Seymour Duncan APH-2N Slash Alnico II Pro Humbucker In Black

When it comes to classic rock humbucker tones who better to voice a pickup than the legendary Slash? Yep, the Guns N’ Roses lead guitarist has been a longtime user of Seymour Duncan pickups and helped voice the APH-2N to recreate his signature sound.

The APH-2N provides all the sustain, crunch, and midrange you could need to get huge, powerful classic rock tones without being too high output and modern-sounding. Slash himslef uses APH-2 pickups in his guitars, so you’re getting a humbucker great enough for one of the most iconic guitarists of all time.

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Voiced specifically by Slash to give all of his Les Pauls that Appetite for Destruction tone.

When Slash was given the honor of having a Gibson Les Paul Signature model built, we sent over the same Alnico 2 Pro humbuckers that he has used for decades. Turns out, the new guitars sounded noticeably different than the original. So we accepted the challenge to make him a new pickup that would make all of his new signature guitars sound just like the original AFD Les Paul. The result is the Slash Signature Model humbucker. We used a different mag wire and winding spec that, when combined with the alnico 2 bar magnet, provided exactly what was needed to push a stock Les Paul toward that familiar sustain, crunch, and midrange that was so characteristic of the tone of Slash’s original Derrig Les Paul copy. Pair with the Alnico 2 Pro Slash bridge model for a perfectly matched set. The Slash humbuckers are hand built in Santa Barbara the same way we built his originals in the 80s, with a nickel silver bottom plate with long mounting legs, single conductor braided lead wire, maple spacer, paper tape, and wax potting. P.S. In case you were wondering, yes, the set that you buy is exactly the same as what Slash’s mighty tech, Ace Bergman, installs in Slash’s guitars. When the boss needs some new APH-2s we pull them right out of production stock.