Seymour Duncan APH-2S Slash Alnico II Pro ZB

Another exciting day when these arrived in the post, they arrive wonderfully presented in a plastic box bearing aphoto of the man himself, I had these installed by my local tech guy , a qualified luthier into my 96 Korean epiphone les Paul standard ltd Edition in wine , they were installed with orange drop capacitors and cts pots with some vintage wiring.

They sound great , I play mainly crunchy Rhythm, guns n roses, aerosmith , Joan jet, la guns. I use a Marshall valvestate 8240 stereo or an avt 20 and they sound awesome, it is very easy to set up a crunch and lead tone, the lead tone is super creamy when used with the pickup switch in the rhythm position and it is not hard to get the sweet child tone.

I have also tried these with a joyo British sound amp/cab emulator, this pedal closely mimics the tech 21 British pedal and it can be used through a P.A, studio monitors or the fx return of an amp. In all cases it is just as easy to get a great tone as much as going through an amp conventionally , I am hoping to buy a tech 21 fly rig RK 5 off here soon and I can't wait to try my axe with these in it through that. I would recommend these pickups for playing classic rock through a les Paul type guitar any day, especially if you are a fan. I like them better than the JB and JN I had on another guitar, they seem to suit the type of style I mentioned better, ideal for hollywood, sunset boulevard style sleaze, faster pussycat, guns n roses, bullet boys, Aerosmith, ( well that's Boston but get the idea)
I am so pleased I got these . Now I just need to get my chops in shape.

There is really very little to say about Seymour Duncan products. You get what you were promised and what you hoped for, if your expectations were correct.

Some argue about how a certain pickup is right or good enough, but they are really discussing about a certain tone and whether they like it or not. Seymour Duncan pickups always deliver the tone and sound they were made to “put out”, so the discussion should be rather focused on what you want, if you know what you want.
The pursuit of your tone is always an experiment and a process. Therefore, I can only say that if you’re experienced enough then these pickups will live up to your expectations.

If not, the search for tone continues. Nothing’s lost, the beauty lies in the winding road till the bells start to ring.

Rock On!

I bought these to put into my Epiphone Standard Plus Pro and my guitar now sings! There is definitely a noticeable difference in sound. The Duncans just sound hotter and can carry notes for longer. The stock epiphone pickups were by no means bad and I was sorry to lose the coil splitting function they afforded me but at the end of the day I got a Les Paul for classic/hard rock tones not single coil strat-iness so the Duncans are overall a much better choice and elevates my epipi's tone closer to the AFD sound that I assume anyone buying these pickups is trying trying to emulate.

I myself know little to nothing about putting the pickups in and had to get it done professionally but if you are in anyways schooled in electronics and handy with sort of thing you could probably do it yourself with some youtube help.

Cleans tones are decent but nothing to shout about. These things really come alive however when plugged into a Marshall on the red/dirty channel and a tubescreamer thrown in for extra gain....trust me nothin beats it.

Lastly, on a simple aesthetic note I got the zebra coloured set which blend nicely with the cream scratch plate on my Honeyburst #litttlethings