Can anyone identify this vintage pickup?

[richspillberg]

Any info at all would be awesome! Can't seem to find a single thing on this piece.

[Joel Graham]

Looks like an eighties Shadow pickup... I must admit, I've never seen this model before...

[SGD Lutherie]

Says it right on the the pickup.

http://www.shadow-electronics.com/start.html

You wont find that model on their site, as they don't make electric bass pickups any longer.

Looks like a DiMarzio copy.

[grisezd]

OP, do you know what it came out of? I'm curious about that pickguard.

I know that I've seen a bass with a Shadow pickup on it, can't remember when or where though. I do remember that it struck me as a thunderous thing.

[line6man]

It's not often I say this, but aesthetics-wise, that pickup is awesome! It's like a naked-coil guitar humbucker, but with the appropriate pole piece layout for a bass. I think a pair of those would be great on the right Les Paul bass.

[mjac28]

Originally Posted by grisezd

OP, do you know what it came out of? I'm curious about that pickguard.

I know that I've seen a bass with a Shadow pickup on it, can't remember when or where though. I do remember that it struck me as a thunderous thing.

+1 look at that thick wire unless that's some sort of jacket?

[SGD Lutherie]

Originally Posted by line6man

It's not often I say this, but aesthetics-wise, that pickup is awesome! It's like a naked-coil guitar humbucker, but with the appropriate pole piece layout for a bass. I think a pair of those would be great on the right Les Paul bass.

The early BC Rich basses had pickups that looked just like that. The they went to the DiMarzio Ps.

If you get a Schaller Bassbucker and remove the cover it looks like that too.

[parsons]

Originally Posted by line6man

It's not often I say this, but aesthetics-wise, that pickup is awesome! It's like a naked-coil guitar humbucker, but with the appropriate pole piece layout for a bass. I think a pair of those would be great on the right Les Paul bass.

Definitely an improvement over the soap bars they toss in them now!

[grisezd]

The pickguard has me thinking Dan Armstrong, can't think of anything else that would be that minimal. What is it???

Edit: just looked at pictures of the Armstrong Lucite bass, the guard runs past and over the pickup. Bah!

[SGD Lutherie]

Originally Posted by line6man

I think a pair of those would be great on the right Les Paul bass.

If you like tiny little poles.

I think something like this would be better.