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Gibson Dirty Fingers. The older ones from the 70s and 80s.
Most unique sounding humbuckers?
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Each of the following are pickups I currently use, love, and that are (somewhat) unique
490R with an Alnico IV magnet. I have this in the neck of my main guitar, a les paul gold top. I use a 1M volume pot, a no-load tone control, and a resistor in place for a partial coil split. I know the 490R is not well regarded, but damn do I love how this turned out! It has a bright and full neck humbucker tone, can do the singing Les Paul neck lead tone, and it sounds remarkably stratty when split.
Burstbucker 3 with an alnico VI mag. I love this in the bridge of the les paul I mentioned above. It's my main guitar, and this tone is to die for.
Pegasus w/ a ceramic mag. Love this in my cheap, heavily modded Jackson V. Chug-a-lug.
Pegasus w/ an alnico VI mag. I have this in the bridge of my Charvel HSS DK24. It does the JB thing, without all the annoying things about a JB.
Gravity storm bridge pickup. I have this in the bridge of a "Slick SL52" - a very weird, budget single cut guitar that I basically bought to mod and have fun with. I saw the gravity storm ridiculously cheaply on reverb ($30), snatched it up, and am so glad that I did. This pickup manages to have a lot of definition and cut while also being quite beefy and thiccc. I think Dimarzio go this one right.
490R with an Alnico IV magnet. I have this in the neck of my main guitar, a les paul gold top. I use a 1M volume pot, a no-load tone control, and a resistor in place for a partial coil split. I know the 490R is not well regarded, but damn do I love how this turned out! It has a bright and full neck humbucker tone, can do the singing Les Paul neck lead tone, and it sounds remarkably stratty when split.
Burstbucker 3 with an alnico VI mag. I love this in the bridge of the les paul I mentioned above. It's my main guitar, and this tone is to die for.
Pegasus w/ a ceramic mag. Love this in my cheap, heavily modded Jackson V. Chug-a-lug.
Pegasus w/ an alnico VI mag. I have this in the bridge of my Charvel HSS DK24. It does the JB thing, without all the annoying things about a JB.
Gravity storm bridge pickup. I have this in the bridge of a "Slick SL52" - a very weird, budget single cut guitar that I basically bought to mod and have fun with. I saw the gravity storm ridiculously cheaply on reverb ($30), snatched it up, and am so glad that I did. This pickup manages to have a lot of definition and cut while also being quite beefy and thiccc. I think Dimarzio go this one right.
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