CONFLICTING INFO - ZEBRA/REVERSE ZEBRA

[TonyG]

Hi
I apologise for raising a subject which has been dealt with before but I would appreciate the DEFINITIVE answer.

I have been in contact with Tim by e-mail for advice on which BKPs ould suit my needs in my PRS Custom 24. Tim suggested a VHII set and after some research I am happy to order the pickups. At present the pickups on the PRS are cream/black with the creams(screws) to the outside and the blacks (slugs) to the inside. Tim told me in his mail that I need zebras and that coincides with what Phil King has said in a forum post. However, in a reply to a post he made in May 2005 Tim refers to reverse zebras being creams(screws) and blacks (slugs).

I just want to make sure my order is correct so can someone confirm that it is indeed zebras Ineed and not the reverse zebras.

[Antag]

Zebra = cream screw (i.e. "outside"), black slug (i.e. "inside")
Reverse Zebra = black screw/cream slug.

On May 03 '05 Tim said
We call zebra:black screw, cream slug
Reverse zebra:cream screw, black slug.

I know SD do it the other way round but this is my understanding and the colour code we work to.

Then on Sept 15 '05 he said
Sometimes holding back the tide is too much hard work  and you have to fall in line. The SD colour code is so widely used that I'd really be facing an uphill struggle trying to get everyone to think the other way round. the positive thing is we can and do offer both types of zebra as well as double cream and double white too.

In other words, he changed his mind :-)

[Will]

Thats interesting. My old Dirty Fingers are zebra, and as Tim orignally stated. (so rev zebra in modern language)
Quite a weird topic lol

[TonyG]

Many thanks - that's cleared it up nicely

[PhilKing]

It is strange, because if you look at the old Gibson PAF's, the Zebras are all black screw, cream slugs.  This is why Tim (and myself), think of these as the classic zebra look.  However it seems that SD have always worked the other way around (I wonder if it is to avoid law suits?), and so many people now think zebra is cream screw, black slug bobbins.

[Philly Q]

It is strange, because if you look at the old Gibson PAF's, the Zebras are all black screw, cream slugs. 

I never knew that before, I'd always thought they used black or cream bobbins in a fairly random manner.

But I've just been reading up on it and apparently PAFs with cream screw coils are extremely rare.

Thanks Phil - fact for the day!  :)