I recently acquired a solidbody Martin, model E-28M, circa 1981-82. Inet searches have yielded only one source of info; it tells me the E-28s were Martin's last shot at the solidbody electric market and that they were equipped with "special design" Duncan pickups and active circuitry.
The Duncan folks do not have archive info going back that far, so they can't tell me anything about the pickup's specs, and there are no identifying markings on the undersides other than "bridge" and "neck" labels.
I'm wondering if anyone out there is familiar with the guitar and the pickups. I'd like to experiement with some newer Duncans, but not until I have a better idea of what I'm starting with. Judging by descriptions and sound clips -- all I have to go by -- I'd guess they may be some early version of a JB/bridge, Jazz/neck combo.
It's a beautiful guitar, BTW; neck-thru-body solid mahagony, Firebird suburst-like finish, ebony fingerboard with pearl hexagonal inlays. Tonal versatility is terrific (even with the active bypassed) and it sustains forever. Has it all over the clunky E-18 that proceeded it (a friend of mine had one in the late seventies), but I suspect that by the time Martin got it right, no one was paying attention!
The Duncan folks do not have archive info going back that far, so they can't tell me anything about the pickup's specs, and there are no identifying markings on the undersides other than "bridge" and "neck" labels.
I'm wondering if anyone out there is familiar with the guitar and the pickups. I'd like to experiement with some newer Duncans, but not until I have a better idea of what I'm starting with. Judging by descriptions and sound clips -- all I have to go by -- I'd guess they may be some early version of a JB/bridge, Jazz/neck combo.
It's a beautiful guitar, BTW; neck-thru-body solid mahagony, Firebird suburst-like finish, ebony fingerboard with pearl hexagonal inlays. Tonal versatility is terrific (even with the active bypassed) and it sustains forever. Has it all over the clunky E-18 that proceeded it (a friend of mine had one in the late seventies), but I suspect that by the time Martin got it right, no one was paying attention!