Pup Origin? FUZZY?

[Kevin]

I found this old pup today while rummaging through some stuff -- it's what happens when you're getting ready to move -- and for the life of me can't remember where it came from. I didn't even remember having it.

Anyway, it's got a black fiber top and grey fiber bottom. It has a baseplate, but I'm not sure if it's original. It has staggered polepieces. The string is black. The wires are yellow and black plastic-covered.

Here's a pic of the top of the pup:



and here's a pic of the bottom, with the baseplate slid to the side:



The bottom of the pup is marked: 13 282, but it looks as if the "1" was done with a pen, rather than a stamp (perhaps it was not marked clearly, so it was gone over; I don't know).

Any help in ID'ing this pup would be greatly appreciated.

[e-merlin]

Aside from the wiring it sure looks like the pickup in my '77 Tele Custom.

Wish I could remember what the pickup in my MIJ Fender Tele looked like.

Unfortunately I don't own either of them anymore so I can't check.

[Darrell]

It is a MIJ Fender. Similar in spec to the 52ri, but with plastic covered wires vs. cloth. It may have come from a high end MIJ tele.

Nice pick-up. Re-sale value is low, but the sound quality is high.

[throckalo]

I second Darrell.

Here's a similar one in an '82 JV Squier.

JV Pickup