Short Pole Toasters on 60's guitars

[sloop_john_b]

I've got a '66 360/12 that has no pickups, but I just secured a set of late 50's/early 60's short pole toasters for it. Would a guitar of that era have had short pole or long pole pickups originally?

[wints]

John...

IIRC, the short pole toaster is usually the middle p/up in a 3 p/up set up in these 60's guitars. In the case of just a two pick up guitar both usually have the longer magnets, but of course this is the 60's, so YMMV...

Maybe John S. or John W can chime in...

[leftybass]

Chime....

More than likely, a long-pole in the bridge position, short-pole at the neck.

My '64 has two long-poles...

[leftybass]

John, the routing on the top should be an indicator as to what was in it. A short-pole wouldn't be all the way through the top, the long-poles would be for sure....

[wints]

Thanks John!

Those bass toasters vary too!

[jps]

My '67 4005WB has a short toaster with no routing at all at the neck and long toaster at the bridge with the usual route.

[teeder]

I've got a '66 360/12 that has no pickups, but I just secured a set of late 50's/early 60's short pole toasters for it. Would a guitar of that era have had short pole or long pole pickups originally?

John,

I would be very interested in a short pole toaster if you end up with an extra!

Thanks,
Kevin

[tracy]

Out of the 60 or so triple pickup Rics I've looked at, most had long magnets in the bridge position only. Of course, there are always anomalies ......

[jps]

I've got a '66 360/12 that has no pickups, but I just secured a set of late 50's/early 60's short pole toasters for it. Would a guitar of that era have had short pole or long pole pickups originally?

The '67 330 I just got has a short pole toaster in the neck position.

[collin]

My '64 RM1998 has long poles in all three positions....

[walker]

Representing the bass anomalies - my '68 4001 has a short pole toaster, but the '64 has a long-pole.

[wints]

It seems there are more "shorties" in the late 60's, compared to earlier. The neck cavities must have been routed slightly shallower at this time...

As ever YMMV...

[Woodie]

It seems there are more "shorties" in the late 60's, compared to earlier. The neck cavities must have been routed slightly shallower at this time...

As ever YMMV...

I'm not sure I understand your comment. Short-pole toasters don't require any routing.

[xcoyle]

I am also confused about long poles, short poles, no poles (no sex ed jokes please)! Are the short poles, the flat bottom neck pickups (or as i call them no poles) that are in the mid-to-late sixties 360, 330, that require no routing (just a wire hole)? I think this requires a nice pictural.

[jps]

I'm not sure I understand your comment. Short-pole toasters don't require any routing.

Routing was/is still required for basses.