I use the term "Super 70" loosely to refer to the pickups in any Ibanez guitar with U-1000s (no model stamp) or the later stamped "Super 70s." Like with PAFs this refers to a general sonic range rather than a bunch of pickups that all sound precisely the same. The alnico 8 magnet pickups have a common character to them, in my experience anyway. The later ceramic magnet Super 70s are a different thing. The "Dry" pickups in certain Greco models from ~'79–81 and the lower-wind Super 58s in Ibanez guitars during roughly the same period have a similar character too: impressively PAF-y.
-Dave-
No problems. I was also considering the possibility that you talked about it in that sense ...
Yeah, Maxon Dry-Z pickups, 1980 until mid-1982, very good PAF sound. I have some sets of these in my spares. Also in my EGF-1800
But MAXON Super 58 sound is a different pickup ... Not sure what kind of Alnico it has. The sound is different ...
In Ibanez catalog from 1982 they talk about an Alnico III Super 58. But it's in 1982, the year of the changement from Maxon to Fujigen ...
Indeed, FUJIGEN Super 58, sounds like an Alnico III pickup. But it's the one who we can find in AM50, AM205 in All Artists from Mid-1982. The one without the S/N. This one is closer to Maxon Dry-Z, maybe even more close to Fujigen "DRY" pickup (the one with the sticker ...)
That's the reason why everything from that Era with Maxon pickups (or even with Fujigen pickups) is complicated. They worked with a lot of brands, and were always able to do something slightly different ...
It's sure that it deserves to be better explored in the future. But it's hard, because it's expensive, and there have been many different ones each year ...