JB Pickup covers

[sammy777]

I'm looking at some vintage Kramers, and and hoping to get ones with SD pickups, which I heard became standard sometime in the mid 80s. Are these identifiable by the pickup covers? I have a vintage 80s JB and see that it has two holes in the pickup covers on the top side, and one hole on the bottom side - if I see that on a humbucker is that a very strong suggestions of a SD JB? In particular, here are the 2 guitars I am looking at, which from the serial numbers are right around the years when Kramer started using SD, but the seller doesn't know the pickups and it is probably to much to ask them to look inside. Thanks for the help!

Reverb.com Kramer Pacer Blue

Reverb.com Kramer Pacer Red

 

[DavidRavenMoon]

Those pickups don’t have covers. The holes in the tops of the bobbins are pretty standard. Gibson has those holes, which are molding or machining artifacts. They don’t serve any purpose. Duncans have them because Gibson has them. You will find other brands do as well.

But what other pickups did Kramers come with?


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[Mincer]

Kramers came with a wide range of pickups, especially when they started cranking out plywood monstrosities in the mid to late 80s. The Kramers most people remember today were the good ones.