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Hello all,

So while I was flipping the pickups in the Epi LP I got off my arse and decided to flip the ones in the LP Custom too.

What I found was - no nice and easy model number labels (of course), black plastic covering the wires, not braided cover. And individually:

- Brass backing plate on the bridge one
- with handwritten sticker that says "219",
- and another sticker saying "Dimarzio US Pat. 4,501,185"
- Gold hex head screws

- Black backing on the neck one
- with handwritten sticker that seems to say "215"
- Black hex head screws

Any clues as to what these might be? Might take some better pics and send them to Dimarzio if no one knows.

http://www.stevesmusiccenter.com/DimarzioDP219.html

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DP215BK

Sorted

I think..

Thank you, but if you try and use that logic thing it would seem that those are a bit out there, yes? Obviously my first stop was googling those numbers, BUT, D-activator NECK in the bridge, and EVO 2 Bridge in the NECK? Come on. And newer Dimarzios have DP-whatever printed on stickers, not handwritten in pen.

And reportedly those Dimarzios were in there from a previous owner since the 80s, and both those designs are 2000-onward designs AFAIK. Of course you didn't know that part, but the rest might have occurred to you

Unless, of course, you are right. In that case I would probably eat my own head.

You leave me alone

Maybe the person that put them in wanted them in those positions, and the guy that sold you it lied to you

Khann wrote:http://www.stevesmusiccenter.com/DimarzioDP219.html

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DP215BK

Sorted

I think..

I would have gone with this just from the labelling perspective because I just fitted a brand new boxed Super Distortion to my RRV and it had the same brass back stamped with Dimarzio and a Patent number and then a small white handwritten sticker with 100 on it, which matches the Super Distortion as it's a DP100

it also had an F stamped on the back which would indicate F Spaced I guess.

however if those combinations above look strange then I'd be stumped, unless someone swapped the labels for some stupid reason???

All the info you have provided matches exactly with what Khann has suggested. If you have a multimeter, measure the resistance to confirm. Handwritten labels still come through from time to time.

Damn, I'll have to eat my own head won't I

I'll have to sell the LP Custom and buy a Langcaster, too...

Don't have a multimeter, might *ahem* borrow the one from work (I am assuming we have one somewhere anyway).

Those pups in the custom didn't look like modern ones to me. They had that early '80 look to them that the old super dist and the ibby gotohs had.

Khann wrote:You leave me alone

Maybe the person that put them in wanted them in those positions, and the guy that sold you it lied to you

Okay I take back my harsh comments about Neck/Bridge arrangement, I read it wrong, fuck me, my mistake - BUT... from an output perspective, I reckon there's no way in hell it could be an Evo 2 in the bridge, unless an Evo 2 has half the balls of an Evo and less output than a Tonezone. The TZ in my Ash Custom sends the low gain mode of my amp into fairly crunchy overdrive the way I set it up, while the same settings of this bridge pickup only tickle it slightly... And although the Dimarzio website says Evo 2 has "slightly less power" than an Evo, having had an Evo, I can't believe that this bridge pickup is related to it...

Confusion. Confucius say, wtf damn Dimarzios are these?

Oh, so I got it right?

The neck pickup doesn't seem VERY high output either. But it's fairly bassy, maybe it IS a bridge pickup? Hah, it was the one I liked, too.