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Brookfielder

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In the process of "restoring" my '67 Melody Maker, I am deciding whether or not to use the pickups that were installed in it by the previous butcher who owned it. One is a common PAF style and the other is more interesting.

The interesting one caught the attention of a guitar tech who looked at the guitar once and offered his services in exchange for the pickup. From the tone of his voice and the glint in his eye I suspected I had something cool here.

I haven't been able to quickly fins a pickup that looks like this in a simple online search. Can anyone tell me exactly what this is? The metal housing of the pickup measures 2-9/16" x 1-1/8" x 9/16".

Take a look:

http://i863.photobucket.com/albums/ab194/brookfielder/IMG_6236.jpg

http://i863.photobucket.com/albums/ab194/brookfielder/IMG_6240.jpg

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Looks like a very old mini humbucker like this one...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Old-Gibson-Mini-Humbuckers-Circa-Early-70s_W0QQitemZ320488564533QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_Accessories?hash=item4a9e9b6735

 

There are a lot of these for sale on ebay... The late 60's and early 70's ones sell for about $150-$250 each...

 

The one you have has an engraved cover... That has got to be very rare... I don't recall seeing that ever on a mini... But I think the engraved covers were put out in the early 70's

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