Any fans of Gibson 57 Classic humbuckers?

[Duffy1949]

Re: Any fans of Gibson 57 Classic humbuckers?

I have the 57 classic and plus covered pickup set in a LP and like the pickups. I'm going to try the Antiquities in another guitar soon.

I have the Seymour Duncan JB bridge and Jazz neck, black open coils, in my black twin humbucker strat with a black pickguard and a maple fretboard. It has black knurled P bass type knobs instead of the unsightly "amp style" knobs it came with. This is a super "stealth" type guitar, looks laid back; but man can that JB scream. Those pickups replaced the stock chrome covered Fender Blacktop strat humbuckers that came in it. No comparison.

The JB is a great bridge pickup for a bright sound that you can mellow out with the tone knob on the guitar. I also like the '59 neck pickup I have in other guitars. The JB and '59 can be a great pickup set in a twin humbucker guitar.

I have a Pearly Gates stock, custom made for Fender, in my Lonestar Strat. The new Lonestar's are way different from mine and mine is only about two years old, if that. I like mine better than the new ones and the pickups are great. The Pearly Gates is a great bridge pickup in a HSS guitar.

I wonder if the OP is still getting these messages? It would be interesting to see if he still has that 57 in the strat.

 

[Geraldo]

Re: Any fans of Gibson 57 Classic humbuckers?

Very nice Duffy..

 

[marvar]

Re: Any fans of Gibson 57 Classic humbuckers?

I like the 57 classics, not that crazy about the 57+ for some reason.

 

[JeffB]

Re: Any fans of Gibson 57 Classic humbuckers?

Big fan here. Since the switch to polysol, I like them far better, much less muddy, more articulate,and more aggressive than the older plain enamel wire versions. Have one in my 335S, and a Super/Classic in my Les Paul.

Basswood? IDK. Worth a shot I guess.

As a follow up


Have a pair of standard old 57s in my new Les Paul Classic now, and they sound awesome. The addition of a covered 57 in the bridge really opened the guitar. Bought a nickel cover for the neck to install/. That said I am NOT going for a PAF sound. I am going for that late pat#/T top type of sound, and the newer 57s with spn wire are essentially a slightly hotter, slightly warmer version (polished A2 vs. the short A5, and high 7ks vs low to mid 7Ks.)

I tried a UOA5 in the Super 57, let it marinate for a week, and meh.... nice chewy mids, but it seemed to lose its width of sound.....got narrow and congested/too focused (like a stock Custiom 5). I do not really like the 57 Plus or Super 57 (they are different, super is more open, more highs and lows, than the Plus)