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Mr Grumpy said:
If you took those mini buckers out and sent them to me then you could do a very interesting thread about converting your guitar from P90s to Dogears - very informative for thetoneroommasses...
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wait a minute
1st mini humbuckers are not P-90's so that story line is gone
2ed DogEars ARE P-90's just a different mount system , so that story line is gone.
3rd You don't pull out Mini Humbuckers . . . . unless they are being sent to ME!

Now . . . . Mini Humbuckers in a Tele . . . Oh Hell Yes.
 
eSGEe said:
Was just curious the reason--- if it had to do with the actual internals and make up of the pup OR if it was just a different cover---
I like the sounds it makes as it sits I doubt I will ever touch the adjustment screws so ........yeah------

Dog ears -----why would I ruin it with DOG ears??? Thats crazy talk
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It’s due to the design and construction of the pickups. Your pickups are made of two bar magnets on their edges, with coils of wire around each magnet. Consequently, there are no actual pole pieces. The slug in each coil is, itself, a magnet. This idea is reminiscent of a Strat-type single coil in that the slugs are the magnets. This is traditionally the design used in Firebirds. Because there are no pole pieces, a solid cover is used.

The other type of mini-humbucker Gibson has used is a little more like a traditional PAF-style humbucker. It has a single magnet that straddles part of the underside of each coil. One coil has adjustable pole pieces like a traditional PAF. The other coil has a single steel slug. The magnet underneath the coils induces magnetism in the pole pieces and the steel slug. This type is actually an adaptation of an earlier Epiphone design and was used in the Les Paul Deluxe and some SGs. My ‘74 SG has this type, though it has a cheaper, black plastic cover, instead of the chrome metal cover.

Here’s a close-up of the bridge pickup on my ‘74:


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