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Hi! Does anyone know if Rickenbacker ever made an 8 Pole pickup for their lap steels with 8 strings? Or did they just use 6 or 7 pole pickups?

Thanks!

Yes. My 768 has two 8 pole horseshoe pickups and a 10 pole...

Cool. Thanks for responding. I have a B8 Electro from around 1940. 8 String, but has a 7 pole pickup that LOOKS original to the guitar. I know they were doing some weird things around this time with these models, like using the 6-string body for their 7 and 8 string models, too, but I'm not sure if the same applies to the pickups.. Any idea?

Paul, my 8-String Ric Console Steel from 1961 also has eight pole pieces in the original Horseshoe.

You ought to ask the moderators to move this thread over to the "Rickenbacker Steels" section of the RRF