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bassduke49 wrote:I am SO glad I didn't include a chapter on pickups in my book. There is so much variation with seemingly unclear parameters of time and structures. Hornet's nest!

Hornet's nest?
I respectfully disagree.
While the exact times for the changes could not be defined, the variations within a time
frame allowing for overlaps could be pretty well documented.
Showing the many different examples could at the very least provide a useful reference.

chefothefuture wrote:

bassduke49 wrote:I am SO glad I didn't include a chapter on pickups in my book. There is so much variation with seemingly unclear parameters of time and structures. Hornet's nest!

Hornet's nest?
I respectfully disagree.
While the exact times for the changes could not be defined, the variations within a time
frame allowing for overlaps could be pretty well documented.
Showing the many different examples could at the very least provide a useful reference.

I agree with you John. While there is no clear cut off dates for many of the changes we see, there is plenty of bleed over while those changes were going on. While we normally say that 1968 was the last year for the horsie, we know that the horsie bled into early 1969 and that the slotted pole high gain made it's appearance in 1968. Just like not knowing exactly when the aluminum tail piece ended and the zinc one started. Best we can say is early 1973, same with the end of the full width fret markers. Hell, I had a slotted pole piece bobbin in my May 73 4001!

Sepp

Also playing hobb with any time window is the interchangeability of the pickups. You might find a vintage pickup in a slightly less vintage bass with no indication that it was not original equipment.

But if one or more of you pundits who know your pickups would like to photographically document the plethora of perplexing permutations of pickup positioning and performance for placement in a proposed second edition of the pook, er, book, I'll certainly ponder the possibility of the proposal.

bassduke49 wrote: But if one or more of you pundits who know your pickups would like to photographically document the plethora of perplexing permutations of pickup positioning and performance for placement in a proposed second edition of the pook, er, book, I'll certainly ponder the possibility of the proposal.

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