Re: The El Diablo "neck" pup is born.
I gave my SH9's a whirl this weekend. They are really unique, tonally, and absolutely weird. They aren't hot at all (9k and 13k) but sound HUGE. SO...MUCH....TREBLE. I usually run my amp with the bright switch on, but these pickups just don't need it. And that's saying something cause they're in a solid black korina LP without maple top. They sound like a pissed-off strat/tele hybrid. it's got the twang of a tele, the power of a humbucker and the quack of a strat. split tones are also very, very usable. The 'feel' is very coarse, compared to the fuglybucker for example. The fugly is hot, sweet, syruppy, thick with a bit of crunch and leads are very liquid. The SH9 feels choppy, coarse. Like leads on a strat's bridge pickup would feel like. Fast runs don't flow as easily and when you do bends, the note stays super-clear, it doesn't 'howl' or 'bloom' like a JB, Alt8, PATB1 or 2 would do.
I feel that the SH9 is a pickup that should make a comeback in SD's lineup.
