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Post subject: Help me identifying these pickups
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:09 am
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I bought this over Ebay, very cheap, under 20$.
So the price ain't a problem even if it's low level stuff.

The guy who sold me this said it was "probably" removed from
a USA Fender (hence the low price).

Just want to make sure what it is before dropping them into
a project.

Pictures worth thousands words.

Front :
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Back :
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Electronics :
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Impedance (3 of them are between 8.2k to 8.6k) :
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The 5 way switch is an AXL. The pots are tiny with standard 250k.
Knobs are written in black, doesn't seems to be Squier ones (all of them
I saw so far were poorly stamped and ugly gold lettering)

Any hints on what this bunch of stuff was installed :?:

Ray.

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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:23 am
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That is all cheap, Asian, "bottom feeder" electronics, including the pickups. The pickups are sub-par for even, older Squiers. More likely, that kit you have came out of a student model Cort, Dean, Harmony, SX or something along those lines.

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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:27 am
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That's what I was afraid of hehe.

Thanks for the lightning reply.

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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:28 am
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raymix wrote:
That's what I was afraid of hehe.

Thanks for the lightning reply.

Ray.


Anytime!

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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:16 pm
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That basic pickup design and spec has been around since the early '80s. They are Asian made and have a darker, smoother tone. If you are familiar with the tone of the DiMarzio HS-3, they are along those lines. If you want vintage Strat tones, these will not get you there. But if you like using distortion, they aren't all that bad.

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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:00 pm
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if you like using distortion, they aren't all that bad.


Good to know ! I got an idea where to use them.

Thank you all !

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