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Post subject: Help me ID a '64 Musicmaster pickup?
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:15 am
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So I recently bought a '64 Musicmaster II on Ebay. Everything checks out as completely original except for the pickup, which is somewhat suspect to me.

It looks like the wiring is virgin soldered to the pots, but the pickup does not have a date written on the bottom. It has a gray bottom, with a black "top"; looks to be hot-dipped in wax with black/white cloth wire. The cloth wire looks cleaner than I would have expected; also, there is a stamp I do not recognize on the top of the pickup rather than the bottom. It is a yellow stamp that reads like this: AY NOV 25(?) 84(?). The 84 might also be 64. The winding is dark copper, like an old penny. Not bright and not "burgundy". I've seen many 60's Musicmaster pickups but not one like this. Is it transition period or fake? If pics are needed, I can post them. Thank you!


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Post subject: Re: Help me ID a '64 Musicmaster pickup?
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 3:08 pm
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Pics would be a big help, Michael.

On the face of it though, I'd say the pickup is authentic. What you're describing could be dead-nutz match to what I found beneath the pickguard of a '63 Musicmaster that belonged to a client of mine.

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