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jch wrote:Now to decide if i want to buy new pickups or have the originals rewound.

What's the average cost of having them rewound versus new p'ups ?

If you have 12k toasters, PLEASE don't unwind them. If they're in good shape, they're worth a little more than new scatter wounds cost. PM me if you want to sell them. (Or trade them for a set of 3 barely used scatter wounds )

Oh, and for he record, I don't like the 12k ones in 12-strings. Night and day when I swapped them in my 360/12v64, but I like the 12k toasters in 6-strings.

You have a stunning 381/6 there but they are more common that the 370 you just snagged. I'd part with the 381 if that's what you have to do. It should sell as it is a nice one (wish I had an extra $3000 around ) and you'll have a very special Rickenbacker in your '94 370WB. I am sure the pick-ups are fine. Don't let these guys freak you out. It's about what you play it through as well.

AHHHH! NOOOO! I am so sorry - my post was only to indicate that there is a difference in tone from pickups with different amounts of wire on them. The only reason I had my pickups modded was that one of them opened up on me, so it had to be rewound, and the other was so dark that it was unusable, and there was nothing to lose by unwinding to see what happened.

I never meant to suggest unwinding 11 kohm toasters. Keep them as is. If you don't like them, you can sell them for enough to purchase the 7.4 kohm scatterwounds. But the way a 370 is wired, keep them for awhile.

If you must make a financial move, sell the 381 instead and keep the 370WB stock.

Thanks for the advice fellas-I think I'll cut loose of the 660 cause I really like the 370 and the 381

Hmmm, there's an option and I do like your flame on your 381/6. A Montezuma 660 isn't that easy to come by either and it also has nice flame. Should also sell quickly. Good luck with whatever you do. Sell the car... keep all three!!!

I wound up selling the 370 and purchased a 1991 360v64-

Photos?

manta wrote:Photos?

I would love to but this old dinosaur cant-Can I use imageshack?

Probably, just use the URL code.