Help with identifying Seymour Duncan Pickup

[DTW]

Hi,
Would anyone be able to help me with identifying a seymour duncan pickup I have seen in a 5 string Kinal bass?

It looks just like this:

http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/bass/pickups-for-jaz/5string/sj56770_sj57074/

But its active (hooked up to a 9V battery)

Looking at the SD site, they don't make a 5 string active pickup with exposed pole pieces.

Any ideas what this could be?

Thanks

 

[DTW]

Here's a bit more info I dug up tonight.

I pulled the neck pickup out and its labelled "67 neck" which makes me think it is/was a SJ5-67 Passive. Its got the normal hot (white) wire and ground wired up to the pot normally. But its also got a red wire hooked up to a battery. The base of the pickup is sealed.

Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[Dogghouse]

One can have a passive pickup wired to an active preamp. Sounds like what you might have.
Maybe a cell phone pic would help clarify this.

 

[Alexio58]

Are you sure it isn't an 5-string version of the SD AJJ-2 lightin rod pickups??
They are fore sure out of production but that doesn't mean they don't exist.
It could as well be an vintage 5-string SD pickup with additional pre, ( I have no cleu why anyone would want that...). So is the sealing very professional (SD style) or a bit sloppy?

 

[jim777]

Seymour Duncan has a forum as well, you should be able to get help there (maybe from Frank Falbo himself).

 

[DTW]

I'll post it up on the SD forum too thanks.

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