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jjkrause84 · May 13th, 2010, 02:21 PM

When I bought my Am Std Tele the seller said he'd installed "custom shop" pickups. Now, I didn't care what sort of pickups they were cause the price was right and I wanted the guitar. Now that I have money to upgrade the pups I wanna sell the old ones but can't call'em "custom shop" if I don't know what they are. Can you guys help me? How would I do this?

Here's the nice looking bridge plate and a picture of the pickups from the front. The magnets are not staggered and if I remember right readings were 7-ish on the bridge and 5-ish on the neck. Any help is GREATLY appreciated.

jjkrause84 · May 13th, 2010, 03:36 PM

Better shot of the baseplate:

sjtalon · May 13th, 2010, 04:37 PM

Not Custom shop.

Original Vintage bridge.

What are the wires of the neck pup ? color ? and are they cloth ?

5 is pretty low.

Original vintage should be 7.2-7.7.

Bisbee music · May 13th, 2010, 05:12 PM

I got your reply but I had it so that the reply would come as a txt on notepad and it said it couldn't display cause of a popup blocker or something. Is there a way I could talk to you and avoid that?

Bisbee music · May 13th, 2010, 05:23 PM

Doesn't this have 4 pickups? I am not very knowledgeable about guitars. My roomate has got a guitar here that we are trying to identify the vintage on....it has 4 pickups. Made in Japan......model removed....got any suggestions for where to look or who to ask?

jjkrause84 · May 13th, 2010, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sjtalon

Not Custom shop.

Original Vintage bridge.

What are the wires of the neck pup ? color ? and are they cloth ?

5 is pretty low.

Original vintage should be 7.2-7.7.

Original Vintage? Meaning 52AVRI?

Also, I don't really knwo how to measure pups so I probably did it wrong.

EDIT: Cloth wire...black and white

sjtalon · May 13th, 2010, 06:19 PM

Cloth wire.... then that's my guess they are Original Vintage. Yes used in the 52AVRI

Sorry now I realize that the original vintage BRIDGE pickups I know of have a YELLOW and black wire so I don't know if they ever had white and black like the neck ??

http://www.fender.com/products/searc...tno=0992119000

To measure while they are in the guitar, put one meter probe on the back of a pot (earth) then the other on the pickup wire attached to the switch.

When you measure the neck pickup, put the selector switch all the way to the back (nearest the volume control). When you measure the bridge pickup, put the selector switch all the way forward ( neck position). Then the respective pickup being measured isn't connected to the pot circuits ( volume and tone)

jjkrause84 · May 13th, 2010, 06:32 PM

Ah! OK....I'll measure tomorrow and let you know.

Thank you very much for your help!

jjkrause84 · May 14th, 2010, 10:33 AM

Guess who left their multimeter in California....

Even if I did measure it....who knows what they are, right? They certainly LOOK like the OV and they sound great. Is it really hopeless?

sjtalon · May 14th, 2010, 12:12 PM

dang !

May be someone else will chime in. Ya, the yellow wire throws me off for a OV bridge now.

They could be a boutique pups, Vintage style ?

Fender bridge with cloth wires:
CS Nocaster
CS Texas Special
OV's

ALL black and yellow wires

May 13th, 2010, 02:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
jjkrause84 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: London, England Age: 28 Posts: 5,598	Please help me find out what pickups I have When I bought my Am Std Tele the seller said he'd installed "custom shop" pickups. Now, I didn't care what sort of pickups they were cause the price was right and I wanted the guitar. Now that I have money to upgrade the pups I wanna sell the old ones but can't call'em "custom shop" if I don't know what they are. Can you guys help me? How would I do this? Here's the nice looking bridge plate and a picture of the pickups from the front. The magnets are not staggered and if I remember right readings were 7-ish on the bridge and 5-ish on the neck. Any help is GREATLY appreciated.

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May 13th, 2010, 03:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
jjkrause84 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: London, England Age: 28 Posts: 5,598	Better shot of the baseplate:

May 13th, 2010, 04:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
sjtalon Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Upper Peninsula of Michigan Age: 54 Posts: 6,650 7 Photos	Not Custom shop. Original Vintage bridge. What are the wires of the neck pup ? color ? and are they cloth ? 5 is pretty low. Original vintage should be 7.2-7.7.

May 13th, 2010, 05:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
Bisbee music NEW MEMBER! Join Date: May 2010 Location: bisbee Age: 54 Posts: 3	I got your reply but I had it so that the reply would come as a txt on notepad and it said it couldn't display cause of a popup blocker or something. Is there a way I could talk to you and avoid that?

May 13th, 2010, 05:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
Bisbee music NEW MEMBER! Join Date: May 2010 Location: bisbee Age: 54 Posts: 3	Doesn't this have 4 pickups? I am not very knowledgeable about guitars. My roomate has got a guitar here that we are trying to identify the vintage on....it has 4 pickups. Made in Japan......model removed....got any suggestions for where to look or who to ask?

May 13th, 2010, 06:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
sjtalon Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Upper Peninsula of Michigan Age: 54 Posts: 6,650 7 Photos	Cloth wire.... then that's my guess they are Original Vintage. Yes used in the 52AVRI Sorry now I realize that the original vintage BRIDGE pickups I know of have a YELLOW and black wire so I don't know if they ever had white and black like the neck ?? http://www.fender.com/products/searc...tno=0992119000 To measure while they are in the guitar, put one meter probe on the back of a pot (earth) then the other on the pickup wire attached to the switch. When you measure the neck pickup, put the selector switch all the way to the back (nearest the volume control). When you measure the bridge pickup, put the selector switch all the way forward ( neck position). Then the respective pickup being measured isn't connected to the pot circuits ( volume and tone)

May 13th, 2010, 06:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
jjkrause84 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: London, England Age: 28 Posts: 5,598	Ah! OK....I'll measure tomorrow and let you know. Thank you very much for your help!

May 14th, 2010, 10:33 AM	#9 (permalink)
jjkrause84 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: London, England Age: 28 Posts: 5,598	Guess who left their multimeter in California.... Even if I did measure it....who knows what they are, right? They certainly LOOK like the OV and they sound great. Is it really hopeless?

May 14th, 2010, 12:12 PM	#10 (permalink)
sjtalon Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Upper Peninsula of Michigan Age: 54 Posts: 6,650 7 Photos	dang ! May be someone else will chime in. Ya, the yellow wire throws me off for a OV bridge now. They could be a boutique pups, Vintage style ? Fender bridge with cloth wires: CS Nocaster CS Texas Special OV's ALL black and yellow wires

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