Revelation Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 (edited) My 1989 Heritage Cherry Sunburst has these pickups. The interesting thing is I can pull the tone knobs and get them to be single coil. So I thought someone must have put other pickups in the guitar. But based on the limited information, they are original? Google search said the following The Gibson pickup with patent number 2,737,842 is quite interesting! This patent number is actually for a Gibson bridge, but it was used on their pickups from around 1962 to 19901. These pickups are often referred to as “Patent Number” pickups and are known for their vintage humbucker sound. So are these closest to a certain Burst Bucker? I never heard of these pickups. So call the Dirty Fingers pickups. Can anyone enlighten me on these pickups. Edited August 3 by Revelation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieDog Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Do you possibly have a typo either in the header or the body? Header says 2.747… and the body quote is talking about 2.737…. they are not the same number? Beyond that I’m no help. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revelation Posted September 2 Author Share Posted September 2 (edited) I am surprised that no one on the Gibson forum are familiar with these pickups. Edited September 2 by Revelation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieDog Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 31 minutes ago, Revelation said: I am surprised that no one on the Gibson forum are familiar with these pickups. Well, I have no idea, I’m an acoustic nerd, but just looking back at your original question, it’s a bit confusing. On the one hand you are asking if they are original, but then you quote a google article with no source seeming to answer your question they are, but they are mislabeled. So you seem to have answered your question, and I’m not sure what you are really asking. Are you just fishing to confirm you have a rare, valuable unicorn? Or are you really interested in the pickups and what they can do? I just have a hard time believing that a major manufacturer could mis-patent/label a part for over a decade… after all, it’s a pretty complicated process with lawyers and all. You’d think they would catch the error the first time they went to reorder stock, or something needed to be repaired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 Most just referred to them as humbuckers in those days. The patent number doesn't mean anything and they sound like a decent Gibson humbucker. They aren't PAFs. I assume BurstBuckers are trying to be PAF-alikes, so these standard humbuckers you have aren't quite that. I don't remember push-pulls at that time, but you may have a store exclusive or someone certainly may have done that themselves. rct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revelation Posted September 2 Author Share Posted September 2 Communication on forums is not always easy. I bought this guitar used over 28 years ago and never bothered to check the pickups. When I found the tone knobs pulled out and put the pickups in single coil, I assumed they were installed by the original owner. I was interested in putting the original pickups in it. So I asked if they were original pickups in the guitar. If I Googled the pickups, it does not mean they were the original pickups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 They were likely the original pickups. The push pull can be done to any humbucker. rct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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