Seymour DuncanSH-8b Invader Bridge Humbucker Pickup – White

The media could not be loaded. 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 amSure 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.

This pickup does what it was designed to do, with no apologies made! It’s loud and hot! Very reactive, sensitive to adjustment. I love mixing it with the neck (SH-2 at 90%) pickup to get it some sing and fatness. You have to turn the neck down to taste, let the crunch through:) I’m buying more of these guys so I decided to leave a comment

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.

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....

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.

It sounds mean. Really intensifies palm muting crunch. Chug Chug Chug.....That's the main thing I noticed. And it looks mean. But it's bad ass for a decent price. I didn't have any problems installing it because there is a video on their site explaining how.

I used this pick-up back when it came out in the 80's. More recently I bought a Jackson JS series guitar and I felt I needed to juice up the tone so I went back to the old faithful Seymour Duncan "Invader" and made my axe come alive with that familiar heavy grind and punchy tone I've been missing in the bridge position. You can play it with high gain and even sounds good on a clean amp setting. Great all around pick-up for heavy rock, metal or fusion.

I'd heard these were good for heavy metal, but unfortunately I didn't actually try them out in a guitar shop before buying them.It didn't matter if it was clean or with distortion, the tone on this is super sharp, harsh, and trebbly -- and not in a good way. Even heavily EQing my amp to boost the bass in compensation didn't help. The result is close to unlistenable... at least for what I'm shooting for sound-wise. I'm getting rid of them and switching to something else first chance I get.