Fender 50’s Road Worn Pickup Identification

[James Weddle]

Hey there! I recently purchased a used 50’s RW 50’s P Bass from GC and finally got around to looking under the hood. I was surprised to see cloth wiring so I went a little further… It doesn’t look like stock pickups & wiring? Does anyone recognize the bottom of one of the split pups? Wondering what’s in this beauty!

 

[Laurent]

It's not the pickup that normally ships with this bass. It does not look like a Fender pickup at all.
It's probably some kind of smaller maker pickup. The capacitor was also upgraded to something that looks like an oil and paper capacitor.

 

[andare]

Definitely new electronics. The pots don't seem to be CTS either.
Bad solder job from what I can see. You should fix it asap.