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Seymour Duncan SSL-5 Custom Staggered Pole Strat Pickup

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Top Material Type Ash Wood, Maple Wood, Rosewood, Alder Wood
Neck Material Type Maple
Fretboard Material Type Rosewood
Guitar Pickup Configuration S
Number of Strings 6

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  • High-output Single-coil Pickup with Alnico 5 Magnets - White

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Although it packs plenty of true single-coil Strat tone, the Seymour Duncan Custom SSL-5 Staggered pickup's overwound coil pushes your amp harder than vintage pups, providing you with killer harmonics and singing sustain. This hard-rocking pickup isn't just great for dirt, though. It cleans up beautifully when you back off your volume knob. Tailor-made for Texas blues rock, classic rock, and heavy rock, the Seymour Duncan Custom SSL-5 Staggered pickup works best with heavier and brighter-toned guitars with ash or alder bodies, and sounds fantastic with both maple and rosewood fingerboards. At GearNuts, we've used just about every pickup on the planet. Give us a call, we'll be glad to help you out! Seymour Duncan SSL-5 Custom Staggered Pickup Features at a Glance: High-output single-coil Stratocaster pickup Delivers true single-coil Strat tone with more output Sounds best with heavier, brighter-toned ash or alder guitars Great for Texas blues rock, classic

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4.5 out of 5 stars
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Customers like the performance and sound quality of the pickup. They mention it's an incredible pickup, with a great tone and distortion sound. Some say it'll give you the Gilmour tones.

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Customers are satisfied with the performance of the pickup. They mention that it is an amazing, powerful, and high-output pickup. Some say that it sounds warm and easily overdriven. Overall, most are happy with the quality and performance of this pickup.

"...In the neck position though, this sounds very full and wonderful compared to the SSL-1 I normally have in the neck...." Read more

"This is an amazingly powerful pickup! Wow! Harmonics everywhere and super high output! Love it for rock!..." Read more

"Great pickup, but no surprise its a Seymour Duncan. This PU is like a P-90 pickup, thick balanced tone." Read more

"...Very, very tolerable and the tones are just brilliant, clean or gain...." Read more

20 customers mention17 positive3 negative

Customers generally like the sound quality of the pickup. They say it sounds good, incredible, and doesn't sound as generic as the majority of single-coil pickups. They also appreciate the amazing distortion sound, and musical tone. The hum is totally minimal, and the pickup has a thick balanced tone. It's great for Pink Floyd Gilmour tones, and has harmonics everywhere.

"...In the neck position though, this sounds very full and wonderful compared to the SSL-1 I normally have in the neck...." Read more

"This is an amazingly powerful pickup! Wow! Harmonics everywhere and super high output! Love it for rock!..." Read more

"...This PU is like a P-90 pickup, thick balanced tone." Read more

"...And most of all, the hum is totally minimal. It is indeed there, but it's night and day better than the stock Mexican pickups from years ago...." Read more

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This is an amazingly powerful pickup! Wow! Harmonics everywhere and super high output! Love it for rock! Way too strong for a lot of situations depending on your attack, amp settings, song choice, etc. Great for Pink Floyd Gilmour tones! Only complain is that it's not the style in the picture, it's the style with the wires coming out the sides of the pickup so the single coil cover doesn't fit down to the base which makes it look odd because the pole pieces don't stick out of the plastic as far as they should. Doesn't effect sound and isn't noticeable unless up close so I'm keeping it and using it as is. I'm going to try cutting slots into the plastic for the wires and see if that works better. You can see in the picture I attached that the wire is under the white plastic near the screw holes so the cover won't fight right without cutting the cover some.
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EvergreenState
5.0 out of 5 stars Bought for the bridge position
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2023
Color: WhiteVerified Purchase
and it sounds fine there. I guess I just prefer a HSS strat setup. In the neck position though, this sounds very full and wonderful compared to the SSL-1 I normally have in the neck. I'd have no problem putting a set of these in a guitar. Sounds like a strat, just a fuller and better.
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Wm D. S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Not what's pictured
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2021
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This is an amazingly powerful pickup! Wow! Harmonics everywhere and super high output! Love it for rock! Way too strong for a lot of situations depending on your attack, amp settings, song choice, etc. Great for Pink Floyd Gilmour tones! Only complain is that it's not the style in the picture, it's the style with the wires coming out the sides of the pickup so the single coil cover doesn't fit down to the base which makes it look odd because the pole pieces don't stick out of the plastic as far as they should. Doesn't effect sound and isn't noticeable unless up close so I'm keeping it and using it as is. I'm going to try cutting slots into the plastic for the wires and see if that works better. You can see in the picture I attached that the wire is under the white plastic near the screw holes so the cover won't fight right without cutting the cover some.
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Wm D. S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Not what's pictured
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2021
This is an amazingly powerful pickup! Wow! Harmonics everywhere and super high output! Love it for rock! Way too strong for a lot of situations depending on your attack, amp settings, song choice, etc. Great for Pink Floyd Gilmour tones! Only complain is that it's not the style in the picture, it's the style with the wires coming out the sides of the pickup so the single coil cover doesn't fit down to the base which makes it look odd because the pole pieces don't stick out of the plastic as far as they should. Doesn't effect sound and isn't noticeable unless up close so I'm keeping it and using it as is. I'm going to try cutting slots into the plastic for the wires and see if that works better. You can see in the picture I attached that the wire is under the white plastic near the screw holes so the cover won't fight right without cutting the cover some.
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A Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly as advertised
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2023
Color: WhiteVerified Purchase
Great pickup, but no surprise its a Seymour Duncan. This PU is like a P-90 pickup, thick balanced tone.
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MWilson
4.0 out of 5 stars The pick-up is what I wanted... and it's all I received.
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2022
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I only gave it 4 stars because it didn't come with the "bundle" accessories. There was no cable or cleaning cloth. The pick-up came in what appears to be a factory sealed plastic case with the proper documentation and small parts; the rubber spacers and two sets of screws. I didn't order it for the bundle, so I got what I was after. However, if you advertise something, it should come as described.
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Jose Perez Portugal
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente compra!
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2023
Color: WhiteVerified Purchase
Vino tal cual la imagen de referencia.
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David Henson
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic bridge single coil.
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2019
Color: WhiteVerified Purchase
6 years ago I bought as used Mexican Strat. The hum coming off those pickups was ridiculous regardless of gain. I got sick of it quickly and put in a competitor's set of noiseless pickups which I've enjoyed for several years. Two years ago I bought a gutted Epiphone Les Paul for 30 bucks, and put the Jazz/JB combo in it during the build and was floored at the tone quality. So much so that I swapped the Telecaster vintage set into my Tele. Floored once more... and it was dead silent. The hum was actually there, but you had to stack every overdrive I had and boost the front end of my Marshall to hear it.

So that's the backstory leading up to the SSL-5. I was on the fence because I did not want the crazy hum level to come back. I took the plunge on a set of SSL-1 neck, SSL-1 middle, SSL-5 bridge. I got them installed last night and they're simply amazing. The bridge SSL-5 has a wonderful wide mid presence, thick but not syrup. And most of all, the hum is totally minimal. It is indeed there, but it's night and day better than the stock Mexican pickups from years ago. Very, very tolerable and the tones are just brilliant, clean or gain.

I've got a Fuzz Factory, a Green Rhino, an OCD, a DS-1 that I have configured to provide dirt, and it sounds fantastic on all of them. I use a Soul Food at the end of the preamp stage of my board set clean with the volume dimed to slam the front end of my Marshall, and it's also just stellar. Great tones, mnimal noise.
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Marty Brodell
5.0 out of 5 stars Higher output pickup than the American Standard Fender bridge pickup,
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2021
Color: WhiteVerified Purchase
This pickup's higher output does not take away from the basic Strat sound. It just gives it a boost providing additional sustain and output. It also blends well with the stock Fender middle pickup and gives a little boost to the output when using both the bridge and middle pickups. It did exactly what I expected it to do and was easy to install. I definitely recommend this pickup for anyone wanting to do a simple but effective upgrade to a Strat.
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Colin Morgan
5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this!
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2021
Color: WhiteVerified Purchase
The best strat bridge pickup foe those gilmour tones. Amazing with a bluesy neck pickup and 7 way switch.
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Colin Morgan
5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this!
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2021
The best strat bridge pickup foe those gilmour tones. Amazing with a bluesy neck pickup and 7 way switch.
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ALFONSO V.
5.0 out of 5 stars Ahora mi guitarra es otra…
Reviewed in Mexico on February 18, 2023
Color: WhiteVerified Purchase
Realmente lo que buscaba, tenía mis dudas antes de comprarla pero supero todas mis expectativas, realmente transformó el sonido de mi guitarra sin dejar de sonar como Strato, si buscas el sonido Gilmour este es la pastilla que buscas
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ALFONSO V.
5.0 out of 5 stars Ahora mi guitarra es otra…
Reviewed in Mexico on February 18, 2023
Realmente lo que buscaba, tenía mis dudas antes de comprarla pero supero todas mis expectativas, realmente transformó el sonido de mi guitarra sin dejar de sonar como Strato, si buscas el sonido Gilmour este es la pastilla que buscas
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James Ruettnauer
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing bridge pickup for Strat
Reviewed in Canada on August 21, 2021
Color: WhiteVerified Purchase
This pickup allows for rich overdriven sound to play classic rock
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Pedro Vasconcelos
5.0 out of 5 stars Execelente
Reviewed in Spain on June 17, 2022
Color: WhiteVerified Purchase
Excelente tom
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volles
4.0 out of 5 stars Typischer Singlecoil mit etwas mehr Dampf
Reviewed in Germany on December 13, 2021
Color: WhiteVerified Purchase
Zunächst das Negative:
Wie alle echten Singlecoils rauscht und brummt auch dieser Pickup je nach Grad der Verzerrung. Clean hat man nur ein leichtes Rauschen, bei Overdrive wird es mehr und bei einem vollen Distortion-Brett, sind die Nebengeräusche nicht mehr zu ignorieren. Da ich das vorher bereits wusste und es in Kauf nehme, führt das bei mir nicht zur Abwertung. Bei Zimmerlautstärke kann man mit leben.
Die Verarbeitung ist für diese Preisklasse gerade noch akzeptabel: Zu viel Plastik, das kaputt gehen kann. Abgebildet in der Produktbeschreibung sind Messingbuchsen. Der SSL-5 hat diese nicht. Die Abdeckkappe passt mehr schlecht als recht. Eingebaut sieht man das nicht mehr.
Was auch jedem klar sein sollte: Nur wenn man die Akkorde und Harmonien von David spielt, klingt man auch wie der Herr Gilmour. Nur durch den Einbau dieses Pickups hat man nicht automatisch dessen Sound.
Wenn man z.B. "Sorrow" nachspielen will ist man mit den EMG-Pickups besser aufgehoben. Mit dem SSL-5 geht das zwar auch, klingt aber doch anders. DG hat halt dummerweise mehrere Gitarren, mit unterschiedlichen Pickups und Sounds.
Für alle, denen Pick Floyd eigentlich egal ist: Der SSL-5 ist ein typischer Singlecoil Pickup, der "etwas mehr Bumms" hat. Obertöne klingen sauber und sind gut spielbar. Er hat klare Höhen, schreit und kreischt aber nicht. Die Bässe kommen sauber, die Mitten sind deutlich ohne penetrant zu klingen.
Achtung: Das Holz der Gitarre, Einstellungen der Saiten und die Saitensorte selbst haben einen deutlichen Einfluss auf den Sound.
Zu meiner Mexico-Start passt er jedenfalls super (9er Saiten mit verstärkten Bass-Saiten).
Den SSL-5 etwas höher oder tiefer einzustellen hat deutliche Auswirkungen auf den Sound. Ich habe ihn hochgedreht bis der Sound matscht und dreht ihn dann runter, bis der Sound matschfrei und klar war.
So ist der Sound schön voll, klar und ausgeglichen; von Clean bis Drive passt alles.
Wer mehr Power braucht sollte nach einem Mini-Humbucker schauen. Da ist dann auch das Brummen und Rauschen Geschichte. Dafür entfällt der sehr klare Singlecoil-Sound.
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Simone
5.0 out of 5 stars Il migliore per il Bridge..
Reviewed in Italy on March 18, 2021
Color: WhiteVerified Purchase
... Beh c'è poco da dire! Per me il Seymour Duncan ssl5 e il migliore pick-up per bridge che c'è, non a caso è il terzo che prendo e che ho messo in tutte e tre le mie strato. È bello potente pur mantenendo un bel suono, ha la sua timbrica particolare e si sente... Di sicuro se uno vuole avvicinarsi ai suoni "floydiani" questa e la scelta giusta! Amazon c'è poco da dire, il top...del top! 😂
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