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    Eric Johnson Pickups

    Can anyone here define the difference between the three?
    I know they are custom made to Erics specs, but I cant find any detailed information on them.

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    Re: Eric Johnson Pickups

    The bridge pickup is pretty much a normal alnico 5 pickup wound hot, to about 7. I'd expect a Fralin bridge pup to sound pretty much identical.

    I can't remember the specs on the middle pickup, but I'm pretty sure it's al5, and I know it's RW/RP.

    The neck pickup is the one that's really special. It uses alnico 3 magnets with oversized poles. IIRC, it's wound to about 6k. I don't know much more about it than that.

    Other than the neck pickup, the set isn't really all that unique. It's really just a vintage repro middle and a hot vintage bridge.

    Edit: According to this thread on TGP, the middle pickup is Al3, not Al5. So the middle pickup is a little unusual as well. Nonetheless, you could probably replicate the sound of an EJ set by putting a couple of Fralin Real 54s in the neck and middle, and a Vintage Hot in the bridge.
    Last edited by Sage; 11-15-2010 at 03:46 PM.

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