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Post subject: 72 Thinline RI Pickups
Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 4:51 pm
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Hey.

Are the pickups in the 72 Thinline RI humbuckers or singles?

What is the wide range pickup?

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Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 11:51 am
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It has dual 'buckers and a 7.25" radius fretboard.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Fender-Clas ... .gc?Mode=5

Wide range humbuckers were originally designed by Seth Lover for Fender in the early 70s.

From Wiki :

"There have been two reissues of the pickup, one manufactured in Japan using ceramic magnets and one more recently in Mexico using alnico. Despite an almost identical appearance, both are constructed differently from the original 1970s unit. The current Mexican reissues, much like a Gibson humbucker, feature a bar magnet underneath the bobbins that abuts to 6 screw type pole-pieces in each coil; they are simply conventional humbuckers placed in the larger "wide range" humbucker casing, and the gap is filled with wax. Although neither pickup precisely replicates the sound of the original, they are at least tonally similar with the Japanese reissue sounding hotter and the Mexican reissue sounding more like a standard Gibson humbucker."

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Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 6:34 am
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Hey man,

Have you bought your thinline already? How are you finding it?

IMO - fine guitars, immensely playable, beautiful action, just a little too well bahaved! I like 'em mean and dirty (so to speak).

Very light as well - big plus.

Buckle.


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