Gibson pickups enquiry.

[tintin]

Hi guys,just wanna check, how do u differentiate gibson pickups from one another? a friend of mine passed me a couple,but i dn know which is the brigde n neck..and the output..is there a way to check? thanks!

 

[harrotty]

there are no diff between them. unless they are of diff models. placing a same pickup at the neck area and the bridge area gives u diff sound

 

[tintin]

ya,theres a few pickups actually..but he accidentally mixed them up..different models..so now..sian!!
gotto find ways to differentiate liao..Thanks anyway.

 

[Jay_Clones]

There is a way , bro.
The bridge ones has got larger spacing for the poles as compared to the neck.
Put both pickups facing up and compare the length of the poles end to end.

 

[tintin]

Ah....cool..Thanks alot..got it.

 

[relinquish69]

also, you could check the length of the PU wires if it were a used set. the neck pickup's wire tend to be longer.

 

[Everdying]

just measure the output with an ohm meter.
if its a proper set, then the bridge should be the hotter one.

some sets have both neck + bridge with the same exact pickups, ie. gibson '57 classics like in the SG '61 reissue.
so here u cant differentiate them using pole spacings nor wire lengths.
just stick either in the neck or bridge and its fine.

 

[squirrel]

there are no diff between them. unless they are of diff models.

Are you sure? I think one pickup is always hotter than the other. They usually use different pickups for the next and the bridge from what I know.