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Gibson 490R "Modern Classic" vs Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Queenbucker

Gibson 490R "Modern Classic" pickup
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low confidence

We found no spec differences between them worth calling out.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecGibson 490R "Modern Classic"Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Queenbucker
DC resistancediffers8k7.95k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetAlnico 2Alnico 2
CoilHum-cancellingHum-cancelling
Slotneck humbuckerneck humbucker
Traitsvintage output, soft & warmvintage output, soft & warm

How close on each spec

100 means identical on that spec. The score weighs these, and counts anything we couldn't compare as a typical difference. How scoring works

Output
99
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Alnico 2
Coil
100
same coil type

Not compared: brightness, mids, bass (a spec is missing for at least one of them).

Videos

Gibson 490R "Modern Classic"

Gibson 490R & 498T pickups demo, 1998 Gibson Les Paul Standard Double Cutaway
Per Pettersen
Should you Change Your SG Pickups? 490R 498T VS Classic 57's
Boechler Guitars and Repair · comparison

Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Queenbucker

No videos of its own collected yet.

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