javabirds
January 15th, 2011, 12:47 AM
I recently sold the pickups out of my MIA tele. I had swapped them out personally a few years ago and they were just collecting dust. So I decided to sell them on eBay. The guy who wound up with the neck pup disputes that they are USA because of the wiring color. My question is this:
Aside from the fact that I am the guy who took them out of a USA tele, how can I prove what the pickup is?
I have contacted him and he said:
"I read that the blue and white wire leads are indications that the pickup is MIM. The Stratosphere has them for sale with blue and white leads. I asked them where the pickup was made and they responded, Mexico."
Searching the TDPRI forum I couldn't find anything that was as easy as blue=MIM. I still have the guitar and the serial # to look up and compare to the schematic to see if the color code can put this to bed. Otherwise, I just can't figure it out. I took those pups out!
Any advice/insight is welcome!
Chris
Aside from the fact that I am the guy who took them out of a USA tele, how can I prove what the pickup is?
I have contacted him and he said:
"I read that the blue and white wire leads are indications that the pickup is MIM. The Stratosphere has them for sale with blue and white leads. I asked them where the pickup was made and they responded, Mexico."
Searching the TDPRI forum I couldn't find anything that was as easy as blue=MIM. I still have the guitar and the serial # to look up and compare to the schematic to see if the color code can put this to bed. Otherwise, I just can't figure it out. I took those pups out!
Any advice/insight is welcome!
Chris
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