Gibson 70’s Tribute Humbuckers

[rich85]

Has anybody got official specs of the Gibson 70’s tribute Humbuckers they are using in a lot of models at the moment.

It appears they are around 15k resistance with Alnico 5 magnets which unless I am missing a pickup is not something Gibson made in the 70’s?

This weeks price increase included

 

[ARandall]

Well, the Dirty Fingers was released in 78.

 

[rich85]

Well, the Dirty Fingers was released in 78.

I thought they were all Ceramic? And Gibson already make reissues?

 

[ARandall]

All I can imaging is that they are wound to be in a tribute line.......all of the pickups in these sort of guitars tend to be 2nd tier. Not the top range.

 

[jbash]

I haven't played any but if they are measuring that high, then the only thing that close is a DF.

For some reason I thought these were T top wannabees....but maybe they were trying to go with the Tarbucker vibe and they are that high of a resistance in order to get a similar tone not being able to use indox 7 mags?

 

[BayouGTR]

I thought they were all Ceramic? And Gibson already make reissues?

It’s a “tribute”.

 

[rich85]

I haven't played any but if they are measuring that high, then the only thing that close is a DF.

For some reason I thought these were T top wannabees....but maybe they were trying to go with the Tarbucker vibe and they are that high of a resistance in order to get a similar tone not being able to use indox 7 mags?

The clips I have heard they sound like JB clones to me. They overdrive most preamps on a clean sound.

 

[rich85]

It’s a “tribute”.

This is not the greatest pickup in the world

 

[jbash]

The clips I have heard they sound like JB clones to me. They overdrive most preamps on a clean sound.

Well certainly a Dirty Fingers does that, so that's my guess of what they are a tribute to, but that really wasn't what was commonly in the Vs and Explorers of the 70s. Tarbacks were in the majority of them, then the DF became more common in the 80s.

The Tarbacks were very low resistance, but an extremely strong (and no longer available since the Cold War, I believe) magnet made from Indox 7. I had an original Bicentennial Explorer as my first Gibson and I did not know at the time, but it's my understanding the Tarbacks were what was in those guitars. I thought they sounded amazing. Really punchy but low output and nasty under gain (in a good way). Very different from Dirty Fingers.

 

[DADDEO]

Just asked this question in a thread I've started. Should have looked further than the end of my nose, ah well, once a dickhead.....

 

[aentons]

The Gibson L6-S Super Humbucking pickup was in the 70's and clocked in at about 16k. They didn't have pole pieces tho.

Could the Tribute just be a Dirty Fingers or a 500T with different magnet type.