Archtop Pickups Specs

[NickFitz]

To get Mikey’s sound from Morning View era you really do need the Archtop. They just have their own super thing going on.

I didn’t think that Mike used the stock Archtop pickups. I thought they were Seymour Duncan’s (jb & 59???)

I love my Archtops for incubusy stuff. And the stock Archtop pickups were always fine with me. I especially love that Archtop neck pickup and wished they were still the standard.

That’s what I’m trying to figure out - I’ve seen a lot of people mention the 59 but I can’t find any concrete evidence anywhere saying that he used it for sure . I wonder if his Hollowbody II used a 59 but the archtop had the stock pickups? Circles sounds dirtier with more treble than something like nice to know you, wish you were here or warning? May be a different mic position too but the 2 distortion tones sound different to my ears? No idea for sure though, just a hunch