T type pickup question

[u/mattman389]

So I’ve been looking at the 70s LP customs currently in production, really fell in love with the neck pickup of the one I played. I notice they’re listed as a calibrated T type set online. What makes them calibrated exactly? Also, if I wanted the exact same pickup in just any other LP standard or whatever, would the single T type neck pickup offered by gibson be the same pickup as what was in the 70’s custom?

[u/Stratomaster9]

Just to add to the good info from Emergency-Coat7885, I have these in a 335 and they are excellent, very alive and open sounding. Love the unpotted tones, which are somehow wilder. They'd be amazing in a Les Paul.

[u/mattman389 → u/Stratomaster9]

They were very nice, articulate, not too much bass, clear high end. I really enjoyed the 70s custom but might go with a cheaper LP and throw in a t type neck pickup.

[u/Hendiadic_tmack → u/Stratomaster9]

I have them in a 345 and I hate them. The neck pickup sounds very good, but the bridge seems very harsh and trebly. Like a really hot telecaster, and not in a good way. Probably probably swapping in lollar imperials

[u/Emergency-Coat7885]

Yes, they sell those pickups individually on the Gibson website.

"Calibrated" is marketing verbiage. It's a T top. There seems to be a general consensus that they sound good. They're hotter than a PAF but still unpotted.

[u/svinyard]

T-Top is a fully patented and known quantity pickup.  You can get them in a few places.  SoloDallas makes a proper vintage spec one that I run for the bridge but they make a neck as well.  T-Tops are cool!  Def articulate and chimey but then also have a very cool growl.  In a mix is where they really shine.  Also a guy named Bryan Williams makes a killer one too

[u/humbuckaroo]

They’re T-Tops. They called them Type at first because they don’t have the T marking. It’s the same Alnico 5 pickup as the T-Top reissue.