Mystery Passive Blade/Rail Humbucker

[TheRealistArtiste]

I got a great deal on this old guitar off craigslist. The bridge pickup has been swapped, and I'm trying to figure out what kind of pup it is. No numbers or letters anywhere on the thing. It actually sounds really good, which is why I want to know what it is. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Art

 

[dystrust]

Re: Mystery Passive Blade/Rail Humbucker

Unfortunately without a picture of the bottom of the pickup it may be difficult to say for certain. The blades are too wide to be a Lawrence and the bobbin color doesn't look quite right to be a DiMarzio X2N.

 

[vmbarrera]

Re: Mystery Passive Blade/Rail Humbucker

Could be an Artec power rail or similar.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Mystery Passive Blade/Rail Humbucker

Welcome to the forum!

Any clues or stickers on the bottom of the baseplate?

 

[TheRealistArtiste]

Re: Mystery Passive Blade/Rail Humbucker

Unfortunately without a picture of the bottom of the pickup it may be difficult to say for certain. The blades are too wide to be a Lawrence and the bobbin color doesn't look quite right to be a DiMarzio X2N.

I too thought it looked like an X2N but I'm fairly sure it's not. The blades on the X2N are round on the ends whereas on this they're square. I took it out hoping to find "DiMarzio Pickups, Made in USA" on the back but there's nothing.

Welcome to the forum!

Any clues or stickers on the bottom of the baseplate?

Nothing at all on the baseplate. Here's a picture

 

[Chistopher]

Re: Mystery Passive Blade/Rail Humbucker

Looks to me like either an Asian copy of an X2N or just another Asian made pickup where the maker thought double blade magnets looked pretty nice.