What Pickup is this?

borsten · 12-03-2009, 01:46 AM

Hi, I'm Torsten From Germany. Just bought an old Frankenstein Telecaster Copy on Ebay. The bridge pickup seems to be Gibson although it's not written on it! Engraved "Pat No 2 737 842" and stamped "42 78 80". Both coils have adjustable pole pieces, which is uncommon for Gibson PUs. Anybody knows more about it?

MrRhoads · 12-03-2009, 02:02 AM

It sounds like the neck could be a Gibson Dirty Fingers

borsten · 12-03-2009, 02:45 AM

I made a mistake in my post: It's the bridge Humbucker. (that Guitar has no neck PU

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MrRhoads · 12-03-2009, 07:24 AM

Ok, it still sounds like a Gibson Dirty Fingers to me

BMS · 12-03-2009, 09:58 AM

I'm guessing Dirty Fingers too. Does it have Two braided leads coming out of it? The newer ones have one four conductor lead. Hard to tell in the pic.

borsten · 12-03-2009, 03:46 PM

It's just one braided cable. And it is splittable. The rear poti selects between sc and HB mode.

borsten · 12-28-2009, 04:07 AM

Does "42 78 80" tell anything about the production date?

nwobhm · 12-29-2009, 08:15 PM

I think the 880 part is August 1980.

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