Pearly Gates Guitar Pickups

Gibson and billy s pickup of choice was to be supplied by seymour duncan and the pearly gates humbucker is also the pup that billy has favoured in many of his stage guitars so he must feel they have some of the mojo his original 59 pafs possess.

Pearly gates guitar pickups.

Gibson s new les paul pearly gates. Get it as soon as thu sep 10. The trouble with talking about a guitar pickup are the variables. 4 7 out of 5 stars 44.

Of course gibson wasn t about to let the commercial potential of a terrific story coupled with a legendary guitar and perhaps the greatest character ever to wield a les paul go to waste. With a unique tonal variation that provides more midrange than typical humbuckers from that time. And in 2009 it produced the gibson billy gibbons pearly gates les paul standard with a starting price of a cool 8000. Walter apa with guitar fender american fat strat texas special pickups seymour duncan pearly gates bridge pickup and texas special neck pickup demo by wal.

Originally designed as a recreation of the pickups in the 59 les paul standard that defined the raw rebellious sound of texas blues rock the pearly gates is sweet but slightly rude with great sustain and a bright top end that make harmonics jump out of the guitar. The pearly gates neck captures all the mojo of the original neck pickup from billy gibbons 1959 les paul. Seymour duncan pearly gates sh pg1n 1b pickup set neck bridge nickel. Our country fried pearly gates humbucker pickups transform any les paul style guitar into a classic rock outlaw.

Pearly gates for the strat. Seymour duncan pearly gates set zebra electric guitar electronics. The pearly gates model is a recreation of a specific set of pafs in a particular sunburst 59 les paul standard. Free shipping by amazon.

5 0 out of 5 stars 8. The pearly gates is a humbucker that was designed to replicate the sound of a 1959 gibson les paul standard which used the legendary p a f. It is a p a f. The result is a humbucker that sounds slightly ruder than the average paf with strong sustain noticeable warmth and a bright high end.

Vintage pafs generally spec out to be low output by today s standards and the pearly gates is very slightly overwound compared to the typical paf. Seymour duncan s venerable pearly gates humbucker was originally conceived to conjure tones similar to the pickups found in the legendary 1959 les paul standard the axe that set the standard for blues guitar tone. Featuring the essence of the pickups used in the original billy gibbons 1959 les paul the pearly gates pickups of sd deliver high end focused sounding.