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They had a kind of copper shielding around the coils, as i recall.

I don‘t have a set on hand but i think i remember them as a combo of different spacings like 50mm/50mm/52mm. You better should measure them.

Cmatmods Brownie https://reverb.com/marketplace?product_type=effects-and-pedals&product_type_uuid=fa10f97c-dd98-4a8f-933b-8cb55eb653dd&query=CMATMods+Brownie

If thats an option, try a Distortion neck as Bridge pickup. Best sounding more-than-vintage pickup with great combo of beef, cleaning up and some compression. I tried JB, JB8, C, CC, C5, C8, Distortion B, Alt8, Full Shred, maybe more and boatloads of PAFs, which give a very own flavor to a LP.

My experience is to go step by step. First i would look into P90ies and find the one who sounds best on its own in the neck. Then i would for a bridge pickup to match, if needed.

There is a reason why some of them are more collectible than others: The original Zendrive were made by Alonso Hermida from 2004 to about 2011 (?) in very small quantaties. First they had no brand sign on the outside, the very late ones can have the Hermida Audio sign on the outside but they all...

Looks like a bargain! A friend of mine looks for Starfield (Ibanez brand) made in USA

Look here: https://www.seymourduncan.com/resources/pickup/wiring-diagrams select: 1 humbucker, 1 volume, push/pull coil split

Good call. For a long time I had a A8 and A5 in the bridge and a A5 and A4 in the neck pickup.

That's alright for Gibsons up to now.

But it should level the lesser charged parts to a more uniform on the upper side of the blade.

In fact i did a lot of comparisions between both on a Les Paul clone with flippable pickups. The 500T is a bit growlier and darker. On recommendations in the LesPaulForum i opened the 500T and pull out one side magnet (500T as 2 of them) and put in a wooden spacer. This made them really, really...

I think the rails thing is a good idea. Since i have a gaussmeter i check all bar magnets over the entire length. I am quite shocked how uneven the charging is on alnico magnets. So rails should be a great idea.

No chance, from 1969 on they had clear bobbins and before that they had black bobbins with silvernickel baseplates.

What colour has the bobbin? Do I see black plastics thru the holes? Then it's younger than mid 80ies.