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I recently bought a 1968 366/12, and it has hi-gain pickups. I was going to replace these with toasters, but the thought occurred to me that these may be original, as it is my understanding that hi-gains were included on some 1968 guitars?
Is it possible that the guitar I have has the correct pick-ups, and is there any way to determine this?
Along the same lines, is it possible to obtain a copy of the original invoice for this guitar from RIC?
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John, welcome to the Forum. As I understand it the first hi-gains appeared around 1970.

Hey John,

If these high gains have screw shafts for polepieces, they are original. If they have 'mushroom' polepieces, they are not original to your 1968 366/12.

Thanks for the replies. I think it has mushroom type. They protrude like half-moons about 1/16 of an inch. (Can you direct me to a picture of the screw shaft type?) I didn't want to replace them if they might be original. I actually like the way they sound, but I would like it to be as original as possible.
Can anybody answer the invoice question?

"Screw type":

Oh, thanks. Mine has the mushroom type.