These are spaced the same. Both have chrome covers as I believe them to be later in the 60's. There is zero indication that any soldier joint was disturbed except the front pup cover that I removed to make sure they were not T Tops and to look at the wire which is orange poly. I did also of course had to remove the bridge grounding wire from the harness. I have not yet opened up the pot covers to see what the date codes are.The Barney Kessel Patent Number pickups have a narrow-spaced neck pickup. Last time I purchased a set like that I used the normal spaced bridge for a single pickup guitar. I still have the narrow-spaced neck pickup because no one was interested in buying it, though I still think it would work nicely as a neck pickup. Are yours nickel plated or gold? Most were gold, but a select few were nickel. As to the value of your set, most of it is going to be the value of the bridge pickup. Those would go for around $1500.00. Add the narrow-spaced pickup in and you're maybe talking $1750. A set of normal spaced Patent numbers would be north of $3000.00. These values are based on my own purchases, and that was a few years ago, so prices are likely different now. Hope this helps.
Going by the value you posted , what do you think early Patent Sticker T-Tops would be worth (gold with covers ) ?The Barney Kessel Patent Number pickups have a narrow-spaced neck pickup. Last time I purchased a set like that I used the normal spaced bridge for a single pickup guitar. I still have the narrow-spaced neck pickup because no one was interested in buying it, though I still think it would work nicely as a neck pickup. Are yours nickel plated or gold? Most were gold, but a select few were nickel. As to the value of your set, most of it is going to be the value of the bridge pickup. Those would go for around $1500.00. Add the narrow-spaced pickup in and you're maybe talking $1750. A set of normal spaced Patent numbers would be north of $3000.00. These values are based on my own purchases, and that was a few years ago, so prices are likely different now. Hope this helps.
...A set of normal spaced Patent numbers would be north of $3000.00. These values are based on my own purchases, and that was a few years ago, so prices are likely different now. Hope this helps.
Going by the value you posted , what do you think early Patent Sticker T-Tops would be worth (gold with covers ) ?
I have no idea, but if I had to hazard a guess, I would say $500 per pickup. The harness might be worth something as well, but I'm assuming they are CTS pots. From that era they'll be better than the ones you can buy today, but not as valuable as they would be if they were Centralab pots. Sorry I can't be more help. Perhaps someone else can chime in about T-top pickup value.
My observation of the market is that the prices mentioned in these posts are somewhat optimistic--YMMV