1970 381 at Elderly

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 5:46 am

Thanks for the pics and description, John!

Very cool.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 6:21 am

I've never seen a 381 of this vintage, so I'm flying blind here.

It's odd--the MG pic that Paul posted seems to have button Allen head screws as pole pieces. Paul, is this your guitar and could you clarify?

The first shot of John's looks the same, but the closeup shows no markings whatsoever.

Is this just a trick of shadowing and poor resolution, guys?

If there's no head or recess on top of these screws, there must be one on the bottom...anybody ever look?

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 7:31 am

Quote: "It doesn't seem odd to me that it sold. It was pretty."
What I thought was odd is that you can get to the web page from the hyperlink but not through their web site. If it sold I would think the page would be gone.

jsm610 · Post by **jsm610** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 7:35 am

oh, I see. I too think that is odd...

jsm610 · Post by **jsm610** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 7:44 am

"Is this just a trick of shadowing and poor resolution, guys? "

I think the trick is that the black paint wears off the top of the flat threaded poles. When you photo it, it looks like slots. And you expect button-tops because that is what most all higains look like. On my picture, the flash is introducing shadows that aren't helping...

If the 381 has button top, then they are not the original pickups. It doesn't look like button top to me, but it is hard to tell.

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 8:20 am

If you down load the pic and then blow it up larger it looks like it has phillips screw pole pieces. Most evident on the sixth string.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 8:39 am

Don't look like Phillips, except for #6, which looks like it was replaced, and #1, possibly. But the others look like Allen head set screws.

Is there a face on mars?

kalimusic · Post by **kalimusic** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 12:54 pm

Elderly sez: No Longer Available

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 1:37 pm

That guitar was a deal for somebody.

jsm610 · Post by **jsm610** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 3:15 pm

Yes, great deal. I wonder who?

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 4:20 pm

Did you buy it?

jsm610 · Post by **jsm610** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 4:24 pm

Indeed.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:31 am

Those polepieces are not adjustable. Actually, those are quite simply the bottom portions of screws inserted from the bottom of the pickup bobbin.

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:22 am

Jsm610 strikes again! Good job.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 8:27 am

Sergio, I had posted a similar observation (more a speculation) that these were the bottoms of screws inserted from the pickup bottom. Then my computer froze...

But why not adjustable?