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I found out, for me anyways, that two Gibby Iommis are not a great pairing. The boing-y quot;both pickups togetherquot; sound was not satisfactory. I will still keep the Iommi around for the next time I get uncontrollable g.a.s! It is a fantasticlally crushing pickup in the bridge position! IOMMI!

Anyhow, I got the @ss to remove the chromed brass covers and see just what was inside the stock pickups that were sold with my Epi LP Standard. Each pickup was a two black bobbin combo with Alnico magnets.The neck pickup measured 8.6k ohms, while the bridge pickup a healthy 14.5k ohms. Physically, the neck pickup had a few scratches on the bobbins, although nothing serious. The bridge pickup's bobbins were immaculate.

I totally despised the lifeless covered stock neck pickup**. The previously covered bridge Epi moved to the neck position with the Iommi at the bridge was a usable combo.

Did removing the covers/exterior wax improve the tone? Hard to say really. Lowering the screws with the brass cover removed can only help bring the quot;business endquot; of the Epi pickup up. Paired with the Iommi in the bridge, I like this bastard combo far better than the Iommi pair (Iommi says he rarely uses the neck pickup at all!). The quot;bridge spacingquot; is a little wider than the neck, but with the metal tones I prefer, no difference was noted musically.

The flipped Epi has a totally familiar quot;paf-ishquot; tone, and can give a lot of mileage to guitar players who may not be able to afford two aftermarket pickups at once!**Don't hate me, I was raised on Dirty Fingers...neck and bridge!