I have a Jackson RR with this pickup in the neck position. I play MOSTLY metal stuff.. Anything from melodic metal to just balls to the walls. Even when I'm not playing metal I generally like an overdriven powerful sound, so when I got this guitar and saw "jazz" pickup I was like, that's getting replaced for sure. WRONG. I was absolutely blown away by this pickup. Even though I'm a metal head I really love just turning on the clean channel and playing around with this pickup... In a tube amp with some overdrive it still is beautiful and just has an absolutely fantastic tone. It's just so clear and punchy. Not muddy at all. This pickup could really be used for anything clean or leads where you need a tone that is just very pure sounding and it would work great. I don't know how really to describe it other than to say this pickup really just sings, it's crystal clear, and is an overall wonderful pickup that I would recommend to anyone.

Plenty of mids (especially in a mahogany body guitar), the cover makes it a tad more mild, but otherwise exceptional clarity and a beautiful clean tone. Sounds great with effects and great through tube amps. I have never heard a better neck pickup, not even in my friend's Les Paul Classic. I'd buy another in a heartbeat, and now I won't buy a guitar unless this is the neck pickup (if it's a humbucker-equipped guitar). The bass can get muddy if you boost the bass, so make sure you use some EQ. Still, this pickup has the best jazz tone I've ever heard. Could not ask for anything better because I've never experienced or heard any better neck pickup.

This is a jazz pickup, - I care not how it mixes with the bridge pickup (whats a bridge pickup?), or how hot it is. This is a great jazz pickup for the money; I wouldn't spend anymore on a pickup unless you had the money to blow on a handwired boutique. This does have more clarity and less mud than some other jazz pickups I've played on. It darkens up well. Great choice.

I've been playing the same '79 Les Paul for over a decade now. After putting the SH-2B in the neck with a Seymour Duncun Custom/Custom in the bridge, it's like a breath of spring breeze rolling through my amp. For my rhythmic style of guitar, the SH-2B is present and full in the mid-range and it hits clear single notes that almost sounds half-baked in natural overdrive: it gets crunchy and loud! With all that said about quality, Seymour Duncan Jazz Model is also a welcomed value.

I put this pickup next to a Dimarzio Super Distortion. It can't keep up. It has to be raised and compensated on the poles to have any output even resembling the Dimarzio. Epiphone pickup is hotter and brighter than this dull thing. Yuk. I'm not impressed at all. Dimarzio PAF Pro, here we come.