USED Gibson Late 70's Super Humbucker Tarback Pickup

Gibson Norlan era Bill Lawrence designed neck pickup from Les Paul Custom, circa 1978.

Bill Lawrence was ahead of the game when it came to pickup design.
These "Tarback" pickups - Official name was Super Humbucking and was originally introduced into some Gibson guitars in late 1972 / early 1973.
The Tarback moniker came from the black epoxy type of potting material that Bill did to anticipate the higher volumes / higher amplification volumes in the 70's.

Like most of the humbuckers made by Gibson in the 70's, they are labled as "T-Tops" but they are NOT the same pickup as the true T-Top humbucker / wound the same as a traditional T-Top. The "T" was mold mark that supposedly meant Top of Coil.

These Tarback pickups used Ceramic Magnets while the T-Tops used short Alnico 5's.
And the construction was different too.

This "Tarback" came out of a Late 70's Gibson Les Paul Custom and is in good cosmetic condition with the normal amount of oxidation of the gold hardware.
This pickup reads 5.17k - by design, this Neck pickup should read close to 5.2k