RE-wind

[Prawnik]

Anyone ever used BK's reqind service for vintage pickups?

I have a 1976 strat pickup for rewinding and what looks like a 1967 that I cannot figure out.  

The pickup works fine, but it looks like a Mustang/Musicmaster pickup in that the magnets are not staggered.  A 1967 Strat pickup should have staggered magnets.  At the same time, the magnets are too long to be from a Mustang or Musicmaster.  The magnets would be correct for a post 1974 strat pickup, but the bobbin and dating are all consistent with late 1960's Fender.  

Also, the pickup runs 6.7K, which would be screaming death metal hot for a vintage Mustang, and rather hot for a late 1960's Strat.

So maybe this pickup is fake or made from parts, or maybe it needs "correct" magnets for that bobbin?  Or I could try it as it is.

[indysmith]

Also, the pickup runs 6.7K, which would be screaming death metal hot for a vintage Mustang, and rather hot for a late 1960's Strat.

no it wouldn't :? how do you know when this pickup was made, yet not what it's from?

[PhilKing]

I have had several pickups rewound by BK.  They will not sound the same as a BK pickup because they are not the same parts, however they will sound good.  They have rewound some valuable vintage pickups for me and I have no complaints at all.  In fact no-one can tell which pickup on my 60 strat is the BK rewind, the sound is a perfect match with the other two pickups.

[Prawnik]

Also, the pickup runs 6.7K, which would be screaming death metal hot for a vintage Mustang, and rather hot for a late 1960's Strat.

no it wouldn't :? how do you know when this pickup was made, yet not what it's from?

Not quite sure what you;re getting at indysmith:
I realize that most death metal pickups run a lot hotter than 6.7K, but I have never seen a vintage Mustang pickups wound that hot.  Normally you are looking at the low 5s for a Mustang.

I got the pickup from a friend, who swears up and down that this is a Strat pickup.  It has a smugdy date in ink pen, which would be correct for a late 1960's Fender pickup, and cloth hookup wiring.  You can't tell whether the date reads "1967" or "1969", but cloth wiring is correct for a 1967 but not a 1969.

I am pretty sure that this pickup is a 1967 something.  A forger would make sure that the date is readable, and would probably use his time to fake more valuable and more easily forged 1950's/1960's pickups.  Plus, a forger would probably get the stagger right.  

But that doesn't tell me what pickup I have.

[B3]

prawnik, your pickup is either a post 1974 Strat pickup that someone has written on. The colour of the grey will be darker than an original 1960's grey bottom pickup, or a bass pickup from one of the budget Fender basses. These bass pickups usually have shorter end poles and two top plates stacked on top of each other, but some of them have the magnets all the same length. If someone took the extra top plate off, it could be one of them????? And yes, under the covers, the bass pickups have six magnets!

[Prawnik]

prawnik, your pickup is either a post 1974 Strat pickup that someone has written on. The colour of the grey will be darker than an original 1960's grey bottom pickup, or a bass pickup from one of the budget Fender basses. These bass pickups usually have shorter end poles and two top plates stacked on top of each other, but some of them have the magnets all the same length. If someone took the extra top plate off, it could be one of them????? And yes, under the covers, the bass pickups have six magnets!

Thanks for the information, I'll take a look.

[Twinfan]

Form the title, I thought this thread was going to be about Craig David:

[Prawnik]

pickup bobbin is a rather light gray.  Looks similar to 1960's bobbins in photos.  All pole-pieces appear to be about equal height.

Go figure.