cjsinla Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I have a pair of Gibson pickups that I bought new at GC in the early eighties. They have the patent number stamped on the bottom and the have a "Pat. Appl. For" foil sticker on the bottom s well. The script on the sticker is the same as the stickers that Gibson put on the pickup rings of some of the Shaw equipped guitars in that same time period. The magnets have a rough surface on the end and they use white plastic spacers. They look like pics of some Shaws I've seen but they don't have the ink stamp on the bottom. I believe they came in a blue box. But I did see a pic of Shaws with packaging that said "Handmade" I think and the box was not blue. The resistance is around 7.0k. Does anyone know for sure what these pickups are? Found the box... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 The PAF sticker is not "Gibson" style....AND at some point many years ago Seymour Duncan "trademarked" the zebra bobbin configuration (right out from under Gibson's nose). If my memory serves me correctly, Duncan was also the first one to offer pickups marketed as "PAF". I would suspect your pickups to be Duncans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cú Chulainn Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 The PAF sticker is not "Gibson" style....AND at some point many years ago Seymour Duncan "trademarked" the zebra bobbin configuration (right out from under Gibson's nose). If my memory serves me correctly, Duncan was also the first one to offer pickups marketed as "PAF". I would suspect your pickups to be Duncans. where did you get that from? Seymour Duncan hold no such trademark. Dimarzio, on the other hand, owns both the PAF name as well as the doublecream pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Seymour Duncan hold no such trademark. Dimarzio, on the other hand, owns both the PAF name as well as the doublecream pickups. OK, DiMarzio and double creme then. Point being these ARE NOT Gibson pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cú Chulainn Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Point being these ARE NOT Gibson pickups. Correct but they're not Duncans either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsinla Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 They came new in a Gibson box from Guitar Center. They are Gibson pickups. That's not in question unless you have evidence to suggest Guitar Center was selling bootleg Gibson pickups in Gibson packaging in the early 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsinla Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 the sticker on the back of the pick up is exactly like the sticker that Gibson was putting on guitars in that same era. If you look up Shaw pick ups, you will see that the sticker on the pick up ring is exactly like the sticker on the back of this particular pick up that I posted a picture of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsinla Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 So, I put new covers on those pups and stuck them in this V. They sound great. Lots of harmonic overtones and a little darker than the new 57 Classics. They roar and chime at the same time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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