gibsonnerd
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This is my first post!
Years ago my father picked up a second hand Heritage H150CM for cheap at our local Guitar Center. It came with a zebra T-Top in the bridge.. Overall the guitar definitely saw a lot of action.. Anyway we swapped out the T-Top for a SD '59 we had lying around, and the T-Top has been sitting on the sidelines since. I'd like to try it in my '61 RI SG or LP Standard, maybe Heritage H535.. For the life of me I cannot figure out what this pickup is exactly. In some ways it has features of a T-Top, PAF, and unlike any pickup I've seen....
Are there any T-Top experts out there? Here are my notes:
Years ago my father picked up a second hand Heritage H150CM for cheap at our local Guitar Center. It came with a zebra T-Top in the bridge.. Overall the guitar definitely saw a lot of action.. Anyway we swapped out the T-Top for a SD '59 we had lying around, and the T-Top has been sitting on the sidelines since. I'd like to try it in my '61 RI SG or LP Standard, maybe Heritage H535.. For the life of me I cannot figure out what this pickup is exactly. In some ways it has features of a T-Top, PAF, and unlike any pickup I've seen....
Are there any T-Top experts out there? Here are my notes:
- T-Top imprints on both coil bobbins
- DC resistance is 8.34 ohms
- Maple spacers
- Zebra with adjustable pole pieces on black side
- No imprinting or sticker on the bottom of the base plate
- Pole pieces are gold plated
- Flathead mounting screws on the base plate with some minor indents probably from disassembly at some point
- The non-adjustable slugs are like... staggered?? Not a bit sunken like a T-Top, and not flush like a PAF. They are raised and at random height, not set the way Fender does for example...
- Non-adjustable slugs are kind of beveled
- The sharpie on the back is not my handiwork