Has anyone here ever put an Alnico 5 into a Gibson pickup,
like a Classic 57 or 498T? Those are Alnico II, right?
Anyway, I've got a spare Alnico 5, my fave, and a bunch of Gibson pickups in my junk drawerDuncans never see that drawer!



Has anyone here ever put an Alnico 5 into a Gibson pickup,
like a Classic 57 or 498T? Those are Alnico II, right?
Anyway, I've got a spare Alnico 5, my fave, and a bunch of Gibson pickups in my junk drawerDuncans never see that drawer!
498T has an alnico 5 magnet. On Gibson website it is referred to as "hot alnico".
I dunno the magnet in 57.