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pickups used on vintage SG's

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11/4/1999 3:00 AM
JC	pickups used on vintage SG's I would like to know which pickups (model, reference#...) where installed on old SG's? Are there nowadays any real good replacements for those p/u's that would fit right in? Thanks.

11/4/1999 3:17 AM
Dave James	...well, I have a 1972 SG Special with big old "soap bar" P90s. I've never researched replacement pick ups for the beast. Later, Dave James

11/4/1999 3:19 AM
Dave James	On second thought, the Gibson Blueshawk B90s should drop right in (yes, that's "B" as in "Baker"). They do have a different tone being a humbucking/dummy coil arrangement, but sound good anyway. Later, Dave James

11/5/1999 2:08 AM

So, those pickups with the chrome cover are P90's...
I see.
Are they the same they where on the LesPauls from that era? I think I remember they were externally the same.
I say this because in that case, I know a shop that sells them, Gibson product. Not vintage, new made.

Anybody has tried these?
Similar sound to the vintage ones? I like the way the old ones overdrive the amp... but I'm afraid they must be hard to find nowadays.

Thanks again.

jc

11/5/1999 6:03 PM
Dave James	P90s usually have black plastic covers. You might seem them in white from time to time. The chrome covered guys are humbuckers of some sort. The circa 72 SG I referenced was a little odd in that it had P90s instead of the more typical humbuckers. I believe current SG's use humbuckers exclusively . Later, Dave James

11/5/1999 7:54 PM
Earl	P-90 pickups had chrome covers in the dog ear form factor. As soap bars they were cream or black plastic. SG specials at one time were exclusively outfitted with p-90's now they have exposed humbuckers(no cover).

11/7/1999 4:38 AM

Re: pickups used on vintage SG's (PAF's?)

Lot of questions now...

I have been searching for info on the net.
What I'm looking for is for what it is called PAF's humbuckers. They're expensive

Q1.: How could they be "alnicos" if there where no visible pole pieces, just six bolt nuts?

Q2.: About what year did they have to be manufactured to be considered real PAF's (and deliver "that" tone?)

Q3.: If the new made '57 Classic Gibson HB's are "exact" replicas, even if the alnico is not naturaly aged, I presume they must sound nicely. Similar in difference like between pu's in an American Standard and older alnico start pickups, I guess. Am I right?

jc

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