Pick up ID - MIM vs. American Standard

Darrell · March 19th, 2006, 06:33 PM

Ok, I want to put my stock AS pick up back in for a while. I have two pickups, and I don't know which one is the MIM, or the AS. Neither has a base plate.

Pickup one - Has a screw in the back, serial number 048610 on the back.

Pickup two - No serial number, no screw in the back, and has some vintagy texture to the surface of it, grounding ring on the black lead as if it is grounded to the guitar.

They both have yellow and black leads.

Which one is AS?

I think it is pickup two...but I thought the AS had a screw in the back and a serial number.

Caper · March 19th, 2006, 07:08 PM

I've had MIM and US Teles both had the same serial #'s on the bobbins. It's been a while since I had the MIM so I can't remember if they had the philips head screw on the bottom or not, the American Series have the screw on the bottom.

red57strat · March 19th, 2006, 07:15 PM

The part numbers are available on Fender's website.

Mark Davis · March 19th, 2006, 07:50 PM

0050890000 neck am std
0050888000 bridge am std

0041620000 neck mim std
0029044000 bridge mim std

Darrell · March 19th, 2006, 08:00 PM

but none of these numbers are on either bridge pickup. I have the stock neck pickup in the AS. I am just trying to figure out which bridge pickup is the American Standard, so I can put it back in.

yegbert · March 19th, 2006, 09:21 PM

The flatpole MIM pickups which are part number 005-5216-000 and Fender puts in the Classic '50s Tele and Esquire and the Hwy 1; the ones I've seen anyway; have 048610 molded into the bottom of the plastic base, and have two philips head screws screwed into the bottom, one in between the A and D polepieces and one in between the G and B polipieces. The black parts are all plastic and have smooth, non textured surfaces. They have a blue ground lead and a yellow hot lead.

Sometimes this pickup will have the non-zero digits of the part number handwritten on the bottom, e.g. 55216.

I think I've read here that the same plastic bottoms with the 048610, were found the MIM Standard bridge pickups; and those I think had different color wires than the "55216".

Was your MIM pickup from an MIM Standard? My guess is that your second one is the Am Std.

Darrell · March 19th, 2006, 09:36 PM

my other tele is an MIM standard

Darrell · March 19th, 2006, 11:26 PM

Looks like number 2 was correct. I can tell, it's very bright. Thanks for the help. I only had one set of strings on me.

My MIM standard pup was not bright.

March 19th, 2006, 06:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
Darrell Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 48 Posts: 2,485	Pick up ID - MIM vs. American Standard Ok, I want to put my stock AS pick up back in for a while. I have two pickups, and I don't know which one is the MIM, or the AS. Neither has a base plate. Pickup one - Has a screw in the back, serial number 048610 on the back. Pickup two - No serial number, no screw in the back, and has some vintagy texture to the surface of it, grounding ring on the black lead as if it is grounded to the guitar. They both have yellow and black leads. Which one is AS? I think it is pickup two...but I thought the AS had a screw in the back and a serial number. __________________ "Yeap, I like the American Standard Telecaster, I can even live with one a them PCB amps, and I even use one a them mul-tie-effects things too."

March 19th, 2006, 07:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
red57strat Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,172	The part numbers are available on Fender's website. __________________ Don

March 19th, 2006, 07:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mark Davis Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bakersfield Ca. Age: 58 Posts: 12,745	0050890000 neck am std 0050888000 bridge am std 0041620000 neck mim std 0029044000 bridge mim std __________________ I'm so blind my seeing eye dog needs glasses.

March 19th, 2006, 08:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
Darrell Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 48 Posts: 2,485	This is good information but none of these numbers are on either bridge pickup. I have the stock neck pickup in the AS. I am just trying to figure out which bridge pickup is the American Standard, so I can put it back in. __________________ "Yeap, I like the American Standard Telecaster, I can even live with one a them PCB amps, and I even use one a them mul-tie-effects things too."

March 19th, 2006, 09:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
yegbert Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Clinton, Maryland (US) Age: 54 Posts: 4,811 85 Photos	door number two The flatpole MIM pickups which are part number 005-5216-000 and Fender puts in the Classic '50s Tele and Esquire and the Hwy 1; the ones I've seen anyway; have 048610 molded into the bottom of the plastic base, and have two philips head screws screwed into the bottom, one in between the A and D polepieces and one in between the G and B polipieces. The black parts are all plastic and have smooth, non textured surfaces. They have a blue ground lead and a yellow hot lead. Sometimes this pickup will have the non-zero digits of the part number handwritten on the bottom, e.g. 55216. I think I've read here that the same plastic bottoms with the 048610, were found the MIM Standard bridge pickups; and those I think had different color wires than the "55216". Was your MIM pickup from an MIM Standard? My guess is that your second one is the Am Std.

March 19th, 2006, 07:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
Caper Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,169 7 Photos	I've had MIM and US Teles both had the same serial #'s on the bobbins. It's been a while since I had the MIM so I can't remember if they had the philips head screw on the bottom or not, the American Series have the screw on the bottom.

March 19th, 2006, 09:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
Darrell Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 48 Posts: 2,485	yeg my other tele is an MIM standard __________________ "Yeap, I like the American Standard Telecaster, I can even live with one a them PCB amps, and I even use one a them mul-tie-effects things too."

March 19th, 2006, 11:26 PM	#8 (permalink)
Darrell Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 48 Posts: 2,485	Thanks guys Looks like number 2 was correct. I can tell, it's very bright. Thanks for the help. I only had one set of strings on me. My MIM standard pup was not bright. __________________ "Yeap, I like the American Standard Telecaster, I can even live with one a them PCB amps, and I even use one a them mul-tie-effects things too."