Uploaded April 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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I always wondered how Gibson's most common high output humbuckers compared to each other...so that's what I set out to do.
All three pickups are in the same guitar, same strings, same distance to the strings, same riffs, same amp and settings etc.
The only variable is the pickup (and the playing obviously, but I tried to keep that consistent).

The pickups are:

498T
500T
Dirty Fingers (original from 1980)

Guitar: 2013 Gibson Les Paul Traditional
Amp: EVH 5150 III
Cab: Engl Pro with a single sm57 (my IR in 2n Torpedo Live)

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