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Hi fellow member, Maybe a series cap would work but TBH, I don't tend to use such components for what you want. PM for more info: I...

Looks black and matte like a ceramic, tests like a ceramic, then its maybe a standard sized ceramic magnet. In the years before Mr...

Well, it might be a ceramic bar, then. Not necessarily a bad thing - but I'm not sure of my own feelings about that in this case: it...

Ok, thx for the information. Being a dad myself, I tend to see such parts inherited from the past as precious. ;-) I was wondering...

Yes. And my old eyes have a hard time to decipher your lateral pic but it makes me wonder what is the magnet...

I'm the first to appreciate precision but the lack of it in my first answer wasn't due only to my blury memories (even if, well...

Second half of 1967 to 1975: Patent number pickups with poly wire and white and black leads, T-top bobbins, "patent no." sticker, no...

If the coils have the regular black bobbins with a T, watch the baseplate. If it has a glued sticker with patent number, it's from the...

The Hybrid is a great pickup for the bridge, but I am not sure I would like it in the neck.

If you're now satisfied with the bridge PU in itself, it might be interesting to reverse its magnet while swapping its ground / lead...

Hi all. Reporting back in. I swapped out the bridge side row of hex heads for filisters, which cut the highs a little bit. I then...

I totally agree. I have my pickups very close to the strings on all of my guitars with the exception of the TV Jones in the Tele. That...

I've already tried to explain the "scratchy" thing in the post 4. Again, it's a distortion effect involving the eddy currents due to...

Accidentally wired out of phase with itself? I'd swap the two wires of one coil only, just to be sure...

So the resistive load for each pickup is of approximatively 231,5k instead of 250k. As if a linear tone pot was set @ 8.54/10 instead of...