so I received my gibson 57' pickups today. I'm going to a luthier tomorrow to get them fitted. However, I'm not too sure how to tell which pickup is for the neck and which is for the bridge?
the guy has one labled as 7.88 and one at 8.25? This is an ohm rating I believe?
any help is appreciated.
I don't know .... but I would think if your having it professionally installed, they will know the difference. From what I read though, it seems the 57 is either a bridge or neck pickup. The 57 Plus is specifically for the bridge as it is wound a little hotter. I'm not sure what those numbers mean.
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I think it is the ohm rating.
Looking around, I found this http://www.slamanguitars.com/pickups.html
It doesn't have your specific ohm ratings, but it looks like the one with the higher ohm rating is the lead pickup and the one with the slightly lower rating is the rhythm/neck pickup.
I don't know .... but I would think if your having it professionally installed, they will know the difference. From what I read though, it seems the 57 is either a bridge or neck pickup. The 57 Plus is specifically for the bridge as it is wound a little hotter. I'm not sure what those numbers mean.
Higher == hotter, so the 8.25 looks likely to be the bridge. I'd still wait for the pro's opinion though :wink:
If it is the ohm rating that makes sense. Higher would be hotter cause higher would mean more windings of wire. Yup, you'ld want the hotter one at the bridge ... or at least I would.
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