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    Does anyone know what this is? I can't find anything that looks quite like it. Oh and Hi, new here. Hopefully the gurus can shed some light.Click image for larger version

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    I can tell you what it is and does from a functional viewpoint, but who made it - and when - is a different question.

    It looks like a clamp-on magnetic pickup for turning steel-string acoustics into electrics. There's an attached tone (?) control and some wire that should end in a 1/4" phone plug for connecting to an amplifier.

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    • #3
      Interesting

      Originally posted by eschertron View Post
      I can tell you what it is and does from a functional viewpoint, but who made it - and when - is a different question.

      It looks like a clamp-on magnetic pickup for turning steel-string acoustics into electrics. There's an attached tone (?) control and some wire that should end in a 1/4" phone plug for connecting to an amplifier.

      You and your rare finds are both welcome here, by the way
      Thanks, i thought it was an acoustic pickup. It appears to have an insert for a 2.5 or 3.5mm i'e my speaker jack fits into it which i found odd as i wasn't aware speaker to quarter inch leads were a thing in general. I also see no real place for a battery or power which is even stranger.
      Cheers for the reply

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      • #4
        Wouldn't need a battery, if it is just a pickup. Looks old. I had such a thing on my Gibson J50 decades ago.

        !/4" male to 3.5mm male cords are common enough, I used to stock them on my peg display, along with RCA to 1/4 or whatever.
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        • #5
          I had one very similar to that 40 years ago, was marked Lafayette.

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