Just ran into a listing for three Les Paul Signature pickups on Reverb. These are "Rarer than Hens Teeth"! I have only seen two for sale & bought them. The one with the ground lug missing will work, just can't be wired "Balanced". I wired one "Unbalanced in my LPDCJr bass a little over a year ago & really like it. The pickup rings are very hard to come by also. The width of the pickup is 1/8" smaller than a standard humbucker not to mention two screw adjustments on each side. These are Bill Lawrence Low Impedance Super Humbuckers.
P.S. The same pickup is used for both Bridge & Neck on guitar version & also the bass.
https://reverb.com/item/90908805-1970-s-gibson-les-paul-signature-pickups-extremely-rare?bk=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJqdGkiOiJhZjAxMDg5Zi05OGRmLTRiZjctOTllYi02ODk0NDJjNTExMmQiLCJpYXQiOjE3NjI2MTUwODUsInVzZXJfaWQiOiIiLCJzZXNzaW9uX2lkIjoiMjAzY2I1ZWEtMTY2Zi00ZjhhLWI0NDktMzBhZmJhZWM1YmVkIiwiY29va2llX2lkIjoiZmExOGVjN2YtOGM1ZS00MzBhLThhNDUtYTMxODNlMzgzY2I5IiwicHJvZHVjdF9pZCI6IjkwOTA4ODA1Iiwic291cmNlIjoiTk9ORSJ9.mSM8HZHDcLrOCAzT4F9Ue1t5n4WUWvqLTifX3FyfYa0
Here is a gut shot of my bass.......
(https://i.imgur.com/LyyXQ7P.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rEC1bUi.jpg)
Interesting.
But, that's a hefty price tag
Agreed! They come up so rarely, but that is too costly. Like he said, that is for two. The damaged one is thrown in for free. They will sit there for a long time at this price.