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Post subject: Original 70's Grey bottom pickups with staggered polepieces?
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:58 am
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Hi all, I have recently aquired two original 70's greybottoms, and the date stamp on one of them is impossible to make out, the other date stamp is more visible and I think the last number is either an 8 or a 6 making me think that they are 76/78 pickups. However the polepieces appear to be staggered, and I thought the pickups post 1974 were flat polepieces. Does anyone know if Fender used any staggered pickups in some of their later 70's strats? I've put some photographs up so you can see what I mean. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.

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Post subject: Re: Original 70's Grey bottom pickups with staggered polepie
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:39 am
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Your specimens are typical of the (lack of) quality control from the CBS era. As you can see, the bobbins themselves are slightly warped and the polepieces are not installed evenly through their tops and bottoms. The polepieces were supposed to be even but you have proof positive that this wasn't the case for so many of the pickups made during that period. FWIW, the very minor stagger you have is negligible in terms of how the individual strings would be sensed one to the other especially if you use 10 gauge string sets or lighter.

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Post subject: Re: Original 70's Grey bottom pickups with staggered polepie
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:07 am
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Hi, thanks a lot for your help. That clears up that dilemma for me very well.

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Post subject: Re: Original 70's Grey bottom pickups with staggered polepie
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:16 am
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anselmo107 wrote:
Hi, thanks a lot for your help. That clears up that dilemma for me very well.

Thanks again.


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