Gibson ELEV8 pickup
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Gibson ELEV8

A neck humbucker with an Alnico 8 magnet and moderate output.

moderate outputtight & aggressive

Specs

DC resistance
10k
Inductance
not measured
Magnet
Alnico 8
Coil
Hum-cancelling

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