Anyone want to try to guess what pickups I have?

[Nate]

I wish this were a quiz, because I really am a **** like that sometimes.

Okay, here we go...

I have two pickups that came out of a Jackson JR-20 Pro Rhoads almost five years ago. This is a list of everything I know about them and the guitar itself:

- Alder body guitar, ebony fretboard
- Produced and purchased in 1999 as an exclusive item for Musician's Friend
- Musician's Friend labeled these pickups as Duncan TB-4 and SH-2 pickups. According to this site, that would make them a JB and a '59, but I have doubts about these.
- No marking on the tops of the pickups (no 'Seymour Duncan, Duncan Designed, etc)
- Back stickers say M213 and M214.
- M213 = bridge pickup, M214=neck pickup. I compared length of wires between the two and the M213 is shorter.

pics enclosed (bridge on bottom, neck on top):





Any guesses?

[beandip]

Re: Anyone want to try to guess what pickups I have?

Those aint duncans. Look like Ibanez Powersounds to me.

[dd12939]

Re: Anyone want to try to guess what pickups I have?

they sure aren't a Jazz/JB set (SH-2 is Jazz, not '59)... they've not even got a screw coil... all slugs!! I don't know what they actually are, but I'd say you got hosed.

[Benjy_26]

Re: Anyone want to try to guess what pickups I have?

Definately not like the Duncans I've seen, but hey, try them out. You never know, they might actually sound good.

[dd12939]

Re: Anyone want to try to guess what pickups I have?

Kent Armstrong has pickups that are labeled as M213 and M214, but they have screw coils. I did find on his website though the "HUMBUCKER DISTORTION" pickup that looks like that... I don't know if it just got mislabeled or what... but that might be the answer.

http://wdmusicproducts.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=WMPI&Product_Code=WPU10&Category_Code=PUHMBCKR

[Nate]

Re: Anyone want to try to guess what pickups I have?

Damn Musician's Friend for pawning these off as Duncans...it's no biggie. They were taken out for better ones years ago anyway.

If I get bored enough, I'll throw these in my Dime333 and see what happens. The butthole who wired that guitar last did a piss poor job, so it needs to be redone anyway.

[Nate]

Re: Anyone want to try to guess what pickups I have?

they sure aren't a Jazz/JB set (SH-2 is Jazz, not '59)... they've not even got a screw coil... all slugs!! I don't know what they actually are, but I'd say you got hosed.

doh!! I even got the general assumption wrong, even though I doubted it was what it was to begin with. Did that even make sense??