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Description

Step into the golden era of rock and roll with the Seymour Duncan Seth Lover humbucker pickup set. Crafted in conjunction with the original humbucker inventor, Seth Lover himself, this pickup set encapsulates the vintage tonal wealth of the 1950s. The SH-55 set is not wax potted, allowing the full, raw sonic character to shine through just like the original PAF humbuckers in Seth Lover's Gibson Les Paul.

Experience the warm, articulate tone that defined the sound of the 50s. The SH-55 pickups are wound on Seymour Duncan's original 1950s Leesona coil winder, using 42AWG plain enamel wire and Alnico 2 bar magnets. This unique combination produces a clear tone with rich harmonics and a musical "honk" from the unpotted coils.

The Seymour Duncan Seth Lover set is meticulously crafted for vintage accuracy, capturing the very essence of the revered PAF tone. The bridge pickup delivers an open, airy tone, perfect for chords and leads, while the neck pickup sings with a smooth, melodious quality for solos and clean tones.

Despite its vintage design, the SH-55 set is versatile, effortlessly handling a wide range of musical styles. From classic rock and blues to jazz and country, this pickup set adds character to your sound with its medium output and microphonic honk, delivering rich distortion without muddiness.

Key Features:

  • Authentic Alnico 2 Tone
  • Vintage-correct specs including butyrate bobbins and long-legged nickel silver bottom plate
  • Custom-machined maple spacers
  • 2.5" Alnico 2 bar magnets
  • Versatile sound range suitable for a wide array of musical styles
  • Developed in collaboration with humbucker inventor Seth Lover
  • Unpotted for a raw, vintage sound
  • 2-Conductor lead wire
  • Nickel silver covers
Seymour Duncan

Seymour Duncan

Seth Lover SH-55 Guitar Pickup

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Seth Lover SH-55 Guitar Pickup

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Seymour Duncan

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Seymour Duncan SH-55 Seth Lover pickups

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Seth Lover (SH-55) Pickups

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Seymour Duncan Antiquity Humbuckers Vs. Seth Lovers SH-55

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Seymour Duncan Seth Lover vs Gibson 490, 498 – 1980 Les Paul Custom

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Reviews

Critic Reviews

Seymour Duncan Seth Lover Review SH-55B

tonejourney.com

The Seymour Duncan Seth Lover SH-55B humbucker is a standout choice for those chasing vintage PAF clarity. With its unpotted design, it shines in full and semi-hollow guitars, delivering a sweet, airy tone perfect for classic rock and jazz. While its construction pays homage to vintage accuracy, it's not without minor limitations—lacking a trembucker option and modern wiring versatility. Though it may not satisfy those seeking edgy, high-gain tones, it excels in offering a dynamic, balanced output that blends seamlessly in HSS setups. A great tribute to the father of humbuckers, this pickup is a top contender for vintage enthusiasts.

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sveinpedersen

Excellent for vintage tones

Put these in my Gretsch G2210, which had cheap and muddy pickups. Bought a set of these Seth Lover PAFs, and man did they kick the guitar up a few notches. Getting the old kind of Led Zeppelin vintage hard rock tones have never been this easy. Sound very well clean.

They're a bit microphonic, and will feedback when you are using a lot of fuzz and/or distortion and playing at loud volumes. That doesn't really bother me as I use the guitar for stoner rock/doom metal/noise rock anyways.

Preferred Settings + Usage:

Neck pickups is thicc af and sounds so good.

Roles:
Singer Guitarist Bassist
Genres:
Electronic Rock Blues
codywolfemusic

Best Pick Ups

These are some of the best humbuckers I'd heard you really notice the clarity and articulation when playing excellent dynamics and over all "Piano like tone" especially on clean guitar parts.

Roles:
Singer Guitarist Composer
Genres:
Rock Folk, World, & Country Country
jimmarchi1

the original PAF formula as specified by lover is great evne though very few old PAFs actually got made to spec LOL

Artist usage

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See how Alex Rosamilia uses Seymour Duncan Seth Lover

Alex Rosamilia

Guitarist

The Gaslight Anthem

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Verified via YouTube

At 1:58 in this video, Alex Rosamilia says he replaced his SG pickup with a Seymour Duncan Seth Lover.

See how Blues Saraceno uses Seymour Duncan Seth Lover

Blues Saraceno

Guitarist

Poison

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Verified via Bluessaraceno

"As far as pickups I use Seymour Duncan. The pickups vary from guitar to guitar but usually consist of either Seth Lover, Custom Custom, or P.A.F style humbuckers. If I am using a guitar that has a tremolo then chances are that I will have my own model Trembucker (PA-TB3B) in it. The whole concept behind the PA-TB3B was to make up for what the guitar naturally loses when you route out the body and add a tremolo. Most guitars take on a thinner more anemic quality once they are routed out, so having a pickup that helps compensate for that is a huge benefit. In general, I tend to favor lower output pickups and let the amps and pedals do the work."

See how Mike Cooley uses Seymour Duncan Seth Lover

Mike Cooley

Guitarist

Drive-By Truckers

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Verified via Premierguitar

"The guitar has a Seymour Duncan Seth Lover in the neck position and Duncan Hot Rails at the bridge. I built it in 2006, I believe.” Mike ran straight into a Richard Goodsell Black Dog 50 connected to a ’80s Marshall 4x10 1965A cabinet."

See how Mikey Demus uses Seymour Duncan Seth Lover

Mikey Demus

Guitarist

Skindred

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Verified via Seymour Duncan

“The Seymour Duncan pickups I use in Skindred allow otherwise stock guitars to cope with drop tunings, heavy riffs and such. I’m constantly on the quest to improve my tone, and I’m learning that I prefer the sound of ceramic bar magnets and overwound coils for tight low end and shredding, and chunky mids. Adversely, I also had Seymour Duncan Seth Lover and Pearly Gates humbuckers in other guitars I used for standard tunings and more straightforward rock n’ roll, and they are amongst the sweetest sounds out there if you’re looking for lower to medium gain tones. What’s coolest about using SD versus stock pickups is that most Seymours are 4-conductor wired for endless tonal versatility and variety.”

See how Nathan Cochran uses Seymour Duncan Seth Lover

Nathan Cochran

Bassist, Keyboardist

MercyMe

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Verified via Seymour Duncan

"Nathan: In my Jazz Basses, I have the SJB-1 Vintage set and in my P-Bass I have the SPB-1 Vintage. In my guitars I have a custom set of Seth Lovers in a Firebird clone, a set of Antiquity Humbuckers in a ’81 Gibson 335, a SJM-3 Quarter-Pound for Jazzmaster, and Phat Cats in another Firebird clone! Love ’em!!"

See how Cody Wolfe uses Seymour Duncan Seth Lover

Cody Wolfe

Singer, Guitarist

...
Verified via Twitter

According to this post Cody Wolfe is using Seymour Duncan Seth Lover pickups on his Blue Les Paul.

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