Fake or not a fake?

[superpete]

https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/faqs/labels-built-before-2002

according to this...NO S!!!

"If there is an extra letter at the end it reflects who actually wound your pickup: •A Raul Araiza (Single Coils) •B Leticia Bautista (Single Coils) •C Catalina Padilla (Rails) •D Debbie Nyquist (Humbuckers) •E Edward Madrigal (Humbuckers) •G Gloria Ocompo (Humbuckers) •J Maricella Juarez-83′ (Humbuckers, Single Coils, Stacks, Rails) •J Janice Salazar-til 83′ (Stacks) •L Lidia Daniel (Humbuckers) •L Leticia Quintero-87′-90′ (Stacks, Rails) •M Martha Cameron (Humbuckers, Single Coils) •O Oti Mora (Stacks, Rails) •P Lupe Perez-86′ on (Rails) •P Patty Vasquez-till 86′ (Stacks, Rails) •R Connie Rocha (Single Coils) •V Joe Velez (Single Coils) •X Mai Xiong (Stacks)"


PS I'm by no means insinuating this isn't a legit pickup, I just watch a lot of law and order.

[beaubrummels]

It looks like a legit pickup that someone, inexplicably, hand wrote an S or 5 on the label. (Maybe they mag-swapped an A5 and now it's a Custom 5?)

[Demanic]

Maybe it's my imagination, but if it is an "S" it looks like it's written in the same manner as the "S's" in the words "Custom Custom".
Anyone ever do any handwriting analysis?

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[Gtrjunior]

Maybe it's my imagination, but if it is an "S" it looks like it's written in the same manner as the "S's" in the words "Custom Custom".
Anyone ever do any handwriting analysis?

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Good eye....you’re absolutely correct.

[Demanic]

It looks like a legit pickup that someone, inexplicably, hand wrote an S or 5 on the label. (Maybe they mag-swapped an A5 and now it's a Custom 5?)

Upon further research, I think maybe yours is the correct answer.

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[Demanic]

Truth be told, I almost thought that it could have been wound by Seymour. But his signature looks completely different, at least based on what I see on the Antiquities.

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[WDeeGee]

Hi, OP here.

I ended up buying the pup - from a friendly young man who inherited a box full of all sorts of pickups, mostly Tonerider and GFS - the SD box still had the old price tag in Belgian Franks (we switched to Euros in 2002), so it's not gonna be a fake.
Sticker stamp: TB11J
There's a dash above the J but it is a J, not an S or a 5 so I'm very happy. It will be replacing the stock TB-11 in my Washburn wi66 - curious to see how much change there will be.

I'll be back with my evaluation later on.

[Mincer]

Mystery solved! I look forward to the review.

[Gtrjunior]

You’re replacing a TB-11 with a TB-11?

[Adieu]

Seriously??


That weird-azz ultrawide Times New Roman font is authentic?

[ICTGoober]

No one is talking about the 6 screw holes in the legs? I've only seen that on German-made Shadow pickups and some Ibanez X series stuff from Korea.

[jeremy]

you mean the three holes on each leg of the baseplate? every trembucker has those

[ICTGoober]

Did not know that.

[Mincer]

Only the middle hole on each leg is threaded.

[Masta' C]

Did not know that.

You're officially fired from the forum