no, the 490r is a neck pickup, the 498t and 490t are bridge pickups. my gibson came stock with a 490r and 490t. the 490r is a sweet pickup! very good sound, the 490t is waaaayyyy too bassy to make anything sound good. so I play on my neck pickup 95% of the time, even for rythm. the 498t is supposed to have a higher output. I would sooner go with that one for the bridge then a 490t.