A customer wanted me to put them in his Jackson V and wow 😳 theses are a heavy sounding pickup lots of gains and good mids if you like it heavy they are for you

I’ve used the Invader for many years, love it every time!

Excellent sounding pickup, with plenty of midrange bite, thunderous low end, and precise treble without being shrill. Smooth installation as well! I recommend this pickup to anyone looking to put POWER back in the bridge position.

Absolutely Great

I recently purchased an old Kramer Pacer (approx. 1986 vintage) with an Invader bridge pickup (suspected to be of late '80s vintage, and has the accumulated schmutz to back up that estimated age on the tape wrapping the coils). Added a series-parallel switch to it, and it sounds great with the other two pickups (SD Strat pickups of some stripe, labeled "1R" and stamped SD 2 87) on a Chandler replacement pickguard (possibly as part of a loaded pickguard kit?). I lowered the pickup a bit and raised three poles on each coil to grab a little "Wide Range" vibe, and, it sounds surprisingly good and hot-Strat/Tele-like on its own (but with the ice-pick left out and a bit more low end weight). The 'quack' with bridge (in parallel) and the middle pickup is superb. Bridge alone has a wonderful, smoother/chunkier hot-Strat/Tele vibe going on. Flip the switch to series mode, and, with the poles raised as described, it delivers a nice bit of slightly-hot P-90 vibe in there. All of this from a pickup that I associated with '80s headbanger metal, and would probably never have purchased due to that preconceived notion (probably related to the way SD markets this pickup)....

It's a great pickup for what it does--cutting eardrums! The customer whose guitar I put it in loves it! Thanks!

Works perfectly

I play hardcore, old skool punk, and I got the chainsaw sound I’ve been wanting…

I play mostly hard rock and old metal so the fact that this is an over wound super hot pickup really does work for me. I gave only 4 stars but that isn't really the fault of the pickup but more about what I chose to purchase. I do like the power output of the pickup but there isn't any crunch roll off at the volume pot. That's why I say more my fault than anything. It fit well and looks pretty darn good in my guitar. I built this guitar so I really researched and stressed over what pickup to use and I'm happy with the invader.

I installed the Invader set in my Les Paul Custom, the bridge is massive sounding and very responsive to rolling down the volume. The stunning change was I coil split the neck, both coils with high gain, it is searing your face, split the coils and roll the volume down a little and it shimmers. Incredibly versatile pickups and mindblowing tones

These things are sick. Great heavy tone.

The best!!! Power power power 👍🎸🎶

Amazing pick up. Exactly what I hoped for. Easy to wire. Awesome sound.

The pickup had a wiring problem when it arrived, but I was given a return shipping label to send it back and have it replaced. Assuming I get a working pickup back, this prompt and appropriate response is a five-star customer service experience.

Awesome pickup very loud great combination with the tripleshot ring fits the tremolo very nice

Excellent!

Fast shipping. Watched the pickup install videos. Once installed… this thing rocks!!!

Heavy and brutal for my 7 string. Simple wiring with super aggressive tone!

3rd time using these babie's and I loves them (obviously!)

Simply the best!

My go to humbucker. I have Invaders in 4 of my guitars. Blame Tom Delonge.

Shreds fr fr

Turn down your mids, turn up your treble and crush brains. Simply bludgeoning.

came super fast, havent installed them yet but they seem like it wont be to hard at all. came in top shape

This is the best pickup I have found for Grinding low end death metal. I have them on 2 guitars and they are my favorite rhythm pickup for metal. I gave it a 4 star only because these pickups do not have a lot of harmonics and they are not my first choice for lead playing. They are all low end and mids and nothing chugs better then the invader.

Excellent

I knew I was looking for something high output and versatile, and this is it. It doesn't cut out any lows like some other modern guitar pickups do (especially geared toward metalheads). This is perfect for a subtractive approach to your tone profile. You've got all the frequencies and output you could ever ask for, which gives you the freedom to whittle your tone into anything you want.

Sounds awesome in the bridge position of my custom SSH Super Strat build! I have used these before in a HH configuration. I love them. You can tell this pickup really means business. Love the chug I get from them. Great for metal. I paired it with a set of Quarter pounder single coils this time.

Absolutely amazing!!!

I have been using the Invader for a long time. My main guitar is a 1995 USA made PRS Custom 24. I fell in love with the Invader because it sounds slightly different, yet similar to the bridge pick up in my PRS. So with all my non-PRS guitars, the bridge pick up is always an Invader. While it is very well suited for metal, it is not a one trick pony. I use it for a variety of rock based genres.

They're grrrrrrrrrrrreat!

I love it! Gives that extra punch and crunch I was looking for!

Love the sound! I put one in the bridge position of my Studio Les Paul.

Nice and hot just like I wanted!

I threw this set in a cheap Donner LP and that is now my favorite guitar to grab. I play it with a Fender Mustang GTX 100 and its sounds great on all the channels. Very easy to install, take the SD soldering course online if you haven't already! One problem I have to mention is I purchased this set from Musicians Friend the first time and believed there was a problem with one of my pickups. You see I happened to be entered in the SD soldering course at the time my pickups arrived in the mail and I was in the module that explains using a multimeter to check your electrical components. When the instructor tested the pickups he was going to install I decided to test mine as well. The neck pickup gave me a bad reading (most of you already know why) and that resulted a back and fourth between me and Musicians Friend. Ultimately I installed the bridge pickup and ordered a lone invader neck pickup from the SD website certain it would read correctly. It didn't and I was floored but I found it hard to believe I had 3 bad invader neck pickups in front of me (three? don't ask) so after MUCH digging online I discovered the answer. Apparently there is a cap wired on the neck pickup that will cause your multimeter to read "open" when testing the circuit. The guy in your video couldn't mention this situation or maybe even the paperwork for the pickup?!? Well it's a pretty good course and it's free so I shouldn't complain, it just sucks I paid so much for this set ha ha. Enjoy the pickups!

A great sounding pickup that I didn’t know I was missing. I’d recently started modifying my Peavey Raptor and added this humbucker and it sounds like a whole new guitar. Easy install and setup, especially with all the info Seymour Duncan has online. Great product from a great company.

Quick delivery. Great pickup. Thanks

love the Invader but I want another SLUG, thinking about putting the Invader and the Slug together in my next hot rodded axe. thank you for the best pickups in the world.

Great pickup over all however, inevitably, the sustain on you guitar will lower slightly since these pickups have a stronger pull on the strings.

I think the Invader is a really kick ass pickup. It lets me get those pinch harmonics out effortlessly.

Previously, I used a pair of Duncan Designed HB-102. They sound really nice on my custom Jackson Kelly. When I changed my DD to this pair of Invaders, they transform my guitar! Too much power gives from this pups but surprisingly can articulate very well under heavy distortion. I must lower my gain on my drive pedal to get a decent distortion. Not only transform my sound, but also the look of my guitar. That huge screws are my favourite parts of this pups!

Sounds huge and looks great!

IN YOUR FACE TONE FOR DAYS. I have my Invader set on 550K pots with a .033pf cap on the neck and a .022pf cap on the bridge with a big fat overkill of a treble bleed and I drown out the drummer with ease i have plenty of tone no matter where i am on the dial and with the neck N coil split its like i have a Strat On Steroids they sound amazing clean, but when its time to get down and dirty they do it like no other

I thought some of the other brands of high gain pickups were actually high gain..? That is until I tried this one, and believe me it is a punchy hot aggressive pickup, but has a articulate and smooth voice for lead work in spades! I really appreciate the tonality of Duncan pickups, there's no brittleness, or harsh upper mid spiking like so many other p.u.'s on the market, yet they have zero problem cutting through the mix.. All the right EQ curve's in the correct places to truly inspire the best of techniques and creativity.. job well done a⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating truly isn't high enough 👍👍

Awesome sound. Everything I expected from SD and more. This is one amazing pickup.

I've had an Invader pickup on my Les Paul in the bridge position for over thirty years, and it still sound amazingly awesome! I decided to put one in the neck position on a newer guitar, and it is just as articulate, crisp and sweet sounding! Eventually, these pickups will be "invading" all my guitars, in every position.

Bought a set of Invaders and added to my DIY project (single-cut): sounds super rich, especially when played drop tunings. I've added to both a split/parallel/series mode and this gives you so many sound options. Great job done at Seymour Duncan team.

they sound awesome in my ESP LTD EC-300 AT

Extremely articulate for being so overpowered. It's a real blast to play!

Sounds excellent as always... though Ibdo wish the bottom was a little tighter and had a few more highs for an 8 string ... but overall it was a VAST improvement over the Lundgren M8 that I replaced

Rib rubbing lows, very clear cleans, pride punching progression, having to readjust settings to their outrageous additude, and clairvoyant creativity. In short, lovin the grimoire out of em.

My son loves it! Sounds awesome!

They are great to use and sound great too. When I saw Synyster gates use the Invader pickups on his guitars. I noticed how awesome they sounded.

Bought it to sound like blink 182 dude ranch days. Couldn't be happier. Everything I wanted. Sounds great!

I put these in a Jackson style guitar that I built it shreds love them thank you very much

I got ordered these off of Sweetwater and put them into a squier bullet Strat for a mod project, and my god these are amazing. They scream on a heavy metal tone, and they have a great clean tone with a coil split and are very versatile pickups. Definitely would buy for other project guitars.

Arrived quickly from Seymour’s website, the invader sounds great in the Strat, playing a lot of punk so it’s more then hot enough to get chunky distorted tones✌🏼