Epiphone ProBucker pickups also feature sand-cast Alnico 2 magnets, high-quality four-conductor lead wire or braided coaxial lead wire, depending on the model and feature set, and are vacuum wax potted to eliminate microphonics. And the bobbins used on ProBucker pickups duplicate the size and shape of the gold standard in the industry, Gibson humbuckers. The size and shape of the bobbins also have a significant impact on tonal response. The use of Nickel Silver reduces the occurrence of eddy currents due to low conductivity and provides a more transparent and crisp output. Available in Worn Ebony, Worn Heritage Cherry Sunburst, Worn Purple, and Worn Metallic Gold. Thats right, Gibson USA electric guitar pickups, a hardshell case, at £649 / 849. Best of all, the Epiphone 1961 Les Paul Standard SG comes in a vintage-style hardshell case, and is priced just £649 / 849 street.
Epiphone ProBucker humbuckers are the real deal-made with 18% Nickel Silver unit bases and covers, the same alloy used by Gibson at the Kalamazoo factory when the humbucker was first invented. The new Les Paul Classic Worn from the Inspired by Gibson Collection offers fans the most popular electric guitar ever made in four new vintage styled 'worn' finishes plus powerful Alnico Classic PRO humbuckers. In terms of hardware, Epiphone has gone for a nickel LockTone tune-o-matic bridge and matching Epiphone Deluxe double ring tuners. It has fooled experts, vintage purists, and even luthiers who have worked with the best vintage examples from the late 50s and early 60s. Les Paul began in 1940 when Les built one of the world’s first solid body electric. Featuring a classic mahogany body with a maple cap, Grover tuners, and powered by ProBucker humbuckers with CTS potentiometers. The classic "P.A.F" sound is closer than you thinkĮpiphone's ProBucker™ humbucker™ has quietly become one of the most talked-about pickups in the industry. The Les Paul Standard 60s models from Epiphone’s new Inspired by Gibson Collection recreate the sound of 1960s era Les Pauls.