Gibson J45 Brad Paisley - Different Electronics ?

[Mattes]

Hello guys,

i am from germany and i am in contact with a man who sells a Gibson J45 Brad Paisley.

He bought it in 2011 in a german guitar store.

 

Here is the link: http://kleinanzeigen.ebay.de/anzeigen/s-anzeige/gibson-j-45-brad-paisley-signature-model/187897351-74-3110?ref=search

 

If you have a closer look to the pictures ( picture No# 5 ) you´ll notice that the Pickup is a "Fishman Ellipse Blend"

 

If you now have a look at the Gibson-Homepage you will find a different type of Pickup in the specs. Its called "Fishman Ellipse Aura"

 

Here is the link: http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Acoustic-Instruments/Round-Shoulder/Gibson-Acoustic/Brad-Paisley-J-45/Specs.aspx

 

 

Why have the guitar from the german seller a different kind of PU ? The seller told me that he didnt noticed it because he only

plays it at home acousticly.

 

Hope you can help me out.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Mattes

[zombywoof]

Wasn't that Ellipse Blend system discontinued? The one in the pic though does looks like the Ellipse Matrix Blend.

[MissouriPicker]

The "blend" system may have been what they put in a few Paisley J45s before they quit production of the pickups. That's just a suggestion.....I also have read that Peter Towneshend of The Who had some put in a group of J200s that he owned. I know I read that somewhere. Here's a short discussion I found on The AGF about these two pickups. Hope I'm not making the issue more confusing for you. http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=193664