--- product_id: 10733787 title: "Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB Model Humbucker Pickup, White" brand: "seymour duncan" price: "VT39382" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 category: "Seymour Duncan" url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/10733787-seymour-duncan-sh-4-jb-model-humbucker-pickup-white store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # 16.6kΩ hot output 4-conductor wiring options Alnico 5 magnet power Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB Model Humbucker Pickup, White **Brand:** seymour duncan **Price:** VT39382 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🎸 Unleash iconic tones with the ultimate bridge humbucker! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB Model Humbucker Pickup, White by seymour duncan - **How much does it cost?** VT39382 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/10733787-seymour-duncan-sh-4-jb-model-humbucker-pickup-white) ## Best For - seymour duncan enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted seymour duncan brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Legendary Hot Output:** Push your amp harder for killer sustain and harmonics. - • **Pro-Approved Classic:** Favored by legends like Jeff Beck and Dave Mustaine for iconic solos. - • **Handcrafted Precision:** Built in Santa Barbara with vacuum wax potting for squeal-free play. - • **Versatile Tone Sculpting:** Use 500k or 250k pots to tailor brightness or smoothness. - • **Genre-Spanning Powerhouse:** From blues to thrash, delivers tight lows and crisp highs every time. ## Overview The Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB Model Humbucker Pickup is a hand-built, high-output electric guitar pickup featuring an Alnico 5 magnet and 16.6kΩ DC resistance. Designed primarily for the bridge position, it offers a powerful, versatile tone with tight lows, crisp highs, and a distinctive upper-midrange crunch. Its 4-conductor wiring allows multiple configurations, making it a favorite among professional guitarists across genres from blues to metal. Vacuum wax potting ensures noise-free performance, making it a reliable choice for both rhythm and lead playing. ## Description Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB Model White. Best fits the bridge position. Combine very often with a SH-2 Jazz on the neck (not only from Seymour's preferred composition) for multi-layered or a SH-1 '59 for P.A.F. sounds.Features:Recommended for bridge positionMagnet:Alnico VDC resistance: 16.6kOhmConnection cable: 4-coreActive/PassiveDesign: offDesign: White , MS-, MS-ID: GIT0001411-002, Manufacturer: Seymour Duncan, Case design: Humbucker, Wiring: 4-core, Number of strings: 6, Position: Bridge, Magnet: Alnico V, DC resistance (kOhm): 16.6, Active pickups: No, Output: Modern, Design: Open, White Guitars, Electric Guitar Pickup, Hum, buckbucker. Review: Incredible! Awesome pickup - This model is the most used replacement humbucker in the world for a reason! Provides tight, punchy lows, warm midrange and extremely crisp, well defined highs. If you like Hard Rock or more traditional Metal this is a must have! If you like some of the more alternative styles of Metal where you pound out power chords as fast as you can and get that muddy sound people scream to this is not for you. It will expose your skills! If the guitar you are putting this into is already somewhat bright sounding again I would look at another model pup. For guitars made with woods that create a lower range naturally this is for you! I put it in an ESP Mystique in the bridge of course along with a Duncan SH1 '59 PAF in the neck and it sounds like a dream now! The JB was Mr. Duncan's favorite pickup of all time. He built the first one over 40 years ago for Jeff Beck to try and he loved it. If your guitar has a mahogany body, mahogany neck and an ebony fretboard like the Mystique, whoa! I've used most famous humbuckers ever made, Dimmarzio's, custom made PRS Dragons, EMG's, and various other Duncan's as well. Even played the famous EVH Wolfgang guitar for a few years with two of the famous EVH Wolfgang Humbuckers in it and I can honestly say this sounds every bit as good and even crisper highs IMO for less than half the price! The harmonics you can nail with ease and has fantastic sustain as well. Great for rhythm and lead as well. This pickup has been used and is still used by many famous guitarists and for some of the most famous solos ever. Jeff Beck, Warren DeMartini, Dave Mustaine, Joe Satriani and that ever so challenging Bark At The Moon played by Jake E. Lee himself using this pup. I Remember You by Skid Row, that famously beautiful solo, yep uses the JB. Many more artists than I could possibly remember. It's the most widely used bridge humbucker on Jackson's Soloist series guitars as well. Sounds great clean as well. Very versatile as well for most genres of music so you won't have to switch guitars very often while playing live. I mostly play Hard Rock and Traditional Metal. AC/DC, Aerosmith, GNR, Skid Row, Ratt, Def Leppard, Pantera, Ozzy, Metallica, Eagles, Dokken, DIO, Avenged Sevenfold, Volbeat, Bullet For My Valentine, Megadeth... This pup on the right guitar can nail anything along this style of music plus so much more! If you play Death Metal and some of those muddier darker sounding Metal spin offs where you like to scoop the mids this is not for you. If you like what you've just read do not hesitate to buy. I'm gonna swap a few more bridge humbuckers out with this model. Not recommended for use in the neck position. Review: Classic High-Gain Workhorse - The SH-4 JB is a legendary pickup for a reason. It delivers hot, aggressive tones with tight lows and clear highs, making it perfect for rock and metal. Great sustain and dynamics, and it really shines for both rhythm and lead playing. A reliable go-to pickup that never disappoints. ## Features - The JB Model humbucker is our most popular pickup of all time. Blues, country, fusion, punk, hard rock, grunge, thrash; the JB has always sounded just right, even as new genres emerged around it. The low end is full and powerful, the highs are crisp and detailed and there’s an upper-midrange bump that adds crunch and chunk to heavy chords but translates to a singing, vocal-like quality when you play single notes or solos. - Meanwhile the hot output pushes your amp just that little bit harder for more sustain and harmonics. Use it with a 500k volume pot for great high-end cut, or try a 250k pot to sweeten and soften the tone for smoother styles. It pairs particularly well with the Jazz or ’59 neck pickups, and some players even like to use a JB in the neck position for an extra-fat solo tone. - Use it with a 500k volume pot for great high-end cut, or try a 250k pot to sweeten and soften the tone for smoother styles. It pairs particularly well with the Jazz or ’59 neck pickups, and some players even like to use a JB in the neck position for an extra-fat solo tone. - Hand built in our Santa Barbara, CA factory, the JB Model uses an Alnico 5 bar magnet, nickel silver bottom plate, 4-conductor lead wire for multiple wiring options like series, parallel and split coil, and is vacuum wax potted for squeal-free performance. Available in standard humbucker and Trembucker spacing for 6-String, as well as passive mount 7-String options. - DCR Bridge: 16.60, Magnet: Alnico 5, 4c Shielded Cable ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B0002D05TG | | Back Material | not_applicable | | Best Sellers Rank | #3,147 in Musical Instruments ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments ) #2 in Electric Guitar Pickups & Pickup Covers | | Body Material | not_applicable | | Color Name | White, 4c Shielded | | Connector Type | 4-conductor cable | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (1,437) | | Date First Available | July 30, 2004 | | Fretboard Material | not_applicable | | Guitar Bridge System | Adjustable | | Guitar Pickup Configuration | H-H | | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No | | Item Weight | 6.4 ounces | | Item model number | 11102-13-W | | Material Type | Stainless Steel | | Neck Material Type | not_applicable | | Number of Strings | 6 | | Product Dimensions | 4.05 x 2.85 x 1.65 inches | | Size | Einheitsgröße | | String Material | not_applicable | | Top Material | not_applicable | ## Images ![Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB Model Humbucker Pickup, White - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51M3AabOXPL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Color, Size** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Incredible! Awesome pickup *by R***L on June 14, 2016* This model is the most used replacement humbucker in the world for a reason! Provides tight, punchy lows, warm midrange and extremely crisp, well defined highs. If you like Hard Rock or more traditional Metal this is a must have! If you like some of the more alternative styles of Metal where you pound out power chords as fast as you can and get that muddy sound people scream to this is not for you. It will expose your skills! If the guitar you are putting this into is already somewhat bright sounding again I would look at another model pup. For guitars made with woods that create a lower range naturally this is for you! I put it in an ESP Mystique in the bridge of course along with a Duncan SH1 '59 PAF in the neck and it sounds like a dream now! The JB was Mr. Duncan's favorite pickup of all time. He built the first one over 40 years ago for Jeff Beck to try and he loved it. If your guitar has a mahogany body, mahogany neck and an ebony fretboard like the Mystique, whoa! I've used most famous humbuckers ever made, Dimmarzio's, custom made PRS Dragons, EMG's, and various other Duncan's as well. Even played the famous EVH Wolfgang guitar for a few years with two of the famous EVH Wolfgang Humbuckers in it and I can honestly say this sounds every bit as good and even crisper highs IMO for less than half the price! The harmonics you can nail with ease and has fantastic sustain as well. Great for rhythm and lead as well. This pickup has been used and is still used by many famous guitarists and for some of the most famous solos ever. Jeff Beck, Warren DeMartini, Dave Mustaine, Joe Satriani and that ever so challenging Bark At The Moon played by Jake E. Lee himself using this pup. I Remember You by Skid Row, that famously beautiful solo, yep uses the JB. Many more artists than I could possibly remember. It's the most widely used bridge humbucker on Jackson's Soloist series guitars as well. Sounds great clean as well. Very versatile as well for most genres of music so you won't have to switch guitars very often while playing live. I mostly play Hard Rock and Traditional Metal. AC/DC, Aerosmith, GNR, Skid Row, Ratt, Def Leppard, Pantera, Ozzy, Metallica, Eagles, Dokken, DIO, Avenged Sevenfold, Volbeat, Bullet For My Valentine, Megadeth... This pup on the right guitar can nail anything along this style of music plus so much more! If you play Death Metal and some of those muddier darker sounding Metal spin offs where you like to scoop the mids this is not for you. If you like what you've just read do not hesitate to buy. I'm gonna swap a few more bridge humbuckers out with this model. Not recommended for use in the neck position. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Classic High-Gain Workhorse *by J***S on August 24, 2025* The SH-4 JB is a legendary pickup for a reason. It delivers hot, aggressive tones with tight lows and clear highs, making it perfect for rock and metal. Great sustain and dynamics, and it really shines for both rhythm and lead playing. A reliable go-to pickup that never disappoints. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Time to Rock and Roll ! *by S***R on November 12, 2025* Excellent! Upgrade for my vintage Ibanez. Trembucker poles are perfectly spaced for the FR trem. The sound is of course greatly improved. There’s good reason why the JB is so popular. SD has a professional support team that made my first install easy. Big improvement for not much money. ## Frequently Bought Together - Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB Model Humbucker Pickup, White - Kluson USA? 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