What's this pickup?
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:26 am
Watching an guitar on the ebay (know I shouldn't) but anyway it's got this installed in the bridge. Whatisit?
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Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:41 am
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say... it's a humbucker.
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:50 am
Oh no you didn't.
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:10 am
what guitar is it in? something 70s - 80s japanese? ibanez and greco had some pickups like that. some of the univox/matsumoku pickups mounted like that.
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:27 am
Sorry, I should have said. This pickup is completely alien to the guitar it's in. It is a cuckoo in the nest.
The guitar is from the early 70s, but I don't want to say what it is. It's cheap at the moment!
The guitar is from the early 70s, but I don't want to say what it is. It's cheap at the moment!
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 1:05 pm
My old Ibanez AR100's pickups (end ofthe 70s/beginning of the 80s) had that sort of three-screw mounting; it's certainly unusual.
Whether that says anything about the quality of the pickup, I wouldn't know. FWIW, mine were V2s and they were very nice...very beefy and hot. The screw polepieces on both coils in that photo is different from them, though.
Whether that says anything about the quality of the pickup, I wouldn't know. FWIW, mine were V2s and they were very nice...very beefy and hot. The screw polepieces on both coils in that photo is different from them, though.
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 6:12 pm
Looks vaguely like a Dimarzio Super 2 or maybe something by Schaller
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Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 7:51 pm
Definitely a humbucker Tim. YeeeeeERP that's a humbucker.
I hope this post has been useful.
I hope this post has been useful.
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 8:43 pm
Ho ho.
On reflection, I decided against getting this. Might regret it, but I've got a nice Hagstrom Swede already. Went for £280, which is a bargain.
On reflection, I decided against getting this. Might regret it, but I've got a nice Hagstrom Swede already. Went for £280, which is a bargain.