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Ibanez V8 https://www.tonejourney.com/post/ibanez-v8-pickup

Looking hot? ;)

I will. I've just received the box. According to the social media guy they are not being produced anymore. But their Turkish dealer told me that they will manufacture pickups as batches special to them.

I have just bought a Golden 50 bridge in double cream. Perfectly new and smoking. But the inductance is much lower than advertised. I think they had measured higher frequencies because at 100Hz it lower than 5H.

Well, i am not the #1 fan of Gibson pickups. There are some models i enjoy like BB1 and BB2 but i remember the first time i tried 57 Classic and how i disappointed. 490T is not a popular hb among the Gibson pickup fans but i liked it on the bridge of my strat.

AFAIK That's why Dimarzio designs their PAF clones to sound warmer. Not to replicate the old recipe, to reanimation of the final sound.

According to my in-life experience i would say Seth Lovers. I had a Heritage H-535 for a while with Lover set and it was fantastic guitars. But if i had a hollow body right now, i would probably go for Dimarzio Air Classic or Bluesbucker in the neck and PAF 36th (DP223) or Virtual HOT PAF in...

For covers, yes, i can't agree more. Most of them have very thick chrome covers made of brass. There several companies that makes really affordable and cool pickups: Artec, Donlis, Fleor, Tonerider etc.

Humbuckers are for that job :)

I think they are all magnets. I may ask the owner if i can remember who sent me that photo :)

Another sample photo from me. Dimarzio Super Distortion P90

Former version of that guitar was sooooo messy or complicated with its 2 hum and 2 singles and many controls, you know :) Y2D models feels so familiar :)

Theretically Duncan Custom. They share very similar dcr readings on their bobbins and series dcr. But the construction makes the difference.

As far as i understand you may need some mid-mids. So what i can suggest you is from dimarzio: Al DiMeola neck. Or DP103 PAF or Bluesbucker.

https://www.tonejourney.com/post/dimarzio-humbucker-from-hell-review HFH is not a weak pickup. I still use it with Air Zone in the bridge and i can say they pair well in output-wise (not the tone). I would consider Bluesbucker, PAF Pro or Al DiMeola Neck, if i were you.