Lexardt Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 (edited) Hey folks, I’d be incredibly grateful for any help identifying these pickups. I bought them used on eBay roughly two years ago - listed as 57 classics and 57 classic plus. Since the seller had entirely positive reviews I did not give it a second thought, especially since both were shipped in the original case, had brass screws (at least I read that it’s common feature) and the PAF sticker. Since I wanted to add a cover now and read that there’s only the 49.2 mm spacing, I blindly bought a set only to find out it does not fit. The pole spacing of my pickups is an unexpected 47.5mm… I should’ve done that right away but I also measured the resistance and the neck pickup reads 8.2k and the bridge 8.9k … Well I also found out that you can buy decals of the PAF sticker … so I feel a bit scammed 😞… yet I’m still curious what kind of pickups I bought. Someone with an idea what these might be? (Oh and don’t mind the fresh solder … I did it while trying to install the covers) thanks so much in advance! Edited May 22, 2022 by Lexardt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexardt Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share Posted May 22, 2022 I feel utterly stupid now … I used a cheap digital caliper which of course had an offset of roughly 1.5mm (facepalm) … so the pole spacing does seem right, though the cover is still wrong. Since I can’t delete the post and hide my shame - I’m still wondering why the ohm readings are so far off. I usually see people report readings around 7.x K for the classic and roughly 8 K for the classic plus. Is it common to have these differences of 0.5 - 1K? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Hi, I cant answer your questions properly. I can only offer an opinion (and bump yer thread). Yes I think that generally pickups can vary by the amount you quote. Hopefully someone else can provide better info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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