look what this guy scored

[copperheadroads]

i wish i would stumble across something like this look at the pups
Check out this BC Rich Eagle My pal got for free.. w/ Gibson? pickups?. - Harmony Central Forums

[Possum]

they're not real PAF's, they are Gibson pickups but from much later, the font is wrong...

[Possum]

You might want to send him to this thread and look at this attachment.

[Plucky]

Don't see any tooling marks. Font is awfully crisp, Not to mention the 'O'. Acid-etched thumbprints on the back? Hmm...

[Possum]

The font is not even close to the PAF font, look how wide the R and P in his pickups are, these are the same decals used I think in the late 70's before the Shaw pickups, I'm not real certain of the exact date, BurstBuckers have a very similar font.

[David Schwab]

The font is not even close to the PAF font, look how wide the R and P in his pickups are, these are the same decals used I think in the late 70's before the Shaw pickups, I'm not real certain of the exact date, BurstBuckers have a very similar font.

Oh yeah, that decal is very poorly done.

[Possum]

They ARE Gibson pickups though, should be worth some money, but I'm not familiar with that period of their work...

[SonnyW]

Here's a shot of a brand new Gibson 57 Classic Plus that I got in a few weeks ago and repaired for myself. I'm no expert but all the details of the baseplate and decal including the "O" look the same to me. I think Gibson has been making the 57 classics a while. I have a set in an ES 339 of mine that I have had for 3 years. With a little aging (whether artificial or not) they could look the same as those photos. The question would be if the bobbins are butyrate or not.