Gibson "Velvet Brick" Pickup - 1980

Gibson “Velvet Brick” pickup from August 13, 1980. The date stamp is a bit faded, but I remember it clearly since it’s the exact same production date as my Firebrand 335-S. This pickup actually came as a spare with the Firebrand.

"This pickup was created in 1979 and originally referred to as the "TGA Super Humbucker" but was quickly renamed the "Velvet Brick" in 1980. Its design is typically credited to Bill Lawrence. These typically use zebra bobbins, which originally still had a "T" on them, as they used the same bobbins for every pickup until new ones were designed for Shaw in 1980. These are often confused with the Sonex Deluxe pickups, which were NOT Velvet Bricks. Velvet Bricks only came in the bridge of The "SG" / Firebrand and in the neck of the Victory MV2. They were made by Schaller in West Germany and like most Gibson pickups at the time, had their production date ink-stamped on the bottom.

• Humbucker
• Indox 7 ceramic magnet
• ~7.56K Ohms DCR
• White plastic spacers

Note: The Firebrand / The "SG" models also used a neck pickup that was likely just a lower output Velvet Brick."