What Pickup is this?

[borsten]

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]

It sounds like the neck could be a Gibson Dirty Fingers

 

[borsten]

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

 

[MrRhoads]

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

 

[BMS]

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]

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

 

[borsten]

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

 

[nwobhm]

I think the 880 part is August 1980.