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Seymour Duncan SHPR-1 Bridge / P-Rails Bridge (cream)

Humbucker Pickup
Seymour Duncan
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EUR 193.10
1 unit in stock
Expected delivery: Wed, 22.4. and Fri, 24.4. to your country (IT)
Shipping cost: EUR 8.75
Free delivery in Italy from EUR 200
This full-size humbucker can be splitted either to a "real deal" P-90 or a traditional single coil.

Ground breaking, patent pending design allows a full-size humbucker to split to either a "real deal" P-90 or a traditional single coil. Perfect for a wide variety of styles including country, pop, surf, jazz, blues, classic rock, and heavy rock. Until now, if you wanted humbucker, P-90, and vintage Strat tones, you'd have to haul three guitars to the gig. Enter P-Rails. It's a full-size humbucker that splits to either a full-size P-90 or a special Alnico-powered single-coil Rail pickup. The humbucker sound is full and expansive, owing to the mis-matched coil configuration. The P-90 is a super fat. And the Rail coils, when used together, sound like the "2" and "4" positions in a great Strat. P-Rails are best used in a matched neck and bridge set. To get both humbucker and P-90 tones, use a two-way switch (push-pull or mini-toggle). To have humbucker and P-90 tones and bring in the added dimension of the single-coil Rail, use a three-way switch (DPDT on-off-on). P-Rails can be used in any guitar set up for a traditional humbucker or Trembucker. A single P-Rails will bring added dimension to your guitar. However, to optimize P-Rails' unique splitting capabilities and get the best single-coil Rails tones, use a neck and bridge set. Normally, in humbucking mode, P-Rails are wired in series, for a high-output sound that works great for classic rock and heavier tones. However, when wired in parallel, the coil mismatch produces a very usable P.A.F.-style humbucker tone with less phase cancellation associated with standard parallel wired humbuckers, complete with present upper-mid "bloom" and pronounced string articulation.

General Information
Manufacturer information
MusiX GmbH
Schildgasse 12
79618 Rheinfelden (Baden)
Germany

manufacturerinfo@musix.com
Product Details
Product Number
185436
Brand
Seymour Duncan
Category
Humbucker Pickup
Brand Category
Seymour Duncan - Humbucker
Relevancy rank in Category Humbucker Pickup
45 of 657
Date
November 2015
Dimension
Box Depth
160mm
Box Height
90mm
Gross Weight
0.3kg

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I have a guitar with a humbucker in the bridge. A single-coil (SH-1) simply didn't fit well with the other pickups (HSS). That's why I considered a P90. The different coil masses are the main difference. Of course, the SHPR-1 is a perfect replacement as a humbucker. Since I already had a mini-toggle switch, the changeover wasn't a problem. Regarding the sound: the P90 is my favorite for everything... the combination of a P90 and a rail pickup also works well, but I rarely use the rail pickup on its own. This isn't because it's a bad pickup, but because the P90 is so good. I mostly play the guitar at home, not under heavy amplification. In a band setting, the pickup is noticeably behind a humbucker, so it's worth using a boost pedal (as I do) when switching between them. I would definitely buy this pickup again for clean to hard rock music.

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