ToneSpec Vintage Spec 1990 Gibson Clone The Best Year for 57 Classic Humbuckers best vintage pickups The modern world gave up

The modern world gave up on feel

The result is a pickup that delivers sharp attack

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The Strat middle and neck add snap

The ToneSpec Punch PAF Tele Hybrid set pairs our 1961 Punch PAF in the neck with our 1971 Punch Tele pickup in the bridge

ToneSpec Vintage Spec 1990 Gibson Clone The Best Year for 57 Classic Humbuckers best vintage pickups The modern world gave upIf 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.