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Identifying Tele neck pickup

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:50 am
by bipedal2
I'm pretty sure this is a Seymour Duncan model. Had long thought it was a Vintage, but with the "STR3" label I'm now thinking that it's a Quarter Pounder? I installed this thing long enough ago (25-ish years) that I don't recall the specific type... :-[

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Re: Identifying Tele neck pickup

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:36 am
by Chippertheripper
The pole pieces look small for a qp. What’s it read?

Re: Identifying Tele neck pickup

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 2:04 pm
by F15hface
Google says STR3 is the Quarter Pound tele set and it looks like one that's listed on reverb so probably that.

Re: Identifying Tele neck pickup

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:53 pm
by bipedal2
Resistance is around 11.1 k.
That's not far off from SD's listing of 11.8 k for a (new) neck Quarter Pounder. Guess that settles it.

Re: Identifying Tele neck pickup

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:04 am
by GilmourD
Chippertheripper wrote:
Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:36 am
The pole pieces look small for a qp. What’s it read?
The Tele neck version has 3/16" diameter poles. 1/4" probably wouldn't leave a whole lot of room to actually wrap a proper coil and put a cover on it.

Re: Identifying Tele neck pickup

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:16 am
by Chippertheripper
GilmourD wrote:
Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:04 am
Chippertheripper wrote:
Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:36 am
The pole pieces look small for a qp. What’s it read?
The Tele neck version has 3/16" diameter poles. 1/4" probably wouldn't leave a whole lot of room to actually wrap a proper coil and put a cover on it.
Makes sense. It’s been a decade or so since I had a set. All I recall was that they were happier with 500k pots, and they had big slugs…at least in the bridge where they were visible.