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hey guys, does 7.26k sound right for a jazz neck? i know about the tolerance thing, but this pickup is double cream with no solder marks - its pretty damned old!

cheers guys,

tom

bump - any oldy duncan owners in the evening crew?

Jazz neck is officially 7.72k. 7.26 is kind of light, more in line with a Seth Lover or Pearly Gates neck.

if its an old double cream, it might be a jazz. long legs or short?

i havnt heard the expression before - here's some photos..

the guy who invented fire said it was a really old jazz neck, before they were actually referred to as such.. is he right? it sounds pretty darned good

tom

that was the other thing - that wire wound around the ends of the polepeices looks like an attempt at making the pickup 4-conductor rather than two.. the metal braided wire feels like an important clue, does it give anything away?

tom

if that sticker is right, its a jazz model neck.

the legs are the things that the height adjustment screws go into

i wonder about that wire weaving as well. can you post a better pick of the bottom and the wires both where the braid comes out the bottom and the other end of the weird wire?

if i had to guess, it looks like one end is grounded to the baseplate which makes me think maybe its for shielding?

good point, ill get more photos tonight.. but in the top photo, the two wires are soldered together and taped off.. much like the red and white wires in a modern duncan

ill get those photos, and get some with the baseplate off if i can.. bit of a mystery, this one

can you tell who wound it from the sticker with such an old duncan?

tom

After reading everything, and more imprtantly looking at the pics:

It´s a damn old Jazz Neck that somebody modded for 4 wire, the extra 2 wires are what´s coming out teh sise and coild so wierdly around the poles

No real clue as to who wound it back then, because the employee initiaol is missing (or rather wasn´t part of teh sticker yet)... It may be SWD himself, It may be MJ, it may be someone else

hehe sweet, cheers man

i thought as much with the wires, why have two coming out if you were just grounding it?

i got this off ebay as 'possibly a duncan, might be gibson, i dunno. no reserve.'... im glad i pulled the trigger now

tom