WICKED LESTER
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anyone know anything about these?
magnet type?
resistance?
low or high output?
magnet type?
resistance?
low or high output?
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Ibanez' SUPER 70 pup?
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WICKED LESTER
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Re: Ibanez' SUPER 70 pup?
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gripweed
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I think that they are wound like a PAF, but the magnet in them is Alnico 8! They're a bright pickup from what I understand. I considered buying one off of ebay recently-- it went unsold twice. I could have gotten it for $20. Got a line on one Lester
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I think that they are wound like a PAF, but the magnet in them is Alnico 8! They're a bright pickup from what I understand. I considered buying one off of ebay recently-- it went unsold twice. I could have gotten it for $20. Got a line on one Lester
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WICKED LESTER
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Re: Ibanez' SUPER 70 pup?
yeah i may sell you mine after i get it in the mail :cool3:gripweed said:I think that they are wound like a PAF, but the magnet in them is Alnico 8! They're a bright pickup from what I understand. I considered buying one off of ebay recently-- it went unsold twice. I could have gotten it for $20. Got a line on one Lester
TremoloKing
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I hate to let the cat out of the bag but Super 70s are extremely nice mid-60s to early 70s Gibson pups. I have a 1981 AR-50 Artist with them and it sounds amazing. Many people have commented on how great that guitar sounds.
They are Alnico V (5) and the neck pickup is wound for about 7.55K ohms DC resistance and the bridge is about 7.85K ohms.
They are modeled after the T-top humbuckers. They have a decent amount of snap in the high end but I wouldn't call them bright. Very nicely balanced tonally.
They sound nothing like the tapped Ibanez humbuckers that replaced them on the Artists of the mid 60s. I think those are tinny sounding.
In fact, I'm hoping that when I put Alnico V magnets in my Duncan Antiquities that they will sound more like (hopefully even better than) my Super 70s.
But $20? Cripes, you'll spend over 3 times that for another pickup that even starts to come close in sound quality.
I hate to let the cat out of the bag but Super 70s are extremely nice mid-60s to early 70s Gibson pups. I have a 1981 AR-50 Artist with them and it sounds amazing. Many people have commented on how great that guitar sounds.
They are Alnico V (5) and the neck pickup is wound for about 7.55K ohms DC resistance and the bridge is about 7.85K ohms.
They are modeled after the T-top humbuckers. They have a decent amount of snap in the high end but I wouldn't call them bright. Very nicely balanced tonally.
They sound nothing like the tapped Ibanez humbuckers that replaced them on the Artists of the mid 60s. I think those are tinny sounding.
In fact, I'm hoping that when I put Alnico V magnets in my Duncan Antiquities that they will sound more like (hopefully even better than) my Super 70s.
But $20? Cripes, you'll spend over 3 times that for another pickup that even starts to come close in sound quality.
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TremoloKing
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WICKED LESTER
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Re: Ibanez' SUPER 70 pup?
hey that artist is SWEET man! :saeek:TremoloKing said:
TremoloKing
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Thanks, Lester. Too bad it's so effin heavy. But it sounds nice for as long as I can tolerate it on my shoulder.
Gripweed,
I wasn't aware of the Super 70s being Alnico VIII. Thanks for the correction.
I had read that they were V, but I don't remember where.
For a short time I put a pair of late 60s Gibson T-tops in the Artist and there wasn't much of a change. I did sense that the Super 70 sounded a little bit fuller, so I re-installed them and I think I was right, though the difference was subtle.
Thanks, Lester. Too bad it's so effin heavy. But it sounds nice for as long as I can tolerate it on my shoulder.
Gripweed,
I wasn't aware of the Super 70s being Alnico VIII. Thanks for the correction.
I had read that they were V, but I don't remember where.
For a short time I put a pair of late 60s Gibson T-tops in the Artist and there wasn't much of a change. I did sense that the Super 70 sounded a little bit fuller, so I re-installed them and I think I was right, though the difference was subtle.
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