Welp, Gibson finally did it. The ultimate blues lawyer shakedown: $1K guitar pickups. Complete madness.
https://www.gearnews.com/gibson-999-paf ... tone-ever/
Thousand bucks for Gibson pickups
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burpgun
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bodhi
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Re: Thousand bucks for Gibson pickups
This might not be the correct part of the forum for this post...
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Larry Mal
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It's very embarrassing being a guitar player at times.
Back in those days, everyone knew that if you were talking about Destiny's Child, you were talking about Beyonce, LaTavia, LeToya, and Larry.
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efiug
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Looks like they also just launched some firebird pickups.
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GilmourD
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Re: Thousand bucks for Gibson pickups
How much has an actual set of real '59 PAFs been going for lately?
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Larry Mal
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That's pretty cool. Priced competitively. They had been putting ceramic pickups on Firebirds for a long time and started doing the Alnico again, so I suppose they are putting them out for sale.
They are also selling the Alnico Thunderbird pickups, but I don't know it that's new.
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Nice that they come in a case though. I often struggle with where to keep my pickups when I’m not using them.
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Still cheaper than the Seymour Duncan Zephyr pickups.
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Pure madness yet again from Gibson. Just when you thought, you had seen it all.
When are they dropping the Murphy Lab aged version for 2K?
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Perfect!marqueemoon wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:55 pmNice that they come in a case though. I often struggle with where to keep my pickups when I’m not using them.
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mikeyjames56
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Gibson seems to be more interested in the high-price, limited edition strategy a lot of watch brands are doing.
But I don't even know what to make of this. I love a good magnet wrapped in copper wire but that's nuts.
But I don't even know what to make of this. I love a good magnet wrapped in copper wire but that's nuts.
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I hate it when my pickups and weed fight over storage space.marqueemoon wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:55 pmNice that they come in a case though. I often struggle with where to keep my pickups when I’m not using them.
This is exactly where my mind went when i saw the announcement. It was a joke themnand it's a joke now.
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Who uses pickups anyway? I keep mine in velvet-lined cases inside a glass display cabinet.marqueemoon wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:55 pmNice that they come in a case though. I often struggle with where to keep my pickups when I’m not using them.
