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- adjective of the pickup of an electric guitar Having a pair of
coils orreverse polarity connected inseries .
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Add the pioneering introduction of the revolutionary double-coil "humbucking" pickup invented by Gibson's own Seth Lover in 1957 and you can clearly see that Gibson has dramatically influenced the evolution of popular music in all genres, from the warm jazz tones of Charlie Christian, to the world-shaking rockabilly of Scotty Moore and the crunching rock of Jimmy Page.
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It has two humbucking pickups, a Rockfield Mafia in the neck and A Rockfield Fat Ass in the bridge.
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The 1960 Les Paul Custom, upgraded with two gold-plated PAF humbucking pickups and a super-fast, slim neck, is often considered the epitome of the breed-and its back and dressed for the ball, in the form of the Gibson Custom Shop's new 50th Anniversary 1960 Les Paul Custom.
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Furthermore, the new Tribute carries a pair of Gibson USA's 57 Classic humbucking pickups.
Gearwire - tkatz 2010
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The 1960 Les Paul Custom, upgraded with two gold-plated PAF humbucking pickups and a super-fast, slim neck, is often considered the epitome of the breed-and its back and dressed for the ball, in the form of the Gibson Custom Shop's new 50th Anniversary 1960 Les Paul Custom.
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The gibson sg pro had a tune o matic bridge, bigsby vibrato, and were made in walnut and natural mahogany finishes. pete townshend playing on gibson sg specialIn 1972 the sg pro was discontinued and reintroduced as the gibson sg special with 2 black mini humbucking pickups (some w/p-90s), tune o matic bridges, 3 point pickguards, unbound fingerboards and were made in cherry or walnut finishes.
TALK @ PhilMusic.com - The Online Home of the Pinoy Musician 2010
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He said that in his experience the SHO 5 (this is a humbucking pickup, by the way) would be best for me.
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Bolt-on, oil-finished, hard rock-maple neck. 22 frets. 2 humbucking pickups designed to
TALK @ PhilMusic.com - The Online Home of the Pinoy Musician 2010
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(Vintage Original Specs) process, and loaded with period-correct hardware including "insert" volume and tone knobs, double band tuners and a pair of accurate PAF-style 57 Classic humbucking pickups.
Reader - MassLive.com Kevin O'Hare 2010
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It sports two single coil pickups with a coil tap / humbucking / out of phase switch.
Mandolin Cafe News 2009
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For the rest of his career (Albert Collins) played a "maple cap"–necked natural ash body Fender 1966 Custom Telecaster with a Gibson PAF humbucking pickup retrofitted into the neck position, which became the basis for a Fender Custom Artist signature model in 1990.
March 29, 2022