So unique that they're not even P-90s.Mighty Tom wrote: Those original '54 black P-90s with the gold rectangular pole pieces are really unique.
Re: Zhivago's Vintage Hotties - 1954 Les Paul Custom
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Re: Zhivago's Vintage Hotties - 1954 Les Paul Custom
Here is a little write up on the Alnico V pickup.
link wrote:Though the pickups had a specific designation at Gibson, they are referred to by collectors as "alnico V" pickups because they incorporated alnico V magnets. Use of an alnico V magnet isn't particularly unique (Gibson has used the same magnet on several pickups) but that name has always stuck with that pickup. The pickup was designed by Seth Lover, the man who invented the humbucker. Gibson had been using the P90 pickup exclusively on all electric guitars for several years. Gibson asked Lover, who worked for Gibson in its R&D and electronics department, to come up with a more powerful pickup that more closely resembled the D'Armond single coil pickup that was popular at that time (D'Armonds were most notably used on the Gretsch duo jet line and other Gretsch electrics). ...
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Interesting - I was going to mention that the construction of that pickup reminded me of DeArmond Dynasonics.
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