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Hi all. I'm getting ready to list a pickup for sale but I need to be able to prove it's vintage-ness (is that a word?) I personally un-soldered this pickup 20 years ago from a 1968 Tele that my brother now posesses. That Tele was butchered by my uncle who bought it new in '68 and wanted a PAF humbucker in the neck position and routed it out. It was unplayable because of the mis-matched output between the two pickups so I replaced the bridge PU with a Seymour Duncan stacked humbucker and it solved the problem, and the original PU sat in a box in the garage for 20 years. I see them sell on EBay for $200- $300 and now I need to raise money. I would never sell it otherwise...
So, under the copper-plated steel plate it has the number 1249 and no other numbers/letters anywhere on the PU. It has gray (fiberboard?) bottom, black top, black and yellow (not cloth) wires, staggered pole pieces (for wound g string) and white cloth string around winding.
Any ideas as to the date? I could ask my brother for a picture of the neck... it says Nov 1968, but that doesn't prove much about THIS pickup. Also, any idea what it's worth? This one reads open with my fluke. I KNOW this thing worked when I took it out! I have inspected the winding wires where they solder and can't find any problems... bummer. Still, it's worth something to someone, and on EBay they go for $100 minimum even when they don't work...
Any help would be much appreciated!
So, under the copper-plated steel plate it has the number 1249 and no other numbers/letters anywhere on the PU. It has gray (fiberboard?) bottom, black top, black and yellow (not cloth) wires, staggered pole pieces (for wound g string) and white cloth string around winding.
Any ideas as to the date? I could ask my brother for a picture of the neck... it says Nov 1968, but that doesn't prove much about THIS pickup. Also, any idea what it's worth? This one reads open with my fluke. I KNOW this thing worked when I took it out! I have inspected the winding wires where they solder and can't find any problems... bummer. Still, it's worth something to someone, and on EBay they go for $100 minimum even when they don't work...
Any help would be much appreciated!
I should know! I'm starting to mix up my kids names... and they are a boy and a girl! 
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