Seymour DuncanSH-2 Jazz Model Humbucker Pickup - Nickel Neck

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 =)

I replaced the regular neck pickup with this pickup, nice full warm sound.

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.

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.

Beautiful, sweet sounding, clear pickup. Very versatile.

Great sounding pickup, the clarity is just what I needed for my Les Paul

Awesome sound!

Great sound, clear tone, the only problem is that it's slightly louder than my Sh-1 Seymour. And that pickup is supposed to be hotter. Go figure.