Pickups for Greco 1981 explorer

[gavilan128]

Hello my name is Enrique i have to change the pickups in my greco 1981 explorer they are dying ,a long way from 1981 .
Asking in Japanese guitar forum,a guy sayed to me that originals Pu was MAXON U-2000 PAF (or T-TOP) Alnico 5 pickups.
Someboy knows where can i buy those PU,OR something like originals PU
My mind is open and other kind of Brands ,SEMYOUR ,Dimarcio or Gibson ,whatever .
I need your opinions .I know that the subjet of pickups is very personal but i need that explain why choose a model or another.

PD: I like the originals but they are dead.......OR any pickups with the original pickups tone ,or similar settings.
Thank u
Enrique

 

[karpathion]

Re: Pickups for Greco 1981 explorer

Have you checked the other electronics in the guitar. It's pretty hard for a passive pickup to just die. I suspect a wire break or broken solder joint. Look through tthe whole thing first. Check the wires on the jack, and the conections to the pots. I bet you could find it.

 

[uOpt]

Re: Pickups for Greco 1981 explorer

Dead like what? Both pickups just fall over from old age around the same time? No way.

Seymour Duncan's idea of a A5 PAF that is somewhat T-Topish is the '59 model.