Need Your Help Identifying This Gibson Humbucker...

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So I pulled the pair of pups out of my 2001 Gibson LP Standard last night. For some reason, I was under the assumption that there was a pair of 57 Classics in there. Now I'm not so sure. Definitely a Gibson pickup (with the "Patent Applied For" sticker on there), and obviously they're Alnico 5. Both pickups are labeled similarly, with the other one saying "#1" on it instead of "#2".

I pulled this pickups out of the LP and replaced with a set of zebra Fralin Pure PAFs. It was late by the time I was finished, so I can't give a good review of the tonal changes/improvements until I've spent some time with the new pickups. But here's a shot of my LP with them installed. I sure like the look of them!

 

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Re: Need Your Help Identifying This Gibson Humbucker...

Okay... so I'm starting to think that these pups are Burstbuckers. Seems like that's what's being said in this thread... http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/pickups/177884-does-gibson-make-their-own-pickups.html

 

[LtKojak]

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"#1" on it instead of "#2".

Those are a Burstbucker Pro set, meaning a BB#1+BB#2 with Alnico 5 mags.

HTH,

 

[allbutromeo]

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They look like the Burstbuckers, which is interesting since the 2001 Standard should have 490R/498T set, but if it's a late production maybe they started putting the BB's before the "official" switch in 2002. In 02 Standards had the BB V set, which was later renamed the Burstbucker Pro IIRC

 

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Re: Need Your Help Identifying This Gibson Humbucker...

Gotchya. Thanks for the info guys! I'll likely end-up selling or trading them out at some point. I can't imagine preferring them over the Fralins.