PJ Marx 412 Pickup

[hacker]

Cleaning out the workbench. Here is a PJ Marx 412 in very good condition. If you know these pickups, you know they are real hard to find. Slight scuff marks on the side as shown in the picture. Pickup sounds great-very clear, high output with a real solid low end. Long lead.

Asking $90 Shippd/PP'd

 

[hacker]

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anyone?

 

[hacker]

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St. Paddys bump!

 

[JohnnyGuitarCA]

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Oh man... That's the EXACT model I'm looking for.
What a time to be broke!!! :banghead:
PJ Marx is an old friend, too.

 

[JohnnyGuitarCA]

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BTW, Hacker's price is very fair! I sold A PJ Marx Jeff Watson model last year for $100. It sold in 1 day. Snap this up if you can!

 

[BloodRose]

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this geared toward any particular style?

 

[JOLLY]

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Is this the same type Brad Gillis used?

 

[DonP]

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Is this the same type Brad Gillis used?

I don't know squat about PJ Marx pickups, but I have a Brad Gillis model, so I'm "guessing" the 412 model is something else?

Sorry, I've never hooked it up yet so I don't know what it sounds like.

 

[JOLLY]

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I don't know about them either. Thanks for the reply.

 

[JohnnyGuitarCA]

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The 412 is a medium output humbucker that's very versatile.

 

[JohnnyGuitarCA]

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Is this the same type Brad Gillis used?

Brad used a PJ Marx Brad Gillis Signature model. Different pickup than the 412.

 

[JohnnyGuitarCA]

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I don't know squat about PJ Marx pickups, but I have a Brad Gillis model, so I'm "guessing" the 412 model is something else?

Sorry, I've never hooked it up yet so I don't know what it sounds like.

Don, if you decide to sell that one, don't take less than $100 for it.

 

[DonP]

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Ok, if you say so LOL!

It came in an HM Strat I picked up for $100. That deal keeps getting better and better.

 

[Aceman]

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Gillis used PJ long before there was a Gillis model...so what was it?

 

[JohnnyGuitarCA]

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Gillis used PJ long before there was a Gillis model...so what was it?

Same pickup. PJ made a pickup that Brad used early on and really liked. He liked it so much that PJ & Brad decided to market it as the Brad Gillis signature model.

 

[DonP]

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Ok, I'm looking at the pickup now. It's encased in a bright orange resin, painted flat black on the top and sides. The pickup underside was left orange. There is a cream white sticker with tape over it on the bottom. Text is 'Brad Gillis' surrounded by a black box.

There are places where the pickup has the black paint worn off exposing the orange.

There are no markings on the top.

The pickup looked unremarable to me.

The DC is 12.82K red to black with white and green connected.
5.09K Red to white/green.
7.73 Black to white/green.

Hope this helps those Brad Gillis fans out there.

 

[JohnnyGuitarCA]

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How do you like the sound of the Brad Gillis model, Don? I had one a long time ago and really liked it.

The Jeff Watson pickup is also a real badass, BTW.

 

[DonP]

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As I said in a previous post, I've never really heard it. It came in an HM Strat that was wired up really bad. The person who wired it connected all of the mid points together (two humbucking singles and the PJ Marx) so that he could coil tap all three with one switch. Well, as you know inter-connecting all the pickups together at their midpoints is bound to create some odd tones.

I pulled the PJ Marx out, and installed a BKP Warpig I got for free with an ESP I bought at GC (it was included in the case). The warpig sounded great and has stayed in there.

The PJ Marx has sat in the parts box.

One other thing to mention - the mounting tab on my PJ Marx is NOT like the OP's pickup. It's not metal, it's the same resin the pickup is encased in, and only has one hole on either side. It was direct-mounted in the HM Strat so I don't think it had mounting threads.

The encasing of this pickup looks..."amaturish" so I'm guessing it was one of the early pickups. It looks like it was made in someone's basement.

 

[hacker]

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The pickup sounds high output to me, but I am used to PAF style pups, with a flat EQ. Very tight bass.

 

[hacker]

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