Ibanez Super 70?

stevesmith1987

stevesmith1987

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Someone on Facebook posted hes selling this set for $50. He said they're a set of Super 70s pulled from a 1975 lawsuit. I can't seem to find pictures of a set of these pickups with these types of poles, can anyone confirm?

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Re: Ibanez Super 70?

Super 70 baseplates only, you can tell how mutilated the sides are from the covers being taken off etc. – someone really did a number on them!

The Super 70 is a covered A8 pup, with a row of slugs and screws, like a typical bucker. The also had vintage style braided wire; the ones in your pic seem to have a 4 conductor wire. At some point the baseplate design was changed so the left leg got spots for three height adjustment screws – in 1978, I think. Ibanez pups also had Philips head screws holding the bobbins; only company I can think of that used slot at the time is DiMarzio. Bobbins look like DiM too.

Verdict: DiM Super D (converted to 4 conductor wiring) on pre-1978 Super 70 baseplates.
 
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Re: Ibanez Super 70?

Maybe a bit less, given the condition, retrofit of 4 conductor wire, and the general Frankenstein approach.
 
Re: Ibanez Super 70?

I wouldn't,personally.

Aside from the,ummm,"surgery",old DiM SDs(in my exp) woefully need re-potting.
Sometimes it takes,sometimes it doesn't...

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Re: Ibanez Super 70?

^^ Oh yeah, forgot about that - the old ones aren't potted, and given that these ones have been operated on, they'd probably need it.
 
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