ender600 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 hi yall!! I'm hoping someone here can shed some light on something for me. I bought a 94 LP standard and when I bought it I was informed that the pickups were 57 classics. whatever they were,,I wanted more balls and more versatility so I swapped in a 498t with coil tapping for the bridge and a P94 at the neck. single coil,,P90,,,or humbucker,,sounds great and covers all the bases for me. anyhow,,,I put the 57 classics(or so I was told) on ebay and had several people tell me they weren't 57 classics. of course they wouldn't tell me what THEY! thought they were,,only that THEY!! didn't think that they were 57 classics. helpful bunch. so I'm posting pics here hoping that one of you knowledgeable forum frequenters would be able to enlighten me. if they are not 57 classics then what the heck are they??? thanks!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Gibson 490 & 498's were "stock," in the '90's Les Paul Standards, Studio's, Custom's, and "Lucille's," as well as the ES-137. The switch to "burst bucker's," was around 2000-2001, I believe. CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kolera Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Gibson 490 & 498's were "stock," in the '90's Les Paul Standards, Studio's, Custom's, and "Lucille's," as well as the ES-137. The switch to "burst bucker's," was around 2000-2001, I believe. CB + 1 Got a '94 standard with 490/498's. Also check this specsheet from Gibson CustomerService. The email says it's from the 90's Standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 .... Also check this specsheet from Gibson CustomerService. The email says it's from the 90's Standards. .... I get a kick out of the confidentiality notice. . B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojjett Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Yea, I think the '57s don't have "Gibson USA" stamped on the bottom, they have instead a "patent applied for" sticker on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojjett Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Mannaged to find a pic !B6s5LpQ!mk~$(KGrHqF,!hcEyryC+nV-BMyT(USDc!~~-1_12[1] by mojjett, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoFrills Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Interesting, I'll have to contact customer service as well soon as I am curious about my pickups in my studio lite. Studio lites are supposed to have ceramic humbuckers in them but mine don't look like ceramic ones so I assume they are 490R/498T but then I have not seen any 490R pickups which have no Gibson USA badge or no holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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