright), nice definition in the lows, and those gorgeous, gorgeous mids are now present again. I don't think the SH-2N will work for every guitar, but when you get the right combination of factors involved, this pickup is just divine =)

I'll admit, I am more of a Fender guy but always wanted a Les Paul. I found a cheap Epi and decided to gut it and rebuild. I put this pickup in the neck and I am so impressed. It was had to adjust to the warm sounds of this humbucker compared to the Fender clean sound I was used to, but wonderful tones are plentiful. I love to roll the volume back just a hair and it really sounds great. Not only that, but if you add a little gain it can give you a fantastic gritty blues tone all the way to 70s rock distortion. It's not gonna do metal but I was surprised how versatile the pickup is. I paired it with a SD SH5 and I can get any sound I need out of this guitar. Quality pickups can be ridiculously priced these days so paying $100 for this pickup is an amazing value.

Impecable.

Pickup. Good price, fast shipping.

This what I needed for my guitar.

Tengo esta pastilla, con una Invader SH8 en el puente, y la combinación es hermosa, además añadí una configuración push/pull y le saco el doble de jugo a este juego, juntas se puede tocar desde Grunge/Rock/Metal hasta mismo Jazz con ligeros tintes de Drive. Te gusta la Bossa Nova? Está configuración mixta te va a gustar. De por sí la Jazz es perfecta por si sola.

定番のピックアップで他のギターにも付けておりますやや明るめですか トーンの調整でどうにでもなります。 艶っぽい明るさです。

Nato per la Gibson Les paul cambia la tua chitarra …anche una Ephiphone Les Paul può arrivicinarsi davvero al suono di una Gibson L.P. Se avete una Gibson LP che monta humbucker di livello inferiore…beh con questi (manico e ponte) siete al Top. Nota per chi lo preferisce (come me) splittabile.

Perfetti

Purchased this to replace a Bare Knuckle Mule that I had in the neck position for over a decade. Basically wanted to just try something different. Very please with the results. Sounds great!