Seymour Duncan SH-2N Jazz Neck

Passive humbucking pickup, Neck position, 4 conductors allowing many wiring variations (series/parallel, coil splitting).
According to SD's site it hase 7,72k DC resistance and it's classified as a vintage output pup.
Pretty versatile and well built as usual for Duncan's pups.

Installed it in a PRS SE Singlecut at the neck, replacing a PRS McCarty to brighten up the sound of this guitar that leans on the dark side of tone...
The other pu on this guitar is a Duncan TB-5 custom trembucker, though it has a stoptail bridge, since I noted that the TB had a better pole alignement with the strings (this quality allows me to keep the pu lower, getting more sustain and clarity).

The output is slightly hotter than other vintage humbuckers.
I plug my guitar straight into my Laney L5T-112 combo or Marshall Class 5 combo, tuning sound for the distortion an cleaning it up with the guitar volume; that's why I need an open sounding pu and very touch responsive too. Too bad I didn't find any of these qualities in the SH-2, that sounded really bassy but in a flubby way, too scooped on the mids and definitely lacking clarity.
I play country, Blues and Southern Rock and was very disappointed by the sound of this pickup, which was way far from its fame of being bright and well defined enough to be loved by shredders!
I swapped it after 4 gigs and put a SH-1 59 in its place and my guitar was brought back to life!
I guess the SH-2 could work very well for semihollw guitars or a bright sounding solid body, but it takes the breath of life away from les paul-ish guitars with thick mahogany body.
Unfortunately, this is my kind of guitar, so...
I can't say it's a bad pickup itself, but it's not my cup of tea and it's not a good match for my guitar.

I wouldn't buy it again and I'm glad I changed to the 59.
Playing and gigging regularly since 1982, always had humbucker equipped guitars plugged straight into the amp (especially Marshall amps). I didn't like this pickup: it was like a beautyful girl as nice as a wild cat in your panties (got the idea?)... Definitely not for me and I wouln't recommend it to anyone playing my kind of music.
Let me add that I'm a long date fan for Duncan's humbucker and I have them on all of my guitars, but this one is not for me.

Passive humbucking pickup. Look at other reviews or seymour duncan website for specs.

I installed this into the neck position of an ibanez s470 replacing the stock ibanez inf1 pickup. At the moment the guitar still has the stock infs1 in the middle and inf2 in the bridge position. There are plenty of artists using this pup but i cant think of any i know off the top of my head lol. I replaced the stock pickup becuase it just sounded far too bassy for fast lead playing sounded muddy.

The output, spec wise, isnt high this is not a hot pickup by any means but there isnt any volume loss when switching from the bridge pickup to this one. I play through a laney lh50 and use distortion pedals for distorted tones. My band playing power/prog metal and this pup works great for lead playing and clean parts, especially when mixed with the middle pup (the amp also has a lovely clean channel too). The pickups eq has scooped mids but a good bass response but also a good treble response which i like alot for a neck pickup, its tonally more akin to a single coil but obviously humbucking. I really like it my playing sounds cleaner and clearer but be warned if you play badly you and your band will know about it!

I would definately buy this pickup again i plan to replace my other guitars neck pickups with this one. The clean tone is brilliant and i think it sounds great under distortion aswell. Obviously this is my opinion other players might disagree but i love it. It has bought a whole new lease of life to a guitar i already loved.

Humbucking, passive, 4 conductors to allow many wiring solutions, mine is in zebra dress.
I don't know about impedance and tech specs, which are easily found on Seymour Duncan's website.
Regarding the features, all you can ask for: an open sounding Humbucker, loud enough but never overpowering, with the ability to flex to any distorted mind's wiring desire ;)

What model guitar or bass did you install this in? PRS SE Singlecut
What position is it in? Neck
What pickup are you replacing? PRS McCarty Nickel
Other pickups installed on the instrument? Duncan SH-1 59
Any artists using this pickup? Too many to list...
Reason for changing the pickup? The guitar sounded quite dark and the McCarty didn't open it up enough for my taste; it did sound good, but still too much difference between the two PU's.

What's the output level like? Loud enough to match any Humbucker.
What amps and effects are you using it with? I plug my guitar straight into the amp, so the jack is my only effect; I use a Laney L5T-112 5W class A combo (wonderful amp, take a look at its reviews).
Tone - Bassy, middy, muddy, trebly, balanced? On my guitar it sounds perfectly balanced, but the guitar itself tended to sound dark, so I argue the SH-2 must be quite trebly, but in a good way; it appears to be slightly scooped on the mids, that is not usually very good for a Blues player like I am, but should make any shredder happy. I must say that the sound is very responsive to the height and angle you tune to your ear. I don't think anybody could be disappointed with this Humbucker!
For which positions is this pickup (un)suitable? It's a neck pickup, but I'm sure you could successfully place it in a bridge position to match single coils... Just a matter of taste, I suppose.
I tried many different pickups in the neck for this PRS and they always sounded too big, fat and dark (something like a 150 Kg man that's got a cold singing): the McCarty was the latest, but I tried (and swapped) Gibson 57 classic, PRS Dragon II, Rio Grande Texas, Duncan 59; all of them were nickel covered.
The final result is that uncovered pickups match better with this guitar, because they aren't waxpotted and the bobbins sound free. I had the chance to buy the SH-2 second hand together with the SH-1 59 and got my lucky shot!

Playing live on stage since 1982, I don't mean to bother you with gear listing and so on. I play Blues and Southern Rock, mostly with self built guitars and the Laney L5T or a self built 18W Marshall clone.
I just wanna tell you that Seymour Duncan's Humbuckers are excellent and stand tall when compared to the most sought-after esotheric boutique stuff, but at a much cheaper price. More, there's a variety of pickups that allow you to fine tune your sound to your exact taste through subtle variations.
This SH-2 is the perfect neck pickup for my PRS, giving new colour nuances to my tone.

humbucking, passive

California Fat Tele, neck position.
Replaced stock pickup with this one about 8 years ago.
My other pickup is a SD Little 59 on the bridge position.

A lot of output level, specially if used full (I use it split as a single coil 'cause the sound is just so beautiful). I don't use much effects so I like the pure tone of this pickup. I only use this pickup for clean sound also. The tone is very well balanced. I play rock.

Great pickup, that's it.

Godin LGX-SA - basically an LP layout.
I bought this guitar new almost 10yrs ago with the SD Jazz Neck already installed in neck position and SD Custom Custom Custom in the bridge.

The Jazz Neck is a good quality pickup, so I'm giving it a decent rating, but I find it too trebly for my taste. I can roll the tone back to compensate, but.. I don't know... it just isn't doing it for me. I want something warm, round and thick. I'm considering getting a set of Alnico II Pros put in this guitar 'cause I'm not real happy with the Custom Custom Custom either.

Passive humbucker, 4-conductor

Epiphone LP Standard
Neck Position
OEM humbucker
gimme a break...
The original was muddy and indistinct

What can I say except this is a gorgeous-sounding pickup. I've been playing blues and classic rock for 38 years. I've tried many other pickups in the neck position of many guitars, and this one really shines (the next best pick would probably be the Duncan '59). I've tried P-90's, Gibson '57 Classics, Lawrences, DiMarzios, Carvins, Wolfetones, and may others over the years, but this is without a doubt the best neck position humbucker I've tried yet.

The amps I'm currently using are a modded Fender Banadmaster, a home-built Allen Accomplice, and a 50-watt Marshal Jcm 800 1-12" combo.

I bought this Epi LP for $190 bucks, thinking it would be my slide guitar, and now that I've put in a new nut and new pickups, I think this could end up being my main guitar (I'm getting nervous about taking my '70 ES-345 and '72 ES-335 out to gigs anymore).

I can't say enough about this neck pickup, it's a pleasure.

Seymour Duncan SH-2N Jazz Neck.

Humbucker, four conductor, alnico V magnet. DC resistance 7,72 kohm, resonant peak 8 kHz (according to manufacturer's web site)

Jackson JS30 King V, alder body, bolt on maple neck, rosewood fretboard. Duncan's web site described this pickup to be suited for warm instruments and mahongany bodies, but I know Jackson uses the Jazz model in the neck position of some alder bodied guitars, so I gave it a try.

I put this in the neck position to pair SH-13 Dimebucker in the bridge. I replaced Jackson's own stock pickups.

According to Duncan's web site, Jerry Horton, Dave Mustaine and Doug Pettibone use this pickup. Mustaine uses his on signature pickups nowdays, but I think they are active versions of SH-2 and SH-4.

The output level is moderate, not too loud but certainly not too quiet. Despite its name 'Jazz', it doesn't have that dull, round sound you can hear in jazz music (when in true bypass). With eq and effects, you can shape the sound pretty much, I don't hear it lack any range of frequencies. With an acoustic simulator and/or eq treble boost, you can get a lot of treble bite if you wish. Roll down tone and you have jazz sound.

This pickup has nice, warm sound, but not muddy at all. And as I mentioned, the trebles are there too. There's also the lower frequencies, I'd say it has in the nec position pretty much the same amount of bass as the Dimebucker has in the bridge.

This is maybe the most all-round-pickup I have had. This is one of the most popular pickups of Seymour Duncan's, so it has to be suitable for quite vast range of different music styles.

This is the first pickup in which I have installed the coil splitting function. The volume drops quite much, the hum increases and sound gets a lot clearer in single coil mode, so it works like a true single coil.

I never use the combination of both pickups at the same time, but when switching from Dimebucker to Jazz (bridge to neck) I don't hear any big leap in output level (unlike my other guitar with X2N and Humbucker From Hell).

I play mostly heavy metal, and use neck pickup for cleans and some leads. Suits very well for those purposes for me.

I'm still searching my very own sound, so if someone managed to steal my pickup from my guitar, maybe I would try another one, just because I could try out something different (maybe it would sound better, maybe worse). I'm very satisfied with this picup though, and I'm certainly not replacing it as long as I have it on my axe.

I have been playing for five years now, this is my fourth replacement pickup (the first in this very guitar). I use Zoom G7.1ut effects processor and a 100 watt solid state ampifier. I plan to get a decent tube amplifier when I have the money, a proper rehearsing place and when I'm sure what kind of sound I want.

I like this pickup, it has no bad sides. If you want a really bright pickup or something else exotic, there are other picups available for those purposes, but they usually lack some other characteristics.

Changed out the pickups on my 99' LP Classic because the 500T and 496R are just too hot, harsh, and muddy sounding. While I love the way this LP plays I was never really satisfied with its tone. I play alot of classic rock and blues tunes. Living with this guitar for awhile I found the tone that I like which was not coming from the stock pickups so I decided on a set of SD pickups. I bought the SH-4B and SH-2N pickup set. These two pickups have a smooth and vintage sound. Very pleased with their sound and a better match to the type of music that I play. These two pickups really make the guitar shine. Couldn't be more satisfied.

Awesome smooth and vintage sounding pickups. Plenty of output.

Love these pickup and would recommend them. IMO they are such an improvement over the stock pickups.

Seymour Duncan SH-2 Jazz passive humbucker pickup. Comes Standard with four conductor cable.

I put this in my Epiphone Les Paul Custom in the neck position along with a 59 in the bridge to replace the stock pickups. I bought the guitar a few years ago and the old pickups were muddy, particularly when the volume pots were turned down (you would lose a lot of the treble detail).

The output is moderate like the spec says. I have played it through an legacy blues twin, a fender chorus amp and a marshall quad and it sounds great through all of them. The tone is full and very trebly but this can be balanced out with the eq. I play jazz, blues, funk and latin with the neck pickup and it can do it all.

If it was destroyed or stolen I might give the 59 a go in the neck just as an experiment because it is very trebly but i dont intend to take anything away from this pickup it is fantastic and does the job spot on.
I have been playing for about 10 years I started playing electric maybe 6 years ago. This is my only real axe i have a Maton em225 acoustic and my amp is a legacy blues twin its the same as an epiphone blues twin with a different badge on it. Seymour Duncan pickups are the way to go everyone i have heard has been great. The problem with turning the volume down was sort of fixed the sound still changes a bit but its still a full sound. I have heard of people putting resistors on the pots but its seems like a waste of time. I have a friend with a les paul standard who did it and I dont think its makes much of a difference.

Seymour Duncan SH-2N Passive Humbucker made to be used in the Neck position noted by the N in the model number.

Ibanez RGT42DXFX, neck through, string through, fixed bridge and dual hum bucker set up. Replaced stock neck pickup because it was kind of grainy when distorted. Needed a cleaner sounding pickup. Bridge is still stock because this is just my practice guitar for home, when I need to write songs or just jam out. I play this through a Mesa Triple Rec through different cabs. Basically it will always come out warm and clear.

The output is perfect! When I mean perfect I mean it for shredders. Your alternate picking runs, legatos, sweeps and taps and whatever you have up your sleeves will sound so clean and warm you'll be amazed at how a pickup can drastically change your overall sound. Not at all muddy.

I usually switch to this pickup for fast runs and with intention to keep things clean with each notes precisely heard through the runs. I also keep it this pickup to do warmer melodic bends. I switch to the stock Ibanez bridge when I want something more piercing. Pretty much the jazz pickup lets each note melt nicely onto your eardrums. It is designed to be in the neck.

If stolen I would definitely replace it again. I am planning to outfit my recently acquired Ibanez RG550 with the Seymour Duncan SH-2n and JB. The Seymour Duncan JB is usually paired with the SH-2n(jazz) pickup. I am overly satisfied with it's abilities as of right now, it serves what it's intended to do and sound like so I can't really blame it. It's not a hot pickup as it's not suppose to be.