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HELP I.D. These P-Bass Pickups?

Lowbrow

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These came out of my '09 Road Worn a while back - thinking of reinstalling them and just had the covers off for the first time. I'm not familiar with the rounded bobbins... can any of you ID these?
With all the various iterations I'm curious to know exactly what they are.

Numbers hand written in white marker:56004 36N / 56003 35N
Engraved in bobbin bottom: 048614

Thanks!

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Those style bobbins came in a few different Fenders, including the Roadworn, Classic, American Std (pre-2012) and the American Specials. I tend to think they're the same, but it turns out there's different part numbers for most of them. I think the MIM Std's also use these bobbins, but with a different magnet design (I may be wrong on that).
 
Those style bobbins came in a few different Fenders, including the Roadworn, Classic, American Std (pre-2012) and the American Specials. I tend to think they're the same, but it turns out there's different part numbers for most of them. I think the MIM Std's also use these bobbins, but with a different magnet design (I may be wrong on that).
You're right, my MIM std P has the bobbins but is a ceramic magnet rather than alnico
 
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