Recent content by hamerfan

Now it has short leg and 4 con, but i don‘t know when the 4 con option was introduced. Your pickup was made before before 1980.

It was made in the 11th week of 2007.

Even in the bridge I ran it with a 500k vol pot. Have fun!

The t-top in the bridge position creates a very own lead sound like post 72 Jimmy Page, Randy Rhodes, Mick Ronson or Michael Schenker.

Another concept is an partial split which are used in some guitars like PRS. You need a resistor which leads from the series link connection to ground. In case of a Gibson pickup white and green in series with a resistor to ground, while red is hot and black is ground. The resistor can be...

The big problem with the 490r it has a certain fatness which makes them muddy in series. You can change the magnet to an A4 or an A5. If you decide to wire it parallel (i did not try that because mine are 2con), it will help by scooping out low mids, but i could be to thin and low volume...

One of the big points on EVH solos was that they had an own melody, which could stand alone.

The stuff i purcased years ago was also a japanese brand.

yep! I just read DiMarzio stopped the glueing in on more recent SDs.

I would not call them bright. They have a higher inductance due the 12 screws. I would call them clear and not muddy with excellent string separation, which is a plus for metal.

When i it comes to Suhr and neck pup i have a soft spot. A friend bought a guitar with a Suhr DSV in the neck without knowing what it is. He wanted me to swap in a Custom and a 59N into this guitar. This Suhr DSV was the best neck pickup i ever heard. Some weeks later a decided to buy it...

I have a DiMarzio Super Distortion resp. a Dual Sound. I performed a lot of magnet swaps, but not on a Super Distortion. Reason: glued in thicker ceramic magnet

Looks black and matte like a ceramic, tests like a ceramic, then its maybe a standard sized ceramic magnet. In the years before Mr. Shaw came to Gibson (´78 til ‘80) Gibson did a lot of variationson the T-Top bobbin basis without notice. Only the Dirty Fingers (double screws, thick ceramic...

Yes, they are definitely Seymour Duncan. Seymour started his business in 1976, but i have no data when he started bass pickups. But i doubt that these pickups are pre 77/78, because he started this kind of back label right in 1978 on guitar pickups. So my guess is your bass was made out of some...

Second half of 1967 to 1975: Patent number pickups with poly wire and white and black leads, T-top bobbins, "patent no." sticker, no longer has hole in bobbin showing wire, orange wire, short magnet, screws on bottom of base are usually slotted but could be phillips too. "L" toolmark can be seen...