The Alnico II Pro Slash was designed to give Slash’s other Les Paul guitars (what he calls his “live guitars”) the exact tone of his legendary guitar. Like the standard APH-1 Alnico II Pro, which Slash has used for years, the Slash APH-2 uses Alnico 2 magnets. However, the Alnico II Pro Slash is wound with just enough boosted output to push a stock Les Paul toward the sweet sustain and rude crunch that characterize Slash’s sound.
In addition, Seymour Duncan enhances the APH-2 pickups with some of the same appointments found on the Duncan pickups seen in Slash’s ’86 recording axe: a single-conductor cable, a long-legged bottom plate, and a wooden spacer. For true fans, or for players who want to capture Slash’s recorded tone, these Seymour Duncan pickups are a critical part of the tone chain. This Seymour Duncan Slash humbucker, in reverse zebra, is meant for bridge position.
