Seymour Duncan Invader - Bridge - White - High Output Electric Guitar Pickup

I’m not an amazing guitarist, so don’t job my playing haha. But here’s a short clip of what this pickup is capable of. Some say this pickup isn’t very versatile, but in my short time playing with this pickup so far I would say that it is pretty amazing. I’m a big fan of Seymour Duncan pickups. My other guitars all have SD pickups. This is my first “invader”. I chose it because I’ve read about it a little and it just looks awesome in my hello kitty Squier lol. Sound quality is amazing, it has a low growl when In drop D tuning, and a nice crunch / punchy palm mute sound In standard tuning. I’ve yet to drop it below D but I am Sure that it is going to sound beefy in drop C or A tuning. My guitar only has a single volume knob control so it’s hard to comment on just how versatile this pickup is, but I’m happy with it overall. It sounds clean to me without distortion, and when I crank the gain it sounds so good! Sustain is great, and it has a clean / mean growl with the gain up. It was easy to install, and it is high quality. Seymour Duncan pickups are built to last a lifetime. My oldest guitar is 23 years old and the pickup is still going strong. Anywho, if you’re looking for a humbucker to pair with your Hello Kitty guitar, or any other guitar for that matter and want to shake the walls with heavy / high gain. This pickup is for you, you’ll love it. I’ve only been jamming with it for 2 days and I’m in love with it. I’m so glad I got it, and actually I might get another for one of my other guitars someday soon.

I own a Fender Stratocaster HSS that has been good to me for a long time now. The sounds quality while playing clean on the single coils is awesome in my opinion. The stock humbucker was a slightly different story. I mean, they still sound good but I wanted a "hot" humbucker pickup that would satisfy my Hard Rock/Metal needs. Here comes the Seymour Duncan SH-8B Invader pickup. I purchased it not really knowing how it was going to sound but the reviews (and look) are what helped me buy this humbucker. It was definitely the right move. After a couple hours of "amateur" installation, along with cleaning of the guitar and parts, this pickup looked awesome on my Olympic White Strat. Paired with my Peavey Scorpion 175w Amp, the pickup was SCORCHIN! I was honestly surprised the difference it made on my guitar. The sounds quality is still great even with the hot fuzz and distortion (I enjoy playing Lamb of God, Avenged Sevenfold, Metallica, etc). The clarity of the pinch harmonics, finger tapping, and palm mutings on this pickup are much, much better than my stock humbucker. Only bad thing I would have to say is I had to drill another hole for this pickup to fit but that was due to the odd screw placements on the old humbucker (2 holes on the left, 1 on the right?!?) Just reviewing it got me excited. Dang, now I wanna go play guitar....

When building a Tom Delonge style guitar you have to rock with the invader pickup! It has that iconic Blick 182 sound.

Amazing pickup I use invaders on all my guitars they have an amazing tone for metal, rock, and jazz. These pickups will shock you and installing them is super easy.

Overall I really love this pickup. This makes it a little easier to dial in that 80’s Metallica tone that you might be looking for. One thing that I do have to mention is pinch harmonics do sound a lot different. My previous Jackson ‘Duncan Designed’ which I replaced with the invader could get that high pitched squeal with ease. I’m using the same exact amp setting as before and it seems to struggle getting that same high pitched sustained squeal. Thankfully I have a boss Katana so I should be able to get it worked out.

Loud pickup! I use the bridge pickup for distortion and this is great for it. Combined this with SD hotrails sounds awesome. A bit bass heavy but that’s perfect for my Marshall. Probably not the best for cleans, but that what I use neck pickup for.

If you are a fan of 80’s medium-heavy stuff like Megadeth and Metallica, this is the pickup for you. I actually have a set of EMG 81/60 and frankly I’m not impressed. In fact, it is rumored that Master of Puppets (you know, the greatest metal album of all time) was recorded with these very pickups. That guitar tone is one of the greatest ever recorded and people attempt to emulate it all the time. Dave Mustaine uses pickups that are also Seymour Duncan’s, with not quite as much output, but similar I imagine. If you’re into extreme stuff, the death metal band Nile also uses these, so they are versatile. And in my personal opinion, they have plenty of clarity and articulation as well. The neck pickup in the set really takes it back a notch so you can get traditional lead tones. I know these aren’t the most common pickups used by artists but if you are intrigued do not hesitate to give these a shot. Just throw them in a guitar you don’t play much as a change up sound and it will instantly become top of the rotation. Can’t say enough about these. I only would not recommend if you’re playing blues or something with extreme clarity. Even then, the neck pickup can handle those jobs in a pinch.

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I got this to put into a Squier Bullet Strat which I was modding into something similar to Tom Delonge's signature Strat. In white with black allen bolts the Invader pickup certainly looks the part (see picture), and the included wiring instructions were nice and clear too. Better still, on the Seymour Duncan website you can input your intended set-up (in my case one humbucker pickup and one pot) and it will give you a clear wiring diagram for that particular set-up. Most impressed. Installation was easy, although I was surprised by how thin the wires were, and as such a delicate hand is needed to strip them prior to soldering. With everything in place and the guitar plugged in the Invader SH-8b certainly does not lack power or aggression, making it ideal for punk, grunge and metal. Given it's high output it's pretty easy to drive my little Blackstar HT1-R amp into a crunchy break-up without the needing to press the overdrive button, and harmonic squeals were all too easy. Unsurprisingly it's not great at clean tones, so if you're after an all rounder you will probably want to look elsewhere in Seymour Duncan product range. The Invader is very much an 'all guns blazing' type of pickup and certainly in my minimalist Strat a bit of a one trick pony - but what a trick!

Suena de lujo! Para amantes del Rock!

Un excellent micro, je l ai monté en manche, il résonne beaucoup, trop pour du solo, à voir en Split, j'ai pas encore testé. Je l'ai couplé à un sh4 en chevalet, le résultat est magnifique, ça freine les hardeur du sh8 et sublime le sh4 Le sh8 pourrait bien réservé des bonnes surprises et montrer tout son potentiel universel avec un électronique en Split et le montre déjà avec un autre micro totalement différent (le sh4)

Super awesome pick up! Fast shipping and yes it is white regardless of what the description says.

I am loving my newest upgrade! So much so that I am enjoying practising for 2-5 hours every day now instead of the usual one hour or so a few days per week. I bought the right guitar for my needs, but the tone wasn't just right for me no matter how much I tweaked sound settings on my Marshall amp. It lacked punch, but after extensively researching different humbucker pickups for what I like to play -- this upgrade got me there! Right now I am finding it really difficult to put down my guitar, for even just a few hours in my spare time. So my expectations have been exceeded. I am ecstatic about the tones I am able to dial in now and also, it looks KILLER! The white version w- black pole pieces of this pickup perfectly compliment the overall black with white accents on my guitar -- photo included. Thank you to Solo Guitars for getting it to me promptly and also for the free red Solo guitar pick. It might be a small thing, but as I had misplaced my guitar picks, it came in real handy. I appreciate it and I also enjoyed checking out your website.