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Your cart is empty.While these vintage style coils give the 59 Model humbuckers an airy quality that keeps them planted firmly in the PAF family, the alnico 5 bar magnet, and vacuum wax potting have been added to compensate for lighter guitar strings and louder amplifiers than were ever used in the 50s. The result is a pickup with tons of old-school tonal character, but with a brighter top end, and a more compressed sound. The 59s are great for all types of rock and blue sin addition to the alnico 5 magnet and wax potting, we hand build the 59 Model with a variety of traditional vintage treatments, such as 42AWG plain enamel mag wire, long legged nickel silver bottom plate, vintage single-conductor braided push-back lead wire, and no logo. As with all of our PAF style pickups, the 59 Model is wound on Seymours old Leesona winder from the early Gibson factory in Kalamazoo, MI.
Peter Milner
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2023
Excellent pups for electric guitars - I changed the stock pups in my fab Gibson SG with these and I am very happy/satisfied with the improvement in sound - thanks!
megarad
Reviewed in Australia on April 14, 2021
Fitted to my Gibson Les Paul Studio. A huge improvement over the standard Burstbucker Pros. SH-1 59's are the best value Humbucker Pickup upgrade for the money. Amplifier is a modified Marshall JTM45 with EL34's.
Pete Dazer
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2020
It was either sink money into my Epiphail les Paul or burn it, I hated it. I replaced the garbage pickups with these, and except for the shipping crate wood they use to make those guitars, the tonal quality is 250% better. These aren’t high distortion high output pups but they sound like a late 50’s les Paul should sound (almost....it’s still an epiphone at heart). With lots of sustain and bell like clarity, but still with a nasty side if you crank them (who doesn’t).
Mariano Provenzano
Reviewed in Italy on May 15, 2019
Seymour Duncan é una garanzia per me, ormai, avendo montato un bel po’ di loro pickup su varie mie chitarre.Non sono i più economici, ma rappresentano quasi sempre un interessante upgrade Sonoro. Questo set nello specifico gode di una sonorità in stile PAF (pur non essendo tali i due p.u.) molto simile ai vecchi pickup Gibson, con un timbro graffiante ed “hot”, caratterizzati in maniera molto equilibrata e non eccessiva dai magneti Alnico 5, molto adatti al blues e a suoni overdrive in stile TubeScreamer. Insomma un set di pickup dalla tendenza più vintage che moderna, molto dinamici se distanziati dalle corde, più compressi e ricchi di grit se posizionati alla distanza “canonica”.Se fossero un vino, sarebbero un rosso di pregio, molto strutturato, da meditazione più che da pasto, da accompagnare con cacciagione o formaggi grassi.
wendy
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2018
Nice set of pickups but the screws provided were too short. I installed them in a Epi Les Paul. They are a 4-40 fine thread screw so I had to tap out to 4-40 NC and put in about 1 1/2" long screws. Otherwise they sound really good.
Alan
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 20, 2018
I had recently bought a second hand Tokai Les Paul Custom, great condition and low action on the neck. The problem I had was with the standard Chinese pickups which were on the guitar - they sounded 'muddy' and had no definition or bite.I also have a Fender Strat Plus which has the Lace pickups replaced with DiMarzio heavy blues pickup which sound amazing. Because of them, started looking for an equivalent set of humbuckers for the Tokai.After spending ages reading reviews of a wide range of pickups from various manufacturers, I decided on buying some Seymour Duncans. I didn't want to pay too much for some and was drawn towards the Seymour Duncan blues set. The Amazon price was about £20 less than anywhere else so I ordered them on one day delivery. They arrived by about noon on the following day - great service.The new pickups were fairly easy to fit but the soldering was a bit fiddly ( as usual ). When I had finished, I realized that I had connected the bridge pickup to the neck volume control and visa versa, quickly corrected.When I plugged into my VOX AC30 the difference to the old pickups was astounding. The Seymour Duncans had depth and also a sparkling tone with a nice break up when the volume on the amp was pushed.Having read the other reviews, I must agreed with all the good things which have been already said. These pickups are amazing value for money and have transformed a Chinese Tokai Les Paul into a 'keeper' which I want to play and enjoy for as long as I can keep plucking.It's hard to know what the difference is between this set and pickups twice and three times the price. Highly recommended.
Matthieu
Reviewed in France on February 16, 2018
Ce n'est pas cher et ca s entend... la performance de ces micros ne correspond pas à ce que l'on peut attendre d une marque reconnue. Les graves sont baveux et les aigus criards. Le son est fade et manque clairement d identité et de brillance. C'est la 1ère et dernière fois que j achete du Seymour et je compte bien retourner chez des petits fabricants comme Sheptone ou Bare Knuckle qui méritent vraiment à être connus . Merci en tout cas à Amazon pour votre autorisation de retour.
Mike
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2018
I've been searching for years to get that deep wood tone of the older LesPauls. Trying everything but the kitchen sink to no avail. Until that is I got these vintage blues. These pickups nail it exactly in my opinion and the tone is still there when you roll off the volume. Just amazing, I'm finding all sorts of nice tones with the pickup/volume/tone adjustments. Love it...
Kaneo
Reviewed in Germany on January 30, 2017
Ich habe die originalen, koreanischen PU meiner PRS SE Standard 22 gegen die 59er Seymour Duncans getauscht. Einbau war problemlos, Größe, Bohrungen usw. passen. Die beigefügte Schaltplan von Duncan war nicht brauchbar, die SE ist anders verkablet, ich habe die originale Schaltung einfach befolgt. Der Sound ist excellent, schön bluesig und weich bei den Bünden 5 bis 12!! Einfach echt geiler E-Gitarren Sound, viel viel besser als die originalen PU`s, es lohnt sich! Der Output der PU`s ist gefühlt relative hoch, Verstärker beginnen daher etwas früher zu zerren, mit dem Volumen Potty ist die Zerre wunderschön zu regeln.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2016
I bought these pups to replace the stock pickups on my nearly 10-year-old Epiphone Les Paul Standard as they had always sounded too "muddy" for my taste. Admittedly I was a little bit apprehensive toward buying a set of pickups that cost nearly half the amount of money that I could sell my guitar for in its current condition--especially considering I had no prior soldering experience--but these pickups have done wonders for my tone.I was torn between getting this Seymour Duncan 59 Vintage Blues set or just replacing the bridge pickup with a Gibson 57 Classic humbucker for $150 since I usually play the bridge pickup by itself anyway, but I'm glad I replaced them both. I play the Epiphone on a Fender Blues Jr with a Weber Attenuator and use a Fulltone OCD when I want some serious bluesy overdrive.The soldering process itself was much easier than I anticipated... don't be discouraged by all of the complicated schematics out there online if you are like me and don't ever really mess with the hardware on your guitar. Following alongside Seymour Duncan's guide, you simply desolder the original pickups in the two spots it shows you and then solder the new ones back in those same spots. I thought I had screwed up by leaving way too much solder when I was grounding the 2nd pickup but I haven't noticed any issues with the pickups since installing them a month ago.Overall I'd recommend these pickups to anyone who is unhappy with their stock pickups to play blues, jazz, or any type of rock really besides metal and they're a great upgrade for most Epiphone Les Paul Standard level guitars.
Pepper
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2014
I was having a hard time trying to decide what to replace the " Burstbuckers " with on My Gibson Les Paul. The " Burstbuckers " are way too muddy for My liking. One day at Guitar Center, I played a Used ES-335 with these pickups on it and it was clear which pickups I need for My Les Paul. These pickups have brought back the pure enjoyment of playing a Les Paul again. I'm playing it all most as much as My David Gilmour Strat now. I Highly recommend These Pickups for any Guitarist that Plays Blues and or Rock !!!!!!!! ~Pepper Roberts~
JakeLegendXIII
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2013
I picked up these pups to put in an Epi Les Paul I have that has been collecting dust. The last few years I've mainly been playing "nu" metal, metalcore, and heavy music on my active pickup guitars. As I'm getting a bit older, and now 10 years into playing guitar I decided to revisit my roots. I picked these up to play some Blues and Classic rock. I added new pots, new wiring, a new input jack, and kept the original switch. The neck pickup is perfect using the separate volume controls of the Les Paul I can use it for good clean tones. Or I can use it to get that bluesy solo tone used by musicians like Slash, etc. The bridge pickup works pretty well for blues, classic rock, and even some old style metal. Examples of metal tones I could get out of them were like Dio, Ozzy(Randy Rhoads), Black Label Society, and even closer to Pantera with the right amp setup. Most reviews online say not to use these pickups for metal so I figured I'd tell my experience on the matter. My only complaint is the bridge pickup doesn't seem much hotter than the neck, but for the price I wasn't expecting it to be. They are essentially the same pickup just the bridge is a hair hotter. They are labeled and come nicely packaged. Very impressed so far, I find myself picking this Guitar up a lot now. The bridge pickup doesn't seem as loud as the old stock pickup, but I am still tweaking the setup and positions a bit. BOTTOM LINE: If you want a nice set of affordable PAF clones and you want that old 50-60s les paul sound this is probably the most affordable way to do it. These are very versatile you can play some softer rock, blues, classic rock, and some 70's 80's metal tones. I imagine If you wanna play hardrock or metal exclusively you definitely want to look at something else.
vermonster
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2011
Excellent if your looking for a classic/ vintage rock/blues sound and don't want to spend a ton of money. the value is great- you get 2 pickups that really give you a '59 les paul sound. I changed many things on my epiphone les paul to make it closer to a 59 gibson and these pickups were probably the most important. unbelievably clean tones with the guitar vol. turned down. turn it all the way up to get creamy distortion sounds.I play them through a tube amp only and I'm totally satisfied.If you play led zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, ACDC, CCR, GNR, Rolling stones, Pearl jam, The Tragically Hip, the who, ZZ Top, Rock...........You will probably like these.Don't buy them if you're totally heavy metal, super modern, because some of the best sounds from these pickups are because they can play so clean.
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