Are 2001 Gibson Thunderbird pickups different?

[Basvarken]

These pickups were first available through an Ebay seller in HongKong.
We therefor called them HongKong buckers over here at the Outpost.

But they were always from EY Parts / EY Guitarmusic.
And at a certain point they were moved to another part of their site called Eric Custom.

[Ken]

These pickups were first available through an Ebay seller in HongKong.
We therefor called them HongKong buckers over here at the Outpost.

But they were always from EY Parts / EY Guitarmusic.
And at a certain point they were moved to another part of their site called Eric Custom.

To sound more western?

[Basvarken]

Most likely yes

[uwe]

And Gibson owns two Chinese factories making Epis. Both are in Qingdao. Coincidence?

It's called "innovation hub" nowadays, Dave.

[lowend1]

These pickups were first available through an Ebay seller in HongKong.
We therefor called them HongKong buckers over here at the Outpost.

But they were always from EY Parts / EY Guitarmusic.
And at a certain point they were moved to another part of their site called Eric Custom.

[Basvarken]

aka Pet Fish Pickups

[uwe]

To sound more western?

Yes, they though about Elic fol a while, but then discalded the idea. Not politically collect.