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Trying to date a pickup that came into the workshop. The customer says its the bridge pickup from a '61 Strat. The pic is how it arrived ;-)
The magnets are sand cast as you can see the rough pitting with the slightest look of a bevel, the wires vintage cloth covered, flatwork 0.09" bottom, 0.06" top. The magnets are 0.18" in diameter and North Up. 'D' & 'G' string magnets are 0.71" high. The coil from Black start hookup wire would have been clockwise around the poles.
What struck me though is that the pickup seems to be from a left-handed set as the shortest magnet sits under the 'A' string yet his guitar is a right-handed strat.
Now either it was added at a later date or simply a mistake back in the factory but it got me thinking, when did FenderŪ start make left-handed pickups?
The magnets are sand cast as you can see the rough pitting with the slightest look of a bevel, the wires vintage cloth covered, flatwork 0.09" bottom, 0.06" top. The magnets are 0.18" in diameter and North Up. 'D' & 'G' string magnets are 0.71" high. The coil from Black start hookup wire would have been clockwise around the poles.
What struck me though is that the pickup seems to be from a left-handed set as the shortest magnet sits under the 'A' string yet his guitar is a right-handed strat.
Now either it was added at a later date or simply a mistake back in the factory but it got me thinking, when did FenderŪ start make left-handed pickups?
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