GIBSON
TONY IOMMI Signature PU
The video is all about the Gibson Tony Iommi PU but what Gibson doesn't say is it is virtually a John Birch Guitars Magnum 4 clone. You will note
$230.00 USD
that the Birch has a row of adjustment screws across the top. Gibson
found since they could be easily pre adjusted that a totally enclosed PU would sound the same. The PU has both a ceramic coil and a Alnico 2
coil. One key difference is it is not wax dipped but the wax is replaced
with Epoxy. The coils can not move or vibrate the slightest. This makes
the sound tighter than a gate. It also allows every PU made to sound
100% the same.
CONCLUSION ___
In short what is in Tony's guitar is swappable with what you can put
in yours. I owned and played a Birch for about 10 years and had these PU's. It is fat, aggressive and cuts like a knife with incredible definition. It has everything a great active PU has without losing any of the
warmth and harmonic detail of a classic passive PU.
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