'51-'56 Fender SCPB specs

[GlennW]

Do any of you guys have any details on the early single coil Precision Bass pickups? Thanks.

[Sam Lee Guy]

Sam have some of these pickups. What you wanna know? Early ones flat pole 16mm long magnets, average 0.2mm below top. Stagger first happen in early 52, E + G 16.8, A 18.4. D 17.55. Top and bottom both 2.4 - 2.5mm thick black forbon. Some A3, some A5. All wound Top right, top going, 8,500 - 10,000 42 PE. Difficult to tell spacing. Just measured 5 of them and all different because Forbon shrink in hot wax but largest centre-centre 53.95. Top almost same as Terecaster but shorter, largest 72.6. Mostly black wax, but sometimes shellac potted, sometimes string still white - put on afterwards? Oh yes, all south up.

[David King]

Whoa! Good stuff. I got to touch #51 once, it belongs to a fellow here in town who used to tour with John Lee Hooker.

[David Schwab]

Whoa! Good stuff. I got to touch #51 once, it belongs to a fellow here in town who used to tour with John Lee Hooker.

I played an early P bass once.. it was light as a feather! I don't remember what year it was, but it was very early 50's.

[GlennW]

Thanks a lot, Sam, very precise and appreciated. Do you know range of the ohmmeter readings?

[Sam Lee Guy]

No all mine work, but have reading from 6.7K to 7.25K and distance between top and bottom of 11.1 - 11.5mm. Some read lower but could be short inside.

[GlennW]

Thanks Sam, info on those is hard to come by.

[Sam Lee Guy]

You welcome! Any idea where to buy flatwork for these pickup?

[mick]

no ideas where to buy it , but if you have a sample of the flatwork and some forbon a laser cutter should be able to sort it..
I would get this cut but mine seems to be on strike..

Mick

[GlennW]

You welcome! Any idea where to buy flatwork for these pickup?

So sorry, honorable Samason...I have no idea where to get that stuff.

[David King]

I'd ask the folks at Duncan, I'll bet they even have a part number for it in the oem catalogue. You could also ask Carey Nordstrand as he's laser cutting them too.