Seymour Duncan Jazz Model - Neck - Black - Electric Guitar Pickup

After doing my research and hearing all the hype about this pickup, I finally purchased one of these about a year ago. I put it in an alder Telecaster body that was finished with just hand rubbed poly. I had all the good electronics in it: CTS pots, a CRL switch, vintage cloth wire. I got it all wired in. I set it up, plugged it in and... I found it sterile and lifeless. Very clean, very well made, but I just really did not hear any character. I initially had it paired with an STK-T3B. I tried pairing it with a Little 59 Tele bridge pickup. It certainly helped because of the presence of the mids in the Little 59, but I still just sort of felt meh about the pickup. I tried a few other things - I also put it in an old Squier Tele Thinline with the Gibson scale neck and it still just was not the pickup for me. I was getting ready to sell the pickup when I decided to take an old Squier Classic Vibe Tele Thinline body (semi hollow) I had and convert it from single coils to humbuckers. I covered the SH-2N with a nickel cover (no wax) and placed it into the neck position. I complimented it with a nickel covered SH-4B (JB) in the bridge position. I do have a conversion neck on the guitar - it's the Gibson 24-3/4" scale as opposed to Fender's 25.5". I have to tell you - this has become my main guitar. I cannot put this thing down it sounds so nice. I really like both the neck only position and the middle position on the selector switch that combines the Jazz/JB. I think this thing just gets an awesome sound now. I play a lot of older jazz standards arranged for chord/melody and this setup REALLY does the trick. It's great all around: clarity in the highs (but not too bright), nice definition in the lows, and those gorgeous, gorgeous mids are now present again. I don't think the SH-2N will work for every guitar, but when you get the right combination of factors involved, this pickup is just divine =)

My son was stripping and refinishing a cheap guitar he picked up a few months ago. He really wanted to upgrade the pickups and decided to try these Seymour Duncan's. WOW. the sound out of his $70 guitar is so, so, so much better. He is thrilled with the improvement. You can make a cheap guitar sound good with these.

I'll admit, I am more of a Fender guy but always wanted a Les Paul. I found a cheap Epi and decided to gut it and rebuild. I put this pickup in the neck and I am so impressed. It was had to adjust to the warm sounds of this humbucker compared to the Fender clean sound I was used to, but wonderful tones are plentiful. I love to roll the volume back just a hair and it really sounds great. Not only that, but if you add a little gain it can give you a fantastic gritty blues tone all the way to 70s rock distortion. It's not gonna do metal but I was surprised how versatile the pickup is. I paired it with a SD SH5 and I can get any sound I need out of this guitar. Quality pickups can be ridiculously priced these days so paying $100 for this pickup is an amazing value.

I used this to upgrade the pickup in a Goldtone Electric Banjo, which is a very odd use, I have to admit. This is a very clear, articulate pickup and it improved the "depth" of the tone on the banjo (yeah, banjos aren't known for depth of tone, this pickup really helped). Seymour Duncan calls this a "jazz" pickup, which isn't really right, it's a general-purpose, very clear, very articulate pickup. A "rounder" sounding pickup would actually be better if you want that classic jazz guitar sound.

i paired this one with a bridge’s JB model (to complete the Hot Rodded set) on my epiphone lp standard. they now sound amazing, round and warm, very powerful with the gain on, and with a sweet sustain.

I think Seymour Duncan made a mistake naming the the "Jazz" pickup -- when I think jazz I think smooth hollow tones, and you can get that with this pickup, but with the tone knob turned up it is bright with great articulation, suitable for lots of different styles of music (just see the list of guitarists using this pickup in rock). I have a '59 in another guitar and love it, but wanted something a bit bright and clearer. Reviews that I read lead me to this pickup. It has very similar vintage sound to the '59 but with more highs and more definition, less muddy to my ears. I installed this in a Godin A6 Ultra Koa Extreme semi hollow hybrid guitar and it is working out great, highly recommended.

I put this pickup on my Yamaha RGZ on the neck position and I can't believe how much better it sounds than the original pickup. It is super quiet and clear. The sound coming from the amp was just like an acoustic guitar. I plan to replace all the pickups now because they sound muddy compared to the SD. This is my first Seymour Duncan and I'm amazed at the difference an upgrade pickup can do. It's worth it so just get it.

I was never particularly unhappy with my Ibanez Iceman’s sound, but sometimes I just like to take on little projects. Truth to be told, I mainly just wanted my guitar to look cooler. But after all was said and done, the Jazz pickup sounds much better for cleans than anything I’ve used previously. Every note sounds more “full”. With distortion, however, I find it sounds muddy but that’s what I have a SD Distortion in the bridge for. For these types of things it’s better to watch reviews on YouTube so you can actually hear the difference instead of reading about it though.

As a die hard dimarzio user for 25yrs I decided to change to Seymour Duncan and I’m so glad. This pickup has a lovely tone and rich full sound to it and splits lovely with the single coil stk-s6 (sustom stack plus) . Just lots of richness and depth of tone.

Tengo esta pastilla, con una Invader SH8 en el puente, y la combinación es hermosa, además añadí una configuración push/pull y le saco el doble de jugo a este juego, juntas se puede tocar desde Grunge/Rock/Metal hasta mismo Jazz con ligeros tintes de Drive. Te gusta la Bossa Nova? Está configuración mixta te va a gustar. De por sí la Jazz es perfecta por si sola.

Are they expensive, yes, do they make any difference, YES, for my Les Paul anyway, I've tried so many different neck humbuckers, from the budget budget ones to some custom shop masterbuild, and I've never really got on with other Seymour Duncans that I've tried, so I don't really know what made me buy this, but honestly, this in my guitar is the dog's dangly bits, I honestly couldn't be happier.

Montada en una strato con dos ssl1, combina la pegada de una humbucker, con el brillo y claridad de una single. Sirve para todo, desde jazz hasta heavy. Se divide muy bien, y combinada con la pastilla del mastil, simplemente genial. Gran pastilla

Montato non appena arrivato al manico di una copia Les Paul. Rispetto a quello che avevo (wilkinson) e super pulito, espressivo, caldo e pieno. Abbinato a Jb hs4 al ponte risulta molto apprezzabile trasformando la chitarra in un strumento molto versatile.