ToneSpec Vintage Spec 1990 Gibson Clone The Best Year for 57 Classic Humbuckers best vintage pickups The Black Label series carries

The Black Label series carries that same design philosophy forward

punchy midrange that made his lead playing drive the mix

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ToneSpec Vintage Spec 1990 Gibson Clone The Best Year for 57 Classic Humbuckers best vintage pickups The Black Label series carriesIf You Know, You Know In 1990, Gibson released the original '57 Classic humbuckerspossibly the last great mass market PAF ever made. For a brief moment, everything lined up: Plain Enamel wire, correct magnet grade, vintage voicing. But it didnt last. Corporate cost cutting stepped in. Poly coated wire replaced the PE. Magnet quality dropped. The build drifted further from the Tom Holmes design it was based on. And by the mid '90s, the magic was gone.