Unique pickup set: SH9 Silverbird

[orpheo]

After years of trying, I found a near mint condition set of sh9's.

No, not a typo.

I found them on reverb.com for $130 . Total.... How could I pass that? I plan on building a guitar around them. A Les Paul: ash body (carved), purpleheart neck, ebony fretboard 24 frets, 25.5" scale. Hipshot tuners and Gotoh trem.

I'm 99% sure these are legit. The baseplate, logos on the bobbins, logo on the bottom, the wire, the tape as well as the paper tape (I gently pushed aside the cloth tape,no damages done by me) are all as they should be. Only difference are the legs. The little tabs were altered at one point to accommodate an odd routing I guess.. however, the length and width are SD-correct. Ergo... These are no counterfeit.

 

[orpheo]

Re: Unique pickup set: SH9 Silverbird

Oh and yes... Original boxes. One even has the original wiring instructions!

 

[orpheo]

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Few more pics

 

[Chistopher]

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Neat, I didn't know that there was a SH-9n.

 

[orpheo]

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I read it very recently, too. It's a rare beast for sure, but to find it in such condition, as a set, with the boxes... wow. me = happy!

 

[jeremy]

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nice. how do they sound?

 

[orpheo]

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frankly... no idea. I wanna build a guitar around them, first

 

[PFDarkside]

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Frank was selling a set a while ago on the trading post.

 

[orpheo]

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Not a set. Just the bridge.

 

[Mincer]

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The planned guitar sounds amazing. Post in-process build pics. I loves me some purpleheart.

 

[PFDarkside]

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Not a set. Just the bridge.

Oh wow, so this set is super rare.

 

[hamerfan]

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Oh wow, so this set is super rare.

Damn, i thought my The Mag is it.

 

[orpheo]

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I believe the TheMag was later relabeled to stagmag?

 

[Chistopher]

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I believe the TheMag was later relabeled to stagmag?

I think the wind may have changed with the name change, but I can neither confirm nor deny that rumour.

 

[jeremy]

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the mag was a5, stagmag is a2

 

[Jeff_H]

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And your set was soundly "MJ" as well. That is always something to be happy about.

Congrats.

 

[orpheo]

Re: Unique pickup set: SH9 Silverbird

And your set was soundly "MJ" as well. That is always something to be happy about.

Congrats.

Thank you. MJ confirmed it on my Facebook too