Hi Gilded,
Is it possible you have authentic Gibson Patent Number Pickups that have been relic'd? I'm definitely not an expert on assessing the authenticity of Gibson pickups from photos but the sticker on the back of your pickup looks authentic to me. The fact that they sound really good also indicates to me that they are probably authentic. In case you are curious to compare I'm uploading pics of the backs of the chrome Patent Number Pickups that came installed on my Starfire. The whole Gibson pickup thing is a bit of a deep dive but I've also copied a link with some basic info from Sweetwater below. In all likelihood we both have what they call T-Top Patent Number Pickups (made between 1965 and 1975) but to be sure you have to unsolder the pickup cover and examine the top of the bobbins. If you open up your pickups and they do not have a little molded "T" on the top of the bobbins then you have pre-T-Top Patent Number Humbuckers (made from about 1962-1965) which are pretty valuable. Sorry if you already know all this. Perhaps there is someone on LTG that can fill us in more.
Is it possible you have authentic Gibson Patent Number Pickups that have been relic'd? I'm definitely not an expert on assessing the authenticity of Gibson pickups from photos but the sticker on the back of your pickup looks authentic to me. The fact that they sound really good also indicates to me that they are probably authentic. In case you are curious to compare I'm uploading pics of the backs of the chrome Patent Number Pickups that came installed on my Starfire. The whole Gibson pickup thing is a bit of a deep dive but I've also copied a link with some basic info from Sweetwater below. In all likelihood we both have what they call T-Top Patent Number Pickups (made between 1965 and 1975) but to be sure you have to unsolder the pickup cover and examine the top of the bobbins. If you open up your pickups and they do not have a little molded "T" on the top of the bobbins then you have pre-T-Top Patent Number Humbuckers (made from about 1962-1965) which are pretty valuable. Sorry if you already know all this. Perhaps there is someone on LTG that can fill us in more.
Patent Number Pickup - inSync
When Gibson first began making humbucking pickups, the patent had not yet been granted for the... Read more »
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