I was told mine had rough cast alnico v in it (1980) so could he be wrong or could there be some that still had them? How different would these be tonewise? Mine are still drawer rockers that is why i ask, hope you don't mind. Just can't look at it as it is a covered pickup, only the older ttop i have is uncovered.Gibson was already using ceramic magnets with the "T" bobbins by 1979. "T-Top" is too vague for that period to know what design you have under the cover.
The ceramic magnet pickups from that period are a little taller/thicker. As in the distance from the top of the cover to the bottom of the baseplate is greater, due to the thicker magnet and spacers, inside.I was told mine had rough cast alnico v in it (1980) so could he be wrong or could there be some that still had them? How different would these be tonewise? Mine are still drawer rockers that is why i ask, hope you don't mind. Just can't look at it as it is a covered pickup, only the older ttop i have is uncovered.
Precursor to the Dirty Fingers?Not quite a Super Distortion, but in that direction.
Yes. ...though not a graceful transition. What Gibson was doing with humbuckers in the 1978-1982 or so was nearly “anything goes.”Precursor to the Dirty Fingers?
I would LOVE to hear your take on the methods used in ‘57-65. Legend has it that PAFs are very unreliable in terms of continuity. Stories abound that ‘Madge’ the winder just wound pups until they looked ‘right’. A former tech had stories of wealthy clients who shelled out for PAFs and ended up with total duds, and little else than bragging rights.That’s actually more a period of chaos in Gibson humbuckers than the 1957-1965 era.
He wrote a book all about itI would LOVE to hear your take on the methods used in ‘57-65. Legend has it that PAFs are very unreliable in terms of continuity. Stories abound that ‘Madge’ the winder just wound pups until they looked ‘right’. A former tech had stories of wealthy clients who shelled out for PAFs and ended up with total duds, and little else than bragging rights.
I've been offering to buy the "dog" PAFs for about 10 years, at a fairly discounted rate considering their terrible sound, of course, and nobody has ever taken me up on it.I would LOVE to hear your take on the methods used in ‘57-65. Legend has it that PAFs are very unreliable in terms of continuity. Stories abound that ‘Madge’ the winder just wound pups until they looked ‘right’. A former tech had stories of wealthy clients who shelled out for PAFs and ended up with total duds, and little else than bragging rights.
I bet he didn’t realise his guitar has ceramic mag pickups in it lolGibson was already using ceramic magnets with the "T" bobbins by 1979. "T-Top" is too vague for that period to know what design you have under the cover.
He doesn’t know that and neither do you. The whole point of the post was to illustrate the lack of clarity. And what’s funny about it?I bet he didn’t realise his guitar has ceramic mag pickups in it lol