Trying to identify a pickup

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:27 am

This was what came with my 78 Musicmaster. I thought it was the stock pickup... but it isn't, so I have genuinely no clue what it is.

Any ideas?

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:24 am

EMG? or copy thereof?

h8mtv · Post by **h8mtv** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:32 pm

Looks like the pickups in my first guitar made by "Vantage".

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:29 pm

I don't think it's an EMG, since it had 250k pots... I'm seriously curious, since this pickup is fairly quiet in the Musicmaster, but any other pickup I put in there is extremely noisy.

rps-10 · Post by **rps-10** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:39 pm

Is it 2 core wire or more, can't really tell from the pics.

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:41 pm

h8mtv wrote:Looks like the pickups in my first guitar made by "Vantage".

My tech agrees with you... he says Japanese OEM pickup.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:11 pm

3 core wire... might be an active pup, esp if it's as quiet as you say. I just flipped a Bernie Rico guitar to lefty for a mate and the active EMG that was in that looked almost identical. 2 core wire with extra red wire to connect to the battery.

NickN3v3r · Post by **NickN3v3r** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:31 pm

Could be active, thought for about five seconds that it was lace sensor. until I noticed the lack of a lace sensor logo. *lolwut*