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Post subject: Help identify this pickup
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:04 pm
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If anyone can help identify this pickup I would greatly appreciate it. From what I've found, it looks like the Mustang and Duo-Sonic pickups from the early 1970's. The bobbin and base are black fiber, it has vinyl-covered leads and it looks like plain enameled wire on the coil - it's hard to tell with the tape on. I get a reading of 5.4k which is in line with the Mustang pickups. It also has one hole through the center directly between the 3rd and 4th pole pieces.

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Post subject: Re: Help identify this pickup
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 9:40 pm
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Bump in hopes that someone will recognize that pickup.


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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:08 am
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I'm no expert, but i don't think it is a fender pickup. It reminds me of pickup from a "Super Strat." Maybe Ibanez or some other guitar manufacturer.

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Post subject: Re: Help identify this pickup
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:48 am
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Frankly, I don't think it is a Fender pickup at all, especially from the time period you cite. If it were, the base of the pickup would be grey and have some sort of writing on it, directly below the coil would not have that platform, the coil would not be taped and the DC resistance would be higher; the upper bobbin's dimensions appear to be a bit off for a Fender cover and it is crudely cut at that. If you look closely too at the mounting/height adjustment screw holes, you can see that they appear to have used a smaller screw set than that of an American Fender's. As to what it may be, it could be just about anything.

As always, this is merely IMO where YMMV.

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Post subject: Re: Help identify this pickup
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 3:51 pm
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Martian wrote:
Frankly, I don't think it is a Fender pickup at all, especially from the time period you cite. If it were, the base of the pickup would be grey and have some sort of writing on it, directly below the coil would not have that platform, the coil would not be taped and the DC resistance would be higher; the upper bobbin's dimensions appear to be a bit off for a Fender cover and it is crudely cut at that. If you look closely too at the mounting/height adjustment screw holes, you can see that they appear to have used a smaller screw set than that of an American Fender's. As to what it may be, it could be just about anything.

As always, this is merely IMO where YMMV.


I didn't post this without doing a little research first :)

They did use black fiber bobbins and bases on the Mustang pickups in the early 1970's. The bobbin is a little weird, but it's more the bottom part sitting on the base than the way the top is cut. I know there's a good possibility that this isn't a Fender pickup but I haven't found anything to point me in a definite direction as of yet. This is from the same shop where I bought a gray-bottom flat pole pickup with the Fender factory ink stamp on the bottom from just a month or two ago. They have stuff that's been lying around for 30+ years so it could be anything.

The mounting screw holes are standard size. They aren't punched out cleanly and that makes the hole look smaller. Same with the hole through the center.


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