Galanti Grand Prix Dating

[mgeek]

The pickups look like Jolanas to me. There were chrome/chrome and chrome/black ones. No idea on the age of these, but I think the earliest year would be ’63.

They look a bit like the ones used on Jolana Tornados but but not identical...I doubt they are the same. Most companies made their own back then, it's just some wire wrapped round a magnet innit

On the Jolana ones the edges are slightly squarer, and the central section is recessed, with a filler (as you said, black or sometimes chrome), but on the Galanti ones it's moulded as one piece, with the central section raised.

[antisymmetric]

There's a couple of good Facebook groups I know of that you could join (if you haven't already) that may be able to help you:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/895254230560233/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/fetishguitars/

[Kinx]

Those pickups are definitely not Jolanas, they have similar shape, but the jolana housing is a bit larger and always has non-chrome plastic in the center - every iteration of that Tornado pickup (they were used in Tornado, Alexandra, Graziela, Star X and several others) is the same on the exterior, only little details change.

[Jazzmastervsjaguar]

Still in search of more data on this guitar. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks everyone.