Tribute 2 Humbucker Set

$254.00 ~~$843.00~~

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Are you looking for the warm, soft tone that just feels like home? Then the Tribute 2's are just for you! This P.A.F. style pickup unlocks breathtaking tone like you’ve never heard before. Handcrafted one at a time. I build every single one with nothing but the finest material, the attention to detail, and the time it takes to do it right. They will be the last set you ever buy. Unless, of course, you own more than one guitar.

Rough finished, degaussed alnico 2 magnets take a little off the top end for those particularly bright sounding guitars
My own proprietary butyrate bobbins insure a coil and tone consistent to the originals every single time
42AWG plain enamel wire wound to my specific number of winds and tension is what really sets mine apart from the others
Vintage spec’d German nickel silver baseplates with long feet accommodate even the biggest height adjustments
Vintage braided wire to stay true to the authenticity of the originals
Standard Gibson P.A.F. style 49.2mm pole spacing
Resistance may vary from set to set since the winding process goes strictly by the number of turns of wire but DC resistances tend to be around 8.0k for the bridge and 7.6k for the neck
Lifetime craftsmanship warranty against manufacture's defects. Satisfaction Guaranteed.

Specs

Name	Magnet	DC Res	Wire Type
Sheptone Tribute 2 - Bridge	Alnico 2	8.0K	42PE
Sheptone Tribute 2 - Neck	Alnico 2	7.6K	42PE

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tribute 2-amazing

what a beautiful bobbin quality,great sounding pickup
it has some hollow thing just like the other boutique pickup.
beefy sound.awesome.

Thank you

tribute 2-amazing

what a beautiful bobbin quality,great sounding pickup
it has some hollow thing just like the other boutique pickup.
beefy sound.awesome.

Thank you

Tribute 2's another Sheptone home run

Over the past 10 years I have purchased about 10 sheptone pickups. They are in all my humbucker guitars, R9's, SG's, Black Beauty, etc. I have Tributes, Tribute 4, and now the Tribute 2 bridge. I use heavy gauge strings and I have often found alnico II to compress too quickly and get mushy with heavy strings even though alnico II is a great classic rock sound with lighter gauge strings. I am thrilled with the Tribute 2 bridge. It stays clear while compressing at the same time. Great for legato playing with a true PAF sound. I plan to order more Tribute 2's.
Thanks as always, Sheptone!

Roger L

Thank you so much for consistently letting Sheptone be a part of your tone. That means the world to me.

I can recommend the Tribute

I can recommend the Tribute 2 Humbuckers to anybody who wants sweet warm tones with a bright, but not icepick edge.

They are very dynamic, making them pick sensitive and easy to balance with height adjustment.
I use the knobs on my Les Paul a lot, and whether clean or dirty, the Tribute 2 Huimbcukers always sound great.

Very well made! Sheptone will be on top of the list when times comes for new pickups to any of my guitars.

Best regards
Johnny N

Thank you so much for your kind words and for letting us be a part of your tone.

I can recommend the Tribute

I can recommend the Tribute 2 Humbuckers to anybody who wants sweet warm tones with a bright, but not icepick edge.

Very well made! Sheptone will be on top of the list when times comes for new pickups to any of my guitars.

Best regards
Johnny N

Thank you so much for your kind words and for letting us be a part of your tone.

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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.

Tribute 2 Humbucker Set

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