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Gibson Pickups Through the Ages Question


bluezguy

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So ... history tells us that as of 1965 or so, Gibson settled on using Alnico 5 magnets exclusively. Is this true? Can anyone verify this? So then, since Tom Holmes created the 57 Classic in the early 80s, I'm gonna guess he went back to Alnico 2 for that adventure right?

Does that mean that the Shaw humbuckers were all Alnico 5 or, does anyone realy know?

I just built a winding machine and would like to collect as much input as possible before donuts and dollars are spent on wrong bobbins, wire, magnets etc.

Thanks

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I would think that the "aftermarket" manufacturers (Lawrence, Duncan, Dimarzio, etc) would be the place to find out this kind of information, as 1) they were the first to offer recreations of the PAF's and others as far back as the 70's, and 2) they are more likely to publish historical information on Gibson pickups since it's not THEIR intellectual property.

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