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  • #46
    Re: gibson pickups - you like them?

    Originally posted by TMD
    What do you think of the 496T?
    Haven’t played it, nor do I remember ever hearing of it.

    The 496R is more than hot enough to be a bridge pickup, to my taste.
    Originally posted by LesStrat
    Yogi Berra was correct.
    Originally posted by JOLLY
    I do a few chord things, some crappy lead stuff, and then some rhythm stuff.

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    • #47
      Re: gibson pickups - you like them?

      I agree... It has a lot of output.

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      • #48
        Re: gibson pickups - you like them?

        Originally posted by beaubrummels View Post
        Isn’t it the same pickups? Like 490R/490T? (I wasn’t aware Gibson bothered to make an actual difference between R/T when the modem number is the same. What is the difference?)
        The 490 R and T are different pickups, beyond just the name. The T is overwound (but only enough to help balance output).

        496R in the bridge position with a 490R in the neck position is a nice combo, when you want a bit more beef in the bridge over a 490/490 set – but not enough extra beef to go to the 498T or 500T. 496R is meant to be a neck pickup along with a firebreathing bridge pickup, but it's really just a slightly hot vintage wind with a ceramic magnet. It's thus very much like a classic early '70s hot rodded PAF pickup – like something that might have originally been a Gibson pickup, but sent in to be "Seymourized" for some more power.

        I don't think I had heard of the 496T until this thread. I would imagine that it's perhaps in between a 496R and a 498T, or maybe just a ceramic powered version of a 498T.
        Last edited by ItsaBass; 05-31-2020, 09:14 PM.
        Originally posted by LesStrat
        Yogi Berra was correct.
        Originally posted by JOLLY
        I do a few chord things, some crappy lead stuff, and then some rhythm stuff.

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        • #49
          Re: gibson pickups - you like them?

          Originally posted by ItsaBass View Post
          Some of the things on this list are nuts. A BB#1 being a 6.5K pickup is laughable. IME, they range from the high-mid 7Ks (e.g. 7.7K), to about 8K. I've never even seen a BB#1 measure as low as your DCR for a BB#2! BB#2s are at least 8.25K IME, and BB#3s are high 8Ks. Are you just making stuff up?
          The BB Pro set is a BB1 and BB2 with A5 magnets, the impedance of those pickups should match.

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          • #50
            Re: gibson pickups - you like them?

            Originally posted by dr.barlo View Post
            I've had 2 BB sets (BB#2 and BB#1 set) one from a 03 R8 and another 04 R7 and both were not potted. Mine were not squealing and those were good pickups.

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            Of course non-wax potted pickups won't squeal through a 9V battery powered amp. Use real amps with serious decibels then report back on those pickups. Why do you think they started to wax pot pickups?

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            • #51
              Re: gibson pickups - you like them?

              Originally posted by esandes View Post
              Of course non-wax potted pickups won't squeal through a 9V battery powered amp. Use real amps with serious decibels then report back on those pickups. Why do you think they started to wax pot pickups?
              WTF?



              50W's... with 2 EL34's.

              So that's a 9V battery powered amp right?

              I was polite in my first post...

              Originally posted by esandes View Post
              I got my info from the Gibson forum and the guy said Gibson confirmed it to be true.

              One way to find out. Crank it with the strings muffled and stand 6 feet away from the amp. Any squeal can also be due to the cover being a bit loose.

              You don't know ****! Go ask those in the Gibson forum to "the guy" and come back!

              I've been using non-wax potted pickups for the last 20+ years. And that includes 70's deluxes. Sure some squeal, but that's not the rule. But you wouldn't know that without consulting to the guy on the Gibson forum...

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              • #52
                Re: gibson pickups - you like them?

                Never heard of or seen a 496t

                500t is my favorite. Pop in an explorer and melt faces.


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