Vintage Quarter Pounder...rewind?

[HaganR]

I bought my Strat used back in 1975. It had a after-market bridge pickup that I've only recently identified as a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder (sticker on back says '4R'. It is a 1975 Strat, so the pickup must be 1975 or older.

I'm a 'neck pickup' kinda guy, so I never used this pickup much (or any bridge pickup on any guitar). But it seemed to work fine - very high output as compared to the stock fender pickups.

About 2 years ago I replaced it with an SD JB Jr.

I was going to put this up for sale on ebay, but when I ohmed it out it reads ~3 Mega ohms and counts up. I connected the wires to my amp, tapped on it and it seems to be alive. I held it about 1/4" above the strings on my guitar and it seems to work O.K. I can only assume that the coil must have a hairline crack.

What would the cost be to have Seymour Duncan rewind it, and what would it's approximate market value be if I got it rewound?

Does it have any intrinsic historic value with the coil as is?

 

[DavidRavenMoon]

Re: Vintage Quarter Pounder...rewind?

If you’re getting a high reading like that it means there’s a break in the coil. You still get sound because each turn of wire is capacitively coupled to the other turns.

If that’s from ‘75 it’s before he had models. I wrote him a letter back then about having my Rickenbacker bass pickups rewound. I still have his reply letter somewhere.


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[HaganR]

Re: Vintage Quarter Pounder...rewind?

So you're saying that if it's from 1975 it can't be a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder?

Hmm..I wonder what type of pickup it is! It sure looks like an SD Quarter Pounder....

 

[Jacew]

Re: Vintage Quarter Pounder...rewind?

Schaller had single coil models with 1/4 magnets.

 

[HaganR]

Re: Vintage Quarter Pounder...rewind?

Oh well...I'm bummed...

 

[DavidRavenMoon]

Re: Vintage Quarter Pounder...rewind?

Schaller had single coil models with 1/4 magnets.

Those were in the 80s. Schaller had mostly copies of DiMarzio and those Quarter Pounder copies.

I was a Schaller dealer back then. They were pretty good pickups. I had their DiMarzio copies in one of my basses.


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[Jacew]

Re: Vintage Quarter Pounder...rewind?

Those were in the 80s. Schaller had mostly copies of DiMarzio and those Quarter Pounder copies.

I was a Schaller dealer back then. They were pretty good pickups. I had their DiMarzio copies in one of my basses.


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Ok. Any idea what these might be?

I thought Schallers predated SD QP's. I've never seen or heard them being used anywhere earlier than 90's.

EDIT: Didn't Blackmore use the Schallers? Why would he be using copies rather than originals?

EDIT 2: I meant Schecter, not Schaller :smack:

 

[Mincer]

Re: Vintage Quarter Pounder...rewind?

Can you post a picture (top and bottom) of this pickup? I am curious about this.