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Seymour Duncan
Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates (SHPG-1)
Medium output, warm and smooth, with a bright top end.
Hotter than 48% of the 280 bridge humbuckers we have
- Alnico 2 magnet: the softest pull: warm, round and forgiving
- Brighter than a typical Seymour Duncan
“I believe the highs may be a bit more pronounced on the '59 as the mids are cut a bit, and the Pearly GAtes (as far as I know) has a bit more upper mids..”
Like the Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates (SHPG-1), but…
- WarmerSeymour Duncan Alnico II Pro (APH-1)darker · similar output94 match
- More biteSeymour Duncan 59 Model (SH-1)Alnico 5 magnet · similar output85 match
- HotterPRS 58/15 "S"+13% output · Alnico 2 magnet83 match
- Less hotSeymour Duncan Alnico II Pro-Slash (APH-2)−14% output · Alnico 2 magnet89 match
The closest pickup in each direction that still fits the same slot. See every match
Specs
- DC resistance
- 8.21k
- Inductance
- 5.10 Hmeasured, 1 reading
- Magnet
- Alnico 2
- Coil
- Hum-cancelling
- Resonant peak
- 6.5 kHzSeymour Duncan's own test load
vintage outputbrightsoft & warm
From Seymour Duncan's published specs ↗ (opens in a new tab). Traits come from these specs by stated rules.
Fits the bridge of a Les Paul, SG, PRS Custom 24, Superstrat (HH) or HSS Strat.
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What others say
Demos, reviews and forum posts, quoted word for word and linked to where they were published.
Pearly Gates: Hard Rock
“The general consensus happens to be that the bridge is bright and the neck is dark.”
“The mids are relaxed and have a touch of a snarl.”
“To me they cover a lot of the same ground, but the BB3 seems less shrill in the high end.”
Comparing with Gibson Burstbucker Type 3
“I believe the highs may be a bit more pronounced on the '59 as the mids are cut a bit, and the Pearly GAtes (as far as I know) has a bit more upper mids..”
“Essentially a variation on the Patent Applied For sound, the Pearly Gates sound is sweet, but slightly rude, with great sustain and a bright top that make harmonics jump out of the guitar.”
“I typically use the neck single for clean and the bridge pearly gates for crunch/leads.”
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