A warm, moderate-output humbucker pickup designed to produce Slash's unique
recorded guitar tone.
The Seymour Duncan APH-2b Alnico II Pro Slash Humbucker
honors guitar hero Slash with his first signature pickup. The Seymour Duncan
APH-2b bridge pickup's tone will be familiar to anyone who has heard Slash's
recorded tone.
Like the standard APH-1 Alnico II Pro, which Slash has
used for years, the Seymour Duncan Slash pickup uses an AlnicoII magnet.
However, the Alnico II Pro Slash humbucker is wound with just enough boosted
output to push a stock Les Paul guitar toward the sweet sustain and rude crunch
that characterizes Slash's sound. In addition, Seymour Duncan enhances the
APH-2b bridge pickup with some of the same appointments found on the Duncan
pickups seen in Slash's '86 recording axe: a single-conductor cable, a
long-legged bottom plate, and a wooden spacer. For true fans, or for players who
want to capture Slash's recorded tone, the APH-2b pickup is a critical part of
the tone chain. This is the same pickup found in the newest Gibson Slash model
Les Paul guitar.
Though he has dozens of amazing guitars, since 1986
Slash has used pretty much one very special Les Paul for all recording. The
Alnico II Pro Slash pickup was designed to give Slash's other Les Paul guitars
(what he calls his "live guitars") the exact tone of his legendary recording
guitar.
With the ubiquitous top hat and shades, mop of black curls
obscuring his face, and a blazing electric guitar tone blasting through a wall
of amps, Slash epitomizes the very reasons we first air-strummed a low-slung
tennis racquet in the privacy of our bedroom. For over 3 decades he has relied
on Seymour Duncan pickups for his guitar tone.
Applications:
Warm, moderate-output humbucker.
Recommended for jazz, blues, and classic rock.
Complete
setup:
The Slash aficionado will use a pair of these pickups to
capture that unmistakable tone. This pickup matches well with the SFX-11 Twin
Tube Blue all-tube overdrive-distortion stompbox (sold separately) for singing
leads and authoritative chording.
Guitars:
While
designed for use in a Les Paul, this pickup works well in any well-balanced
humbucker-equipped guitar. Also works great with hollow and semi-hollow body
guitars.
The Alnico II Pro Slash is hand built in Seymour Duncan's Santa
Barbara, California workshop and includes all mounting hardware. Recommended for
the bridge position.