Seymour Duncan 59 vs. 59 Custom Hybrid vs. Seth Lover vs. Bare Knuckle Old Guard vs Suhr Thornbucker

This is a shootout between five low/medium outpick bridge humbucker pickups. These are: Seymour Duncan SH-1 59 Model, SH-16 59 Custom Hybrid, SH-55 Seth Lover, Bare Knuckle Old Guard, Suhr Thornbucker (Pete Thorn Signature pickup)

Other gear used:
Solidbody Les Paul with mahogany body, mahogany neck & rosewood fretboard.
I only use quality electronics/cables by the likes of Allparts, Switchcraft and DiMarzio.
The strings are always fresh (D'Addario EXL145), pick is always the same brand.
Pickup distance is always the same: exactly 3mm from the top and bottom pole piece when pressing the strings down at the 12th fret.

Volume differences are a result of the pickups.

Guitar tuning is Drop C. There are no FX on these samples – no compression, no noise gate, no EQ etc. etc. - all of those would slightly change the characteristics of these pickups. I did however add a touch of reverb to give the sound a little bit of space to breath.

ALWAYS REMEMBER: Distortion is the great equalizer – the more gain you add, the smaller the sonic differences between these pickup become!

Please note: the songs aren't mixed or mastered and I didn't edit the samples to perfection – editing them in that detail would take far too much time! I hope you can still appreciate the effort ;-)

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