Please help to identify old Duncan pickups

[Peter Krasov]

Please help me to identify the old HSH Duncan set. This was installed into 1991 Ibanez RG somewhere in the 1990s.

The neck and bridge say 59NJ and 58BJ respectively. I assume this is 59 set. The single coil says 2B on the sticker and clocks at 6.99k.

The printings on the stickers are quite pale, but I did my best.

Thanks

 

[eclecticsynergy]

Re: Please help to identify old Duncan pickups

Nice set. Definitely a vintage 59 Neck and 59 Bridge, both wound by MJ who now winds all the Custom Shop pickups.
Can't be sure about the singlecoil but I imagine its likely to be an SSL-1 [EDIT:SSL-2], great sounding classic Strat pickup.
(The SSL-2 is the non-staggered version of the SSL-1.Same wind & magnets, just with flat poles.)

EDIT: The Duncan website is still malfunctioning after an upgrade last Spring so it won't display the DCR spec for the SSL-2,but your reading actually sounds a bit high for an SSL-2, so perhaps it's a different model

 

[Peter Krasov]

Re: Please help to identify old Duncan pickups

Nice set. Definitely a vintage 59 Neck and 59 Bridge, both wound by MJ who now winds all the Custom Shop pickups.
Can't be sure about the singlecoil but I imagine its likely to be an SSL-1, great sounding classic Strat pickup.

Good set, indeed. Thanks!

 

[jeremy]

Re: Please help to identify old Duncan pickups

6.99k is a little high for a ssl2 but duncan doesnt really have anything around 7k so could totally be a ssl2. flat poles?

 

[Peter Krasov]

Re: Please help to identify old Duncan pickups

6.99k is a little high for a ssl2 but duncan doesnt really have anything around 7k so could totally be a ssl2. flat poles?

Yes, flat poles