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Seymour Duncan Invader Humbucker Reviews  4 / 5 based on 6 reviews Seymour Duncan SH8 Invader. 3 ceramic magnets with 12 large hex pole pieces. It by no means a bad pickup, it's just is it what you want? I bought it mainly because ole Papa Hetfield had used one in his Electra V for Kill Em All and I wanted to have my go at somewhat copying that tone. And while it does get that distinct grind it's soo hard to ... [read more on Audiofanzine] jkessel rated this unit on 2012-04-30. I'm only going to review the sound I got by using this pickup through my distortion channel as I hardly ever use a bridge pickup clean. My main amp is a framus cobra 100 watt tube amp and I also use a peavey 5150 as well as a hughes & ketteer triamp
I tried this pickup in two different guitars and got similar results. I first tried it out in ... [read more on Audiofanzine] wwhhhaatt rated this unit on 2011-06-22. The SH-8 Invader is a metal machine that can do nothing else. It has a unique look than other Seymour Duncans. It has 12 black oxide cap screws on the top of it. If the screws are this big that tells you how big and powerful the magnets are. With these huge magnets and screws you must look out of string pull. I noticed my sustain was was not as ... [read more on Audiofanzine] tjon901 rated this unit on 2011-05-25. Oh the famed invader pickup!! Made famous most likely due to James Hetfield using it back in the day on master of puppets. Can be coil tapped if you get the 4 conductor version. I've fortunately been able to use both the neck and bridge pickups together in a Jackson Stars Rhoads V. I have not tried it tapped.
as a neck pickup (CLEAN):
Not bad. ... [read more on Audiofanzine] nickname009 rated this unit on 2011-03-28. I've been using this pickup for a few weeks now. I installed it into a Switch Wild One guitar, which is a solid body guitar made out of "Vibracell" material (plastic) with a single humbucking pickup in the bridge. I had planned on changing the pickup before I even got the guitar because I'm a pretty big fan of Seymour Duncan pickups,... [read more on Audiofanzine] rarson rated this unit on 2008-03-27. the invader is used by Tom Delonge from Blink 182 , but if ur a heavy freak dont let that put you it off , the invader is also ideal for playing metal. [read more on Audiofanzine] BLAIR PORTER rated this unit on 2003-12-15.
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