Shadow SH661 4-Conductor

I have both an old version Shadow SH661 pickup and a new one.

+ PROS:
* Good sound for a good price

- CONS
* Wrong wiring color code! (for old and new versions)
* Wires are very thin (hard to work with);
* There are no mounting screws or springs included.

The first pickup I have bought 10 years ago. To improve the sound of my first cheap guitar. I liked it much for that price and now I have purchased a new one for neck position.

The worst thing about new pickup was a completely wrong wiring color code! After soldering (according to instruction) I received a single coil with a lot of hum! I had to study about pickups and determine wires myself with Multimeter. The old version pickup had also wrong wiring code, but it was at least a humbucker but with reversed polarity.

The new Shadow version is no more made in Germany, but in China and comes in small and very cheap plastic box. It also looks different. Black wrapping is different, the rails are nickel black instead of steel, the shadow logo is yellow instead of white and a wiring color code was different.

I will recommend passive EMG pickups instead. For example EMG HZ S4. It costs only 10 euro more but the quality is just great! It also has mounting screws and springs. The wires are thick and prewired.

Bought this pick up for a cheap strat i had..!! Fitted perfectly in the guitar..! This pickup has 4 conductor which id never used before so i really had to study the instructions and those some research to se what way it was wired to the guitar...!! After all of that i wired red hot black and sheild to ground blue and white together together.!! Wasn't really blowing away my the tone but it was ok..!! Found the single single coils in the guitar to b louder than the humbucker..!! The tone on the humbucker its self was very twangy i found i kinda taught there would b more kick..!! But over all a good pickup for the price..!!!