Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates Bridge Specs

There s only ever going to be one pearly gates the legendary 59 les paul made immortal by zz top s billy gibbons.

Seymour duncan pearly gates bridge specs.

The length of the coil form the number of turns and the gauge of wire all affect the dcr reading. A short demo of seymour duncan pearly gates pickup set in my 2002 gibson les paul classic. The pearly gates pickups are built in the santa barbara ca factory. Dcr is often used as a gauge of output because as the turns increase so does the output though magnet type and the coil geometry also influence output.

The world s largest selection of free guitar wiring diagrams. The ultimate hot rodded humbucker pickups the jb sh 4 and jazz models sh 2 make 149 00. It uses an alnico 2 bar magnet nickel silver bottom plate 4 conductor lead wire for multiple wiring options and is vacuum wax potted for squeelfree performance. The sh pg pearly gates pickup is great for brighter toned instruments and works especially well with maple and ebony fingerboards.

Subscribe to hear upcoming samples. Style humbuckers every pearly gates is wound on seymour s original leesona winding machine from the early gibson factory in kalamazoo michigan for that unmistakable vintage mojo. Mr gibbons asked seymour duncan to replicate the exact pickups of pearly to be put into his newer les pauls. Seymour duncan sh pg pearly gates features.

Gibson even used them on their pearly gates replica but will adding a set to your les paul clone make you sound like a million dollars. Thanks to the seymour duncan company for sending me this set to demo. Dcr short for dc resistance is measured in ohms and is the total resistance of the copper wire wound around a coil form. But the wizards at seymour duncan have cloned the pickups.

Michael casswell finds out. The pearly gates bridge is available in both standard humbucker and trembucker spacing. A pearly gates pickup in the neck with a sh 11 custom works well for heavier rock sounds from the bridge position. Description the sound of a seymour duncan pearly gates plus humbucker in the bridge position of a lonestar strat.