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What do you guys think of the 496R and 500T?

i like the set, the 500 is killer for leads and high output, and the 496 cleans up really good.......... 1
there awsome

Don't care for em...duncan's high gain buckers blow em outta the water.

They're definately not bad...just not real great.

I swapped em in favor of a custom/jazz set.

Cool thanks guys...
I also favour duncans to pretty much everything out there. But I've never played around with these 2.

I had them in my gibson explorer, they are very nice pickups, but i was wishing for a thicker sound for palm muting then i changed bridge with Duncan Custom and a couple of months later i changed the neck with Pearly Gates..

500t sounds like something between JB and Duncan Distortion and 496R sounds like 59Neck. They are quality pickups with high outputs.

I'd play dimarzios before i'd play them. at least dimarzios will give you some tone.


Originally Posted by IstanbulI had them in my gibson explorer, they are very nice pickups, but i was wishing for a thicker sound for palm muting then i changed bridge with Duncan Custom and a couple of months later i changed the neck with Pearly Gates..

500t sounds like something between JB and Duncan Distortion and 496R sounds like 59Neck. They are quality pickups with high outputs.

The 469 sounds like a 59?? I thought the 469 was supposedly a really hot pickup?

500T I like...once you play with it to get to the sweet spot (which takes some time). But once you do, very nice pickup. Kind of a cross between a DiMarzio SuperD and a Duncan Custom. Just a little too much compression on top.

The 496...meh......pretty sterile..no warmth...too compressed...not even that great for high gain Gary Moore/John Sykes type lead tones. And yeah, I wouldn't say it sounds anything close to a 59...maybe a full shred...or Jazz..if I had to compare...


Originally Posted by spudsThe 469 sounds like a 59?? I thought the 469 was supposedly a really hot pickup?

The 496 is the 490R with the A2 magnet swapped for a ceramic. The 490R is more or less an easier-to-build '57 Classic, so I can see that comparison.

The 500T is the 498T with the A5 mag swapped for three thick ceramics, a la X2N and Invader.

I had a set in a Gibson Explorer I had. I liked the 500T a lot, but changed them both out for Duncans, then put them back in and traded the guitar for a Hamer.

I#8217;m really not a fan of either. I find the 500T to be thin and compressed and a bit bright (all of which I attribute to the ceramic magnet). The 496R is warmer and fuller than the 500T, but still kind of compressed.

I really prefer the 498T/490R set to the 500T/496R set, but that#8217;s just the way I prefer my cup of tea.


Originally Posted by krankguitaristDon't care for em...duncan's high gain buckers blow em outta the water.

They're definately not bad...just not real great.

I swapped em in favor of a custom/jazz set.

I saw you have the Wicked's Custom8 ; how does it feel like ?

I also prefer a 498T to the 500T -- takes some of the harsh edge off. A 500T can be great in just the right guitar but a 498T has broader quot;appealquot; among guitars -- more of them like it than like the 500T. Although I bet the 500T would sound a lot better with an Alnico 8 mag...

they seem like cheapo standard pickups for me. they cost almost the same as Duncans. 57 Classic is the only good gibson pickup around nowadays.

I had both in a basswood LTD with a Floyd, and they made that guitar VERY LP-ish. The 500T seemed pretty par for the course for high output 'buckers, but I LOVED the 496R.


Originally Posted by ZhangliqunI also prefer a 498T to the 500T -- takes some of the harsh edge off. A 500T can be great in just the right guitar but a 498T has broader quot;appealquot; among guitars -- more of them like it than like the 500T. Although I bet the 500T would sound a lot better with an Alnico 8 mag...

500T has 3 ceramic magnets so even if you were to change the bar you'd still have some of that 500t tone!

I think they are great high output buckers. I wouldn't dismiss them right away. I, too, find 500T kinda thin. But I love a 496R, I guess it is one of the best high output neck HBs out there. And I pairs with an invader really well.

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I heard the sound clips from the gibson website and thought they were shocking. Really.

I ask because I'm getting a Les Paul Classic... I guess I'm gonna ditch them and get duncans. Haha.

They sound different in a Les Paul vs. the Explorer Gibson uses to demonstrate them...dont base you opinion soley on those clips...play with them first...they are not vintage by any means, but they are good hard rock/metal pups.

Wanna buy a set? I have a drawer full of them.


Originally Posted by fab.regnautI saw you have the Wicked's Custom8 ; how does it feel like ?

Killer pickup...probably my favorite so far. I'm gettin another A8 and puttin a custom 8 into my brian moore as well. It just seems to be an overall improvement on the custom...a custom injected with awesome sauce.