Gibson Custombucker Plus pickup
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Gibson Custombucker Plus

A humbucker with an Alnico 3 magnet and vintage output.

vintage outputsoft & warm

Specs

DC resistance
8.6k
Inductance
not measured
Magnet
Alnico 3
Coil
Hum-cancelling

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