Need help with pickup ID

floyd84 · 02-10-2010, 03:00 AM

Got this 84 Explorer a while back, and I've always been curious as to what pickups were in it. Opened it up and took a couple of pics. The bridge pickup is a Seymour Duncan with DDJ on the sticker, which translates as a Duncan Distortion wound by Maricela Juarez. The neck pickup is the head-scratcher. It's got double cream bobbins, which leads me to believe it's a Dimarzio, but the sticker on the back reads JN-M. I can't find anything on the web as to what this might be. Any ideas?

floyd84 · 02-10-2010, 10:41 AM

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

floyd84 · 02-10-2010, 09:36 PM

Somebody here must know

BTW 50th post woohoo, gimme PM lol

floyd84 · 02-17-2010, 11:03 PM

captain tightpants · 02-17-2010, 11:07 PM

Jazz neck, I think. I don't know who the winder is.

Congrats on the DDJ, I've got 2 of them. Ole' MJ's got magic in her fingers!!

captain tightpants · 02-17-2010, 11:09 PM

Yeah, I just double checked the Duncan site, it is indeed a Jazz neck. Considering the fact that it has the sticker on a plain baseplate AND that it's double cream, it's a really old one at that. Very cool find!!

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dennistruckdriver · 02-17-2010, 11:23 PM

Nice guitar.

captain tightpants · 02-17-2010, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dennistruckdriver

Yup.....that's fer sure a pickup.

Jackass.

dennistruckdriver · 02-17-2010, 11:27 PM

Am not.

captain tightpants · 02-17-2010, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dennistruckdriver

Am not.

Keep telling yourself that.

floyd84 · 02-18-2010, 01:58 AM

Thanks alot. I wouldn't have guessed it to be a duncan, because it was double cream. It's much different than the DDJ one. That one has the logo on the baseplate and no braided wire. See?

captain tightpants · 02-18-2010, 07:56 AM

Yeah, that's what marks the JN M as an older one, no logo on the plate. that JN M sticker is 100% Duncan. If it was Dimarzio, the plate would be brass colored. Dimarzio coils look different, too.

Braided wire is common on the Jazz model pickups, tho. The DD has four conductor wire, hence no braided on that one.

floyd84 · 02-18-2010, 08:06 AM

Awesome, thanks

captain tightpants · 02-18-2010, 08:07 AM

No problem

TattooedCarrot · 02-18-2010, 06:32 PM

There are a lot of double cream Duncans around, and you can still order them from Duncan. They just aren't a regular production color and will arrive with a cover on them to skirt the Dimarzio trademark.

floyd84 · 02-19-2010, 02:15 AM

That's good to know. Been thinking about giving my 98 standard a Page look with a double cream bridge pickup, and I like SDs

floyd84 · 02-19-2010, 02:18 AM

Also I found some old pics of my main Strat that i pieced together in 1987 and it has a double white SD pearlygates with PGB-J on it lol. Old MJ was a busy girl even back then

kevinT · 02-19-2010, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TattooedCarrot

There are a lot of double cream Duncans around, and you can still order them from Duncan. They just aren't a regular production color and will arrive with a cover on them to skirt the Dimarzio trademark.

yep. Duncan, at one point, paid DiMarzio for the rights to use double cream bobbins without having to issue a cover. Maybe the timeframe would of been the 80s?

BTW, your white Gothic V is sweet.

TattooedCarrot · 02-19-2010, 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by floyd84

That's good to know. Been thinking about giving my 98 standard a Page look with a double cream bridge pickup, and I like SDs

Just tell your dealer you want "light solder" on a shop floor custom and that will get you double cream. I recommend Welcome to Wymore Guitars - Quality Products at Affordable Prices , the owner John is a regular Duncan forum member, gives Duncan forums members discounts, and is very in the know about ordering double creams. He'll hook you up.

02-10-2010, 03:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
floyd84 Les Paul Jedi Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ocean County, NJ Posts: 2,343 Thanks: 60 Thanked 148 Times in 39 Posts	Need help with pickup ID Got this 84 Explorer a while back, and I've always been curious as to what pickups were in it. Opened it up and took a couple of pics. The bridge pickup is a Seymour Duncan with DDJ on the sticker, which translates as a Duncan Distortion wound by Maricela Juarez. The neck pickup is the head-scratcher. It's got double cream bobbins, which leads me to believe it's a Dimarzio, but the sticker on the back reads JN-M. I can't find anything on the web as to what this might be. Any ideas? __________________ 52 Les Paul 59 Burst Replica 59 Junior 59 Junior TV Yellow 69/59 LP Burst Conversion 69 LP Deluxe CSB 71 LP Deluxe CSB 75 LP Deluxe Goldtop 78 LP Deluxe Pro 81 LP Heritage Elite-80 81 LP Custom TSB 81 LP Custom CSB 89 LP Studio White 98 LP Std CSB 99 R6 Yamano Goldtop 00 R9 Tangerine Burst 01 R8 Lemonburst 02 LP Std Plus Honeyburst 03 LP Classic Lightburst 03 LP Classic 3pickup Honeyburst 07 LP GOTW#25 09 Dark Fire #0004 and others

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floyd84 Les Paul Jedi Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ocean County, NJ Posts: 2,343 Thanks: 60 Thanked 148 Times in 39 Posts	Re: Need help with pickup ID Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? __________________ 52 Les Paul 59 Burst Replica 59 Junior 59 Junior TV Yellow 69/59 LP Burst Conversion 69 LP Deluxe CSB 71 LP Deluxe CSB 75 LP Deluxe Goldtop 78 LP Deluxe Pro 81 LP Heritage Elite-80 81 LP Custom TSB 81 LP Custom CSB 89 LP Studio White 98 LP Std CSB 99 R6 Yamano Goldtop 00 R9 Tangerine Burst 01 R8 Lemonburst 02 LP Std Plus Honeyburst 03 LP Classic Lightburst 03 LP Classic 3pickup Honeyburst 07 LP GOTW#25 09 Dark Fire #0004 and others

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floyd84 Les Paul Jedi Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ocean County, NJ Posts: 2,343 Thanks: 60 Thanked 148 Times in 39 Posts	Re: Need help with pickup ID Somebody here must know BTW 50th post woohoo, gimme PM lol __________________ 52 Les Paul 59 Burst Replica 59 Junior 59 Junior TV Yellow 69/59 LP Burst Conversion 69 LP Deluxe CSB 71 LP Deluxe CSB 75 LP Deluxe Goldtop 78 LP Deluxe Pro 81 LP Heritage Elite-80 81 LP Custom TSB 81 LP Custom CSB 89 LP Studio White 98 LP Std CSB 99 R6 Yamano Goldtop 00 R9 Tangerine Burst 01 R8 Lemonburst 02 LP Std Plus Honeyburst 03 LP Classic Lightburst 03 LP Classic 3pickup Honeyburst 07 LP GOTW#25 09 Dark Fire #0004 and others

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captain tightpants Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: In the pit rubbing the lotion on it's skin. It doesn't like the hose. Posts: 12,300 Thanks: 184 Thanked 174 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Need help with pickup ID Yeah, I just double checked the Duncan site, it is indeed a Jazz neck. Considering the fact that it has the sticker on a plain baseplate AND that it's double cream, it's a really old one at that. Very cool find!! Labels - Labels built before 2002 - Seymour Duncan/Basslines Last edited by captain tightpants; 02-17-2010 at 11:47 PM.

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02-18-2010, 01:58 AM	#11 (permalink)
floyd84 Les Paul Jedi Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ocean County, NJ Posts: 2,343 Thanks: 60 Thanked 148 Times in 39 Posts	Re: Need help with pickup ID Thanks alot. I wouldn't have guessed it to be a duncan, because it was double cream. It's much different than the DDJ one. That one has the logo on the baseplate and no braided wire. See? __________________ 52 Les Paul 59 Burst Replica 59 Junior 59 Junior TV Yellow 69/59 LP Burst Conversion 69 LP Deluxe CSB 71 LP Deluxe CSB 75 LP Deluxe Goldtop 78 LP Deluxe Pro 81 LP Heritage Elite-80 81 LP Custom TSB 81 LP Custom CSB 89 LP Studio White 98 LP Std CSB 99 R6 Yamano Goldtop 00 R9 Tangerine Burst 01 R8 Lemonburst 02 LP Std Plus Honeyburst 03 LP Classic Lightburst 03 LP Classic 3pickup Honeyburst 07 LP GOTW#25 09 Dark Fire #0004 and others

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captain tightpants Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: In the pit rubbing the lotion on it's skin. It doesn't like the hose. Posts: 12,300 Thanks: 184 Thanked 174 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Need help with pickup ID Yeah, that's what marks the JN M as an older one, no logo on the plate. that JN M sticker is 100% Duncan. If it was Dimarzio, the plate would be brass colored. Dimarzio coils look different, too. Braided wire is common on the Jazz model pickups, tho. The DD has four conductor wire, hence no braided on that one.

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floyd84 Les Paul Jedi Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ocean County, NJ Posts: 2,343 Thanks: 60 Thanked 148 Times in 39 Posts	Re: Need help with pickup ID Awesome, thanks __________________ 52 Les Paul 59 Burst Replica 59 Junior 59 Junior TV Yellow 69/59 LP Burst Conversion 69 LP Deluxe CSB 71 LP Deluxe CSB 75 LP Deluxe Goldtop 78 LP Deluxe Pro 81 LP Heritage Elite-80 81 LP Custom TSB 81 LP Custom CSB 89 LP Studio White 98 LP Std CSB 99 R6 Yamano Goldtop 00 R9 Tangerine Burst 01 R8 Lemonburst 02 LP Std Plus Honeyburst 03 LP Classic Lightburst 03 LP Classic 3pickup Honeyburst 07 LP GOTW#25 09 Dark Fire #0004 and others

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captain tightpants Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: In the pit rubbing the lotion on it's skin. It doesn't like the hose. Posts: 12,300 Thanks: 184 Thanked 174 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Need help with pickup ID No problem

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TattooedCarrot Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 2,819 Thanks: 2 Thanked 85 Times in 27 Posts	Re: Need help with pickup ID There are a lot of double cream Duncans around, and you can still order them from Duncan. They just aren't a regular production color and will arrive with a cover on them to skirt the Dimarzio trademark.

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floyd84 Les Paul Jedi Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ocean County, NJ Posts: 2,343 Thanks: 60 Thanked 148 Times in 39 Posts	Re: Need help with pickup ID That's good to know. Been thinking about giving my 98 standard a Page look with a double cream bridge pickup, and I like SDs __________________ 52 Les Paul 59 Burst Replica 59 Junior 59 Junior TV Yellow 69/59 LP Burst Conversion 69 LP Deluxe CSB 71 LP Deluxe CSB 75 LP Deluxe Goldtop 78 LP Deluxe Pro 81 LP Heritage Elite-80 81 LP Custom TSB 81 LP Custom CSB 89 LP Studio White 98 LP Std CSB 99 R6 Yamano Goldtop 00 R9 Tangerine Burst 01 R8 Lemonburst 02 LP Std Plus Honeyburst 03 LP Classic Lightburst 03 LP Classic 3pickup Honeyburst 07 LP GOTW#25 09 Dark Fire #0004 and others

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floyd84 Les Paul Jedi Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ocean County, NJ Posts: 2,343 Thanks: 60 Thanked 148 Times in 39 Posts	Re: Need help with pickup ID Also I found some old pics of my main Strat that i pieced together in 1987 and it has a double white SD pearlygates with PGB-J on it lol. Old MJ was a busy girl even back then __________________ 52 Les Paul 59 Burst Replica 59 Junior 59 Junior TV Yellow 69/59 LP Burst Conversion 69 LP Deluxe CSB 71 LP Deluxe CSB 75 LP Deluxe Goldtop 78 LP Deluxe Pro 81 LP Heritage Elite-80 81 LP Custom TSB 81 LP Custom CSB 89 LP Studio White 98 LP Std CSB 99 R6 Yamano Goldtop 00 R9 Tangerine Burst 01 R8 Lemonburst 02 LP Std Plus Honeyburst 03 LP Classic Lightburst 03 LP Classic 3pickup Honeyburst 07 LP GOTW#25 09 Dark Fire #0004 and others

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