



🎸 Own the stage with the Pearly Gates – where vintage grit meets modern edge.
The Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates Humbucker Neck Pickup delivers authentic vintage output inspired by Billy Gibbons’ 1959 Les Paul. Featuring an Alnico 2 bar magnet for strong mids and airy trebles, this hand-built USA pickup offers versatile 4-wire wiring and vacuum wax potting for squeal-free, professional-grade performance. Perfect for players seeking gritty yet smooth tone across blues, rock, and metal genres.
| ASIN | B0002D0618 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #53,027 in Musical Instruments ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments ) #600 in Electric Guitar Pickups & Pickup Covers |
| Body Material | Nickel |
| Color Name | Black |
| Connector Type | 4-wire |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (96) |
| Date First Available | April 13, 2004 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 6.7 ounces |
| Item model number | SSH-PG 1N BLK |
| Material Type | Nickel |
| Number of Strings | 6 |
| Product Dimensions | 4.1 x 2.85 x 1.55 inches |
| Size | Einheitsgröße |
T**N
Excellent Quality Sound
Dirty or clean these Pearly Gates sound like heaven. Upgraded my 45 year old friend and boy do I love it! Took my time and care with the installation and it was/is worth it 😁
R**.
Excellent pickup
I use this pickup in the neck posit of the explorer I built snd it’s the best choice I could of made. It’s so gritty but smooth. You can play it however you want. It reaches metal expectations and liveS in the hard rock /blues/alt/grunge/ who needs a classification anyway zone. It pairs well with probably any other SD pickup . Mine is with a dimebucker for an all Texas good time!
A**R
This pickup sounds amazing
I got a neck position pearly to go with a jb on the bridge. The pearly gates has so much unbelievably good sound and a very wide range. I have it on a 500k tone pot and it reaches both bass heavy and muddy like you want a neck pickup but can also be toned up to a brighter sound that could very easily be a lead tone. If you’re thinking about it, go with Seymour Duncan.
C**Y
My favorite PAF neck pickup!
This pickup sounds like it's right between a PAF neck & a Stratocaster neck pickup. You can say it's a PAF with way more treble, or a single coil with way more mids & bass. I LOVE this pickup in the neck of a Les Paul.
J**.
KICKASS TONE
Totally dig this pup! KILLER tone, doesn't SCREAM at you when you stop playing or have a half second or second pause in the song your playing. I play Metal and threw a EVH and OR15 via TONEBONE SWITCHBONE
Y**0
Nice pickups
These are a nice upgrade for the standard Epiphone Les Paul pickups. Nice tone and sweet harmonics. A little bit of billy gibbons sound in a box.
K**N
Welcome To The Pearly Gates Of Great Tone
Great sounding neck pickup that pairs well with my EVH Frankenbucker. The tones are incredible, as they are a great balance of clean and dirty, which I prefer. I looked at many other Seymour Duncan neck pickups, but I'm so glad I purchased this one. It's perfect for playing metal, hard rock, classic rock, southern rock, blues, etc.
C**N
Sweet clean and powerful sound!
Awesome Pickups! My Telecaster needed an updated neck pickup. Set them up as single coil or regular double humbucker these split coils sing! Sweet clean and powerful sound!
D**N
Update: after getting the right one im very pleased with the pg1 neck humbucker. Nice sound. Original post, 1 star due to someone swapping the humbucker and sending me a different used one. * Bought one of these, deffinently not a pearly gates humbucker from amazon, came from madrid. Ive bought Seymour duncan's before and know them well. This is not a pearly gates. Its a used sh10 distortion which someone has already used. Not at all happy. Didnt expect this from amazon. Sent back for a refund.
R**G
If you have a Les Paul, you need this pickup! I have it paired with a SD Distortion bridge pickup, and WOW. Perfect match for a mohagany body guitar. Also works well when paired with the SD Stag Mag.
A**N
Amazing improvement and would recommend even on top of the line guitars. Sweet vintage sound!
R**.
Bonkers ,power will transform any guitar in to a tone machine. Just had one put in my PRS SE TREMONTI CUSTOM .It has made a good guitar a great guitar. Also put Seymour Duncan custom custom pick up in bridge position ,now sounds like a very high end guitar.Totally blown away by the tone through my blackstar ht5210 and id 60 .TONE HEAVEN.
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