Gibson 57 Classic Vintage NC 5-stars Reviews

For archtop

To my ears P90 lacked thickness and middles + too much treble. I replaced P90 in my archtop with this pickup and got much more the sound I like: thick, round and still clean balanced sound.

Great Upgrade for a low/mid value guitar

I put two of these in a Schecter C1+ to replace the stock 'Designed by Duncan's. It resulted in a much better sounding axe - clarity and sustain that was not there before.

Simple hot & ground conductors so no coil splitting available with these

A standard

Excellent at the neck of a Les Paul with a 57 Classic Plus at the bridge.

Vintage sound and output

I wanted a more vintage sounding pickup instead of the 496r that was put in the neck position of my LP Traditional by the previous owner.

This is a very nice sounding, kinda low output humbucker. I like that it retains clarity even with higher gain and it reacts to very well changes in volume/pick attack. Compared to 486r it has much less output and bass frequency content, but that only makes it sound clear, not thin. The 486r could get a bit muddy with more gain on the amp.

Overall I am very satisfied with this pickup. I think this is the pickup to get if you want that old school LP blues/rock sound. I would probably not use this pickup for metal. The original pickup was more useful in that kind of scenario.

great lead tones

the output is not too high that it is loses definition with distortion engaged.

The king of all humbuckers

Used in an Epiphone Les Paul.

If you want the sound of old school jazz guitar, or the singing lead guitar sounds of 70s prog rock, look no further.

This pickup, installed in an appropriate guitar, can unlock the legendary tones of Yes, Camel, Wishbone Ash, Genesis and more. However, in my opinion, you can end up with a really sterile and uninspiring overdriven tone unless you spend some time playing with volume, tone, amp and pedal settings.

Beauty in a box

Beautiful warm sounding pick up with good hum free output.

Awesome Jazz monster

The tone and volume of this pup is outstanding. Makes playing Jazz so pleasant.

Superb sound! My epiphone guitar sounds is now unbelievable

Bought this 57 Classic to upgrade my Epiphone ES175.

The result is simply wonderful. The sound on the clean channel of a Fender Pro Champion is simply superb: Rich, heart warming, the sound I was looking for for years.

Also, in my opinion for once, Gibson has positioned the price very reasonably making it very much affordable to anybody.

I simply recommend it as an upgrade to any electric guitar especially for playing the blues or some Jazz.

The upgrade itself is very and is very simple to perform and is at the reach of most normal person.

So do not hesitate to go for it. You will simply not believe the result....

A personal favorite in humbuckers

Everything else about my Les Paul felt right, but I could not overcome the fact that something seemed to be missing sonically. It felt as if the guitar left something lacking; I needed more dynamics, clarity and punch. So I did as most of us do, I read a ton of stuff on the Internet; websites, forums, blogs, the whole nine yards. One model of pickup that seemed to pop up every now and so often was the Gibson '57 Classic.

Intrigued by the buzz around this pickup, I ordered a normal '57 Classic for the neck position and a '57 Classic Plus for the bridge position.

Wow! What a difference the pickups made. The original pickups were by no means bad, but the '57 Classic and '57 Classic Plus provided me with the sound I'd been looking for. The clarity, the dynamics, the punch - everything was there. Now I get creamy leads from my neck pickup for solos and that little extra bite from the bridge pickup for rabid rhythm work. Thanks a lot for a great product!

Great pickup!

This is a truly excellent humbucker. It is well made, tidily packaged and relatively sensibly priced. It is advertised to be vintage-accurate in every aspect except the wax potting which should prevent the pickup from feeding back. It is a little brighter than most humbuckers and has less output but still manages to sound clearly with a relatively high amounts of distortion. Needless to say, it excels at styles that don't incorporate excessive amounts of gain, especially blues and jazz. I only wish it was available with a chrome cover because nickel covered humbuckers might look out of place in guitars with chrome hardware.