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UP FOR GRABS...A RARE MATCHED SET OF 1988 GIBSON THE ORIGINAL HB-R (7.6k) & THE ORIGINAL HB-L (13.65k) HUMBUCKER PICKUPS FROM A 1988 GIBSON LES PAUL STANDARD. 4 WIRE SO THEY CAN BE SPLIT/TAPPED. BOTTOM LINE...THESE ARE GREAT SOUNDING PICKUPS IN ANY APPLICATION!!! $164.99 VIA PAYPAL GIFT (SHIPPED PRICE IN THE CONTIENTAL USA.
The Gibson HB-R (neck position) and the HB-L (bridge position) "The Original" Circuit-Board Humbuckers were the result of an exceptional collaboration between Bill Lawrence and Gibson when he re-joined the Gibson team in the late eighties.
The HB-R & HB-L pickups are thought by many to combine the low-end aggressiveness of a Bill Lawrence 500-L with the precision of a Gibson Classic '57 Humbucker
After having several pairs of these pickups and using them in various guitars, I finally got a handle on these pickups - the Gibson HB-R/HB-L Humbuckers are of a "High Fidelity" Nature very much like Ultrasonic Humbuckers (also Bill Lawrence Designed) in that they both had Circuit Board Backs, Low String Pull/No Feedback so you can put them as close to the strings as you want w/o issues, Manufactured in West Germany, and, if you read the below description...it is pretty much word for word describes these humbuckers...
*** UltraSonics were passive pickups made in West Germany and designed by Bill Lawrence. They were billed as being tonaly neutral so they let the guitars natural character through. They did this by having a flat eq. They also used "rare earth magnets".
Ultrasonics should be installed very close to the strings because they have virtually no string pull. They are not alike ordinary passive pickups.
Recently pulled from the below guitar...
The Gibson HB-R (neck position) and the HB-L (bridge position) "The Original" Circuit-Board Humbuckers were the result of an exceptional collaboration between Bill Lawrence and Gibson when he re-joined the Gibson team in the late eighties.
The HB-R & HB-L pickups are thought by many to combine the low-end aggressiveness of a Bill Lawrence 500-L with the precision of a Gibson Classic '57 Humbucker
After having several pairs of these pickups and using them in various guitars, I finally got a handle on these pickups - the Gibson HB-R/HB-L Humbuckers are of a "High Fidelity" Nature very much like Ultrasonic Humbuckers (also Bill Lawrence Designed) in that they both had Circuit Board Backs, Low String Pull/No Feedback so you can put them as close to the strings as you want w/o issues, Manufactured in West Germany, and, if you read the below description...it is pretty much word for word describes these humbuckers...
*** UltraSonics were passive pickups made in West Germany and designed by Bill Lawrence. They were billed as being tonaly neutral so they let the guitars natural character through. They did this by having a flat eq. They also used "rare earth magnets".
Ultrasonics should be installed very close to the strings because they have virtually no string pull. They are not alike ordinary passive pickups.
Recently pulled from the below guitar...
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