gibson humbucker id help?

[Jimbilly]

This was in my first good guitar when I bought it in 1985, - if I remember correctly. It was not in my possession for a while, but I'm reasonably sure it's the same pickup that came in that guitar. Measures 7.55 on my ohm meter.  

Edited August 3, 2024 by Jimbilly

[crunchee]

It appears to me to be a Gibson 'patent number' HB pickup, and I don't see a molded 'T' on the top of the PU bobbin in your phoros.  I am no expert, the website below is what I found online.  Hope this helps somewhat without getting too complicated or causing you to go down too deep of a rabbit hole...plus, this website's been around for several years too, so the article might be in need of updating:

Gibson PAF Humbucking Pickups Humbucker Patent Applied For Pickups M69 M-69 pickup rings - Vintage Guitars Info (guitarhq.com)

Edited August 3, 2024 by crunchee

[Jakeboy]

How does it sound?

[Cboss]

I had this problem last year and I emailed Gibson with some pictures, they wrote back pretty quickly

[Jimbilly]

12 hours ago, Jakeboy said:

How does it sound?

I haven't had it in a guitar in quite a while, probably since '88, I don't think I had very good tone at that time!   I'm thinking of putting it back in the guitar it came with, I plan to wire one of my spare single coils into that pickguard in the photo, and play it much like I had it in the late 80s.  On my list of 'winter projects'.

[Jeff R]

That's a Tim Shaw era Gibson H. The DCR and estimated age matches up with the period in which Gibson used them, and you can see the faint trace of the Shaw era ink stamp over the engraved pat no.

That pickup is coveted by many folks, you definitely want to give it another chance if for no other reason to at least see for yourself if the hype is legit.

[Jimbilly]

1 hour ago, Jeff R said:

That's a Tim Shaw era Gibson H. The DCR and estimated age matches up with the period in which Gibson used them, and you can see the faint trace of the Shaw era ink stamp over the engraved pat no.

That pickup is coveted by many folks, you definitely want to give it another chance if for no other reason to at least see for yourself if the hype is legit.

thanks!

I should have mentioned that the guitar it came in was a partscaster, a boogie bodies pieced together by a guy who had worked there, so the parts were all 'used' when it was assembled.

[murkat]

its a gibson 490R

[Jimbilly]

I put it in the SS 2 last night, it does sound good, but I can't say that it sounds any better than the Rio Grande BBQ Bucker it replaced, it might be a hair brighter?

[luis]

After Shaws Gibson released 490s as Murkat well pointed. They are low resistance measurements around 7.4 K, check for a amultimeter an plug them in

I had a set on a Tokai ES100 previous owner converted to early ES specs and put a Roland system. Back to otiginal specs but the wu¡iring and Seth Lover pickups set which I like a lot!

 

Edited October 1, 2024 by luis
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