Help Identifying PUPs ...

[TheGuitarFairy]

happy holidays all ...

anyone have a clue who manufacturer is re- these guys? they all read around 6.5k. do they appear to be well made?

sincerely appreciate the help!

best,
m

[big_teee]

what kind of guitar did they come out of?
If they measure 6.5, they must be wired with 43 Gauge PE.
The bobbins would probably be real full if that was 42 PE.
They look like good quality to me.
T

[TheGuitarFairy]

they're off a partscaster, terry, so no help there.

thanks,
m

[copperheadroads]

They look like fender pups ,minus any markings & fall into the texas specials range ,but strange if all 3 pups have the same DCR
42 gauge plain enamel & non beveled magnets

[Possum]

they're Fender 80's Strat pickups, go look on Ebay and you may be able to match them up to a closer year

[TheGuitarFairy]

thank you fellas'

been poking around and what i've come up w/ is first version 57/62's, from the 80's.

apparently they're wound slightly hotter than second version, at just over 6k, all have similar readings, and pole pieces aren't bevelled. second versions read under 6k, and have bevelled magnets.

neck and middle position sound ok, not crazy about bridge spot.

best to all,
m

[Stratz]

they all read around 6.5k.

What temperature are the pickups at while you're measuring them?

[TheGuitarFairy]

ummm, room temperature.

so this was weird: adjusted PUPs to where i liked them, got guitar on a gig, and bridge PUP sounded like arse. ended up putting it on a meter and found when it's height was adjusted to where i liked it, PUP was only reading 4k ... this, incidentally was w/ treble-side significantly higher than bass-side. when i lowered it, it came back up to 6.5. ??? visually, couldn't find anything amiss. THEN, i realized if i took cover off PUP, i could crank it up to where i wanted it and it'd still read 6.5k. wonderful. it seems stable as is ...

PUP's don't sound bad, and now that bridge PUP is "werking", it actually kicked some arse.

happy holidays,
m

[ken]

You have a coil short. The bridge needs to be rewound.

ken