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fender custom 60's
- Thread starter jacohead
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FWIW:
Fender seems to always be jacking with stuff as well as being unclear about what's what. If they say that my guess is the pups in the anni model are '62 re-issues which is what they stuck in the Geddy Lee Sig. (I think).
Email TB'r Fender Mod (I think it is - seems he's a moderator of the effects forum now) cause he seems to know them as well as anybody in TB.
yeah im sure on the fender site it says both the geddy and the jag have custom 60's pickups in.
so i would assume they are custom shop labelled 60's spec pickups, probably the same ones as you can buy.
so i would assume they are custom shop labelled 60's spec pickups, probably the same ones as you can buy.
The fender site says
2 Vintage Jazz Bass Single-Coil Pickups for the Geddy and Jag
which isn't real ifnormative. It doesn't say they are the 60s ones though
2 Vintage Jazz Bass Single-Coil Pickups for the Geddy and Jag
which isn't real ifnormative. It doesn't say they are the 60s ones though
Apparenty you can buy different ones. The reason I contacted Fender Mod to begin with is over CS's. A guy was asking for ID on pups and concensus was they were CS's and looked like what I'd expect CS's to look like with Formvar shellack looking wire. In the process I'd dug mine out and they weren't Formvar and the poles were different - one was tappered one not. Seems there was another variable.
Anyway, the guy I got mine from bought them new so new that's what they were. Fender Mod was fairly certain himself. They looked similar to other Fender pups I had but didn't sound like them.
For all I know CS's are exactly that, they may have a some standard of them at a given point in time but you can probably have them wire one up any way you want if you pay for it.
This is all typical Fender stuff. My guess is their pups change just like the boxes their enclosed in do - wouldn't be suprised if they were made in Moldova/wherever.
