Can anyone help me ID this pickup please .

[shahpur]

Hi, can anyone please help me ,

I purchased 2 pickups off Ebay which were advertised as Seymour Duncan 59 humbuckers.

When they arrived they were not branded with the normal engraved seymour duncan logo on the back but with just a 59n and a 59b sticker .

When i emailed the seller i was told that early Seymour pickups did not have the engraving on the back , is this true?

See pictures below
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/shahpur/592.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/shahpur/591.jpg

Any help would be much appreciated

shahpur

 

[hamerfan]

Re: Can anyone help me ID this pickup please .

Really old ones.

See here:

1. no backlogo, small tag without winder initial from late 70 up to ?
2. no backlogo, small tag with winder from ? to 1983
3. big backlogo without MiA, small tag with winder from at least 1983 to 1988
4. small backlogo with MiA, small tag with winder from 1988 to 2002
5. small backlogo with MiA, large tag with SN and Model from 2002 to ?
6. small backlogo with MiA, large tag with date from ? to now

 

[astrozombie]

Re: Can anyone help me ID this pickup please .

i'd be happy about owning an old SD pickup.

as long as it works!

 

[Diocletian]

Re: Can anyone help me ID this pickup please .

Yeah I've had older SDs without the engraving. The stickers look legit to me.

 

[shahpur]

Re: Can anyone help me ID this pickup please .

thanks for the information and quick responses i was getting worried that i had been ripped off. Being older does it make the pickups more desirable ?

shapur

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: Can anyone help me ID this pickup please .

Not really, especially with that spliced wire.

And is it common to find those rings around the slugs on older models?