Help me identify these Duncan pickups

[GilmourD]

Re: Help me identify these Duncan pickups

Probably just the lighting. However the 8.09 output one seems to have slightly bigger slugs than the other. Cant tell on what the magnets are (rough or smooth) unless i pull them apart. Might just be the grime/rust buildup making them look rougher?

To me it looks like the "smaller" slugs have a slight bevel to the top edge and are pushed into the bobbin a little bit, so they accumulated some schmutz (that's a technical term) which is obfuscating the true diameter of the slugs.

 

[gregory]

Re: Help me identify these Duncan pickups

Thanks.

The baseplate is clearly a couple of generations older, but I wasn't aware of the fact that the SH-1 still uses wooden spacers.

FWIW, my JB has long legs, which is why I wasn't so quick to rule out anything based on that criterion.

 

[flyinryan11]

Re: Help me identify these Duncan pickups

How do you guys find the older 59s compared to the newer ones?

 

[gregory]

Re: Help me identify these Duncan pickups

If they were wound by MJ, no less than one million times better.

 

[gregory]

Re: Help me identify these Duncan pickups

All three use short-legged baseplates, 4-con output wire, the Jazz and APH are wound with poly wire and the PG have different DC readings.

But of course you knew all that, isn't it?

Anything else I can help you with?

An old Jazz neck is currently for sale in the Trading Post. It has long legs and the description says the original braided wire was replaced with 4C wire. The plate is from the same era as the ones here.

The diference between measured DCR and SH-1n and SH-2n/APHn spec (a scant 100 ohms, unless it used to be significantly larger) is not large enough to be immune to potential changes in temperature, manufacturing tolerance and improper multimeter calibration.

 

[Riley]

Re: Help me identify these Duncan pickups

During that era all of our humbuckers had long legs and wooden spacers, and single conductor leads were more commonly used.

It's hard to tell from the pictures for sure, but it looks like poly wire to me, which would rule out the 59.

I would guess Jazz or Alnico II Pro.