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Any chance that this is/was a DiMarzio DP173 Twang King

Discussion in 'Just Pickups' started by Crix1990, Dec 2, 2020.

  1. Dec 2, 2020 #1
    Crix1990

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    Hi everyone,

    good things first, ebay already confirmed the refund.
    But I'm curious about this "Twang King" I just got.
    For sure, the wiring is ripped off, the backplate is missing and the terminal wires are completely different (so far about good used conditions), but was this a DiMarzio DP173 Twang King or just a fake?
    IMG_20201202_182637.jpg IMG_20201202_182656.jpg

    Regards,
    Felix
     
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    11 Gauge

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    That's not a Twang King. It looks like a stock Fender pickup from a non-MIA Telecaster. It has a plastic bobbin and standard insulation on the wires, and never had a baseplate to begin with.

    A Twang King has a fiber bobbin and cloth insulation on the wire.
     
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    fidopunk

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    Crix1990

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    Perfect, thank you!
     
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  5. Dec 2, 2020 #5
    sjtalon

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    That bobbin by # is used on a lot of pups.

    It's a Fender Tex Mex
     
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    Dacious

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    It's not even a Tex Mex.

    That's the pickup my 69 RI came with. Very easy to improve. Add copper clad baseplate. I filed the screw bosses off. Still in my guitar.
     
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    sjtalon

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    How can you say it's not a Tex Mex, I have had them, and have several pix.................dead match.


    DCr check would be 8.0KΩ
     
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    Danb541

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    Looks like it could be a tex mex to me. black and white wires. Did the 69 reissue have black and white wires or black and yellow? I bet black and yellow.
     
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    Tuxedo Poly

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    Blue and yellow wires generally on Mex vintage style pickups, 69 Thinline. Classic series, Hwy1 etc.
     
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    Nick Fanis

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    That's not even a real telecaster bridge pickup,it lacks a baseplate.
    Definitely not a,great,DM TK pickup
     
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    sjtalon

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    There are a ton more TELECASTER bridge pups out there WITHOUT a metal baseplate, then with.

    That one is, without a doubt, a FENDER Telecaster bridge pickup.
     
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    Nick Fanis

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    Still like all Tele bridge pickups without a baseplate it sounds ...meh :)

    Even if it is an American standard ,looks like most AS pickups I immediately replace when I get an AS in my hands, to me the eternal equation no baseplate=not really a Tele pickup still stands :)
     
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    Sorry , TEX MEX is without a bridge plate , but sounds absolutely great to me
     
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    sjtalon

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    Like a Tele neck pup with no cover, or a HSS Strat............................just ain't right !


    Happy pickin'
     
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    Crix1990

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    Anyway, I think the most important thing is that it was also boken^^
     
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    old wrench

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    I've seen this happen before -

    Somebody swaps out pickups and puts the old one in the box the replacement pickup came in.

    The seller could just be ignorant, or . . . . . ;)

    .
     
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    sjtalon

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    Ya, I see the bad hair day there. :oops:
     
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