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Tony Pasko Loves Sheptone Guitar Pickups!

February 23, 2017 • guitar • heartbreaker • humbucker • jimmy • page • pickup • sheptone • single coil • tone

For more than 25 years, Tony has been a music industry professional and session guitarist. His vast playing background and knowledge of musical products has given him the opportunity to work and perform with some of the greatest musicians in the world. He has worked directly with the gear needs of Lynyrd Skynyrd, NickelBack, Duran Duran, Black Stone Cherry, Joe Satriani, Warrant, and Poison to name a few. He knows tone! Currently Tony writes music for television series such as Duck Dynasty, Shark Week, Wahlburgers, Jenny Loves Donny, Wicked Tuna, Pitbulls & Paroles, Lock Up, Hollywood Hillbillies, and many more! Here is...

Top 5 New Gibson Guitars for 2017 That Desperately Need Sheptone Guitar Pickups in Them!

October 11, 2016 • firebird • Gibson • guitar • humbucker • junior • les paul • pickup • sg • sheptone

Gibson has unveiled their new guitars for 2017! Guitar Nerds has made a top 5 list of their favorite models. Which of Gibson’s new guitars would sound best with a pair of Sheptone guitar pickups? Let us know on our Facebook page!

An amazing and unique set of PAFs, and a standout builder.

The Sheptone Blue Sky set is an exceptional pair of PAFs. The neck is somehow both airy and woody, and also smooth and creamy. It never gets muddy but delivers very smooth and round tones.

The bridge, in my opinion, is a very special pickup that really stood out to me. I have never experienced such a vocal sounding and expressive bridge pickup in my life, it just does everything I want it to do and more. It's like a 52 tele on steroids without an ounce of harshness in the treble. Roll back the volume and it doesn't lose any heft, and gets you even closer to a single-coil like sound. It's insanely inspiring.

On top of that, Josh is super helpful and available to answer any questions you may have. Truly top notch customer service.

Stop Chasing Dragons

Just buy this thing. It's the best humbucker for any style of music, period. Don't tell me you're a tone snob unless you at least try it.

High gain? It's wound enough to give you some serious chugs and leads so smooth, like butter on a muffin, but not too much that you lose clarity and definition to compression.

Clean? This is one of the very few bridge pickups that can actually pull off a great clean tone without fumbling with the volume and tone, and it holds up split.

It's friendly with fuzz and drive pedals, built like a tank (seriously, Josh isn't screwing around with that baseplate and wire quality) and sleek enough to fit into any humbucker routing.

Blue Sky

I'm very pleased with the Blue Sky's. I have over 10 guitars with different varieties of PAFs and I routinely grab for my guitar with the Blue Sky's. It has that woody and glassy tone I'm looking for. It's organic and dynamic. The overtones bloom at even bedroom volumes. You won't regret putting these in your favorite guitar.

Upshot Pickup

I've been using Shepton pickups in my guitars for the last 15 years and never disappointed! Upshot is another great pickup.

Sheptone Tribute 4 set

Great pickups, fantastic tone, highly recommended!

Tony Pasko Loves Sheptone Guitar Pickups!

Top 5 New Gibson Guitars for 2017 That Desperately Need Sheptone Guitar Pickups in Them!

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