Vintage Japanese humbucker ID.

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Vintage Japanese humbucker ID.

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Picked up a cheap guitar with this;
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looks like an old Greco/Maxon/Ibanez humbucker
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Any one got any idea?
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No idea, looks like 70s vintage. How's it sound?

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I will ask vern if he's around tomorrow. He'll probably know.
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Single coil wrote:I will ask vern if he's around tomorrow. He'll probably know.
Is Vern Random Bob? If so, tell him I love his work! Where does he find those guitars?
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Can neither confirm nor deny.

(Seriously, fuck knows where he gets them from)
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"They look like the ones they put in univox guitars to me. Weird that it has square poles. Or is that just the blur? What do they sound like?"

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Yes, they do have square poles on one side. They're actually 2 rectangle pieces of metal that make up a square. I thought univox too but I can't find photos of any with square poles. Don't know about the sound yet, it doesn't work!
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I've found an old Maxon pickup in my parts bin with similar pole pieces.
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The construction is different but it's along a similar vein.
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I think i'm going to go with Univox on the first one. I'll wire it up today and see if it works.
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Is your parts bin awesome?
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Single coil wrote:Is your parts bin awesome?
Well it's chocka with all these old pickups I collected in the mid 60's. Most of them are twin coils with little 'patent applied for' stickers on the back. Some are black, some are white, most are a mix of the two. In the early 80's when floyd roses became big, I replaced a lot of bridges on old Strats with them. Thats how I ended up with all these stratocaster trems with big iron blocks and saddles that say 'Fender pat pend'. Not even proper ' Fender Fender' ones! I guess they're all destined for the tip along with this bag of slightly rusty Kluson tuners and a bunch of old neck plates with low 5 digit numbers on them.
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