Discontinued Duncan? Old catelog?

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Willybomb

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Gudday all, I was wondering if there is a resource around for checking out old/discontinued Duncan pickups. One of my students has a Pearl branded MIJ LP copy with a megadrive in the bridge, and something else in the neck position.

The "something else" has the usual 6x2 rows of hex screws but it looks more like a humbucker sized P90 in that you can't see the coil bobbins (if that makes sense) due to a cover. I thought I saw something like that in a Duncan poster catelog back in 1988 or so but I could be mistaken. It's almost like a TV jones, but not quite.

Any ideas? I'll try and get a pic of it tomorrow (which would probably be more useful).
 
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Dunno why you deleted that post Mark, you're actually pretty close to it. Although it's a full HB sized pickup, my first impression was that it was a P90.
 
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If I´m understanding right it´s solid black or cream with silver hex screws?

I´ve definitely seen them before, I want to say Schaller but I just got out of bed, head´s not clear yet....
 
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I realized that a dimarzio dlx has fillister poles, and not hex. Although the old ones might have had hex poles??
 
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Willybomb said:
Gudday all, I was wondering if there is a resource around for checking out old/discontinued Duncan pickups. One of my students has a Pearl branded MIJ LP copy with a megadrive in the bridge, and something else in the neck position.

The "something else" has the usual 6x2 rows of hex screws but it looks more like a humbucker sized P90 in that you can't see the coil bobbins (if that makes sense) due to a cover. I thought I saw something like that in a Duncan poster catelog back in 1988 or so but I could be mistaken. It's almost like a TV jones, but not quite.

Any ideas? I'll try and get a pic of it tomorrow (which would probably be more useful).
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These are the pickups here. The bottom one is a Dimarzio Megadrive, but have no idea what the other one is.

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it looks like a Dimarzio Super 2 to me---(i've got a couple of them laying around here that look like that). the original Super 2 you could see the bobbins, then they came out with that goofy cover, and they didn't sound as good IMO.
 
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These look similar but with fillisters.
They're at my mate's shop on consignment.

BTW, your typing "accent" suggests you come from the land of OZ.
If your in Melbourne, a few of the forum lads catch up regularly.

Cheers, Will.
 
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BTW, your typing "accent" suggests you come from the land of OZ.
If your in Melbourne, a few of the forum lads catch up regularly.
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Lol, I was wondering how you worked that out - until I realized I started the thread with "Gudday". FWIW, I'm in Ballarat.

I'll take an amp with me and see how it sounds tomorrow. Taking a multimeter might be a good idea too.
 
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That neck HB is the Schaller that Zerb was talking about. :) It is even mounted in a Schaller surround. Take a look at the baseplate and you will find six height adjustment screw holes from which to choose.

If you wait for long enough, I might remember the correct model name. More likely, however, is that Zerb will provide the answer.

EXTRA, EXTRA. I have just remembered that there was a matching, eight polepiece, bass guitar humbucker made by Schaller during the Eighties.
 
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