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lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq
Post Number: 4147 Registered: 7-2004
| Posted on Sunday, November 08, 2009 - 10:22 am: | |
Here's something you don't see everyday. I wonder if they're real. Bill, tgo |
elwoodblue
Senior Member Username: elwoodblue
Post Number: 883 Registered: 6-2002
| Posted on Sunday, November 08, 2009 - 11:07 am: | |
Hmmm....something I never thought I'd see, even today. : ) I wonder when the last time Alembic factory installed an "Old Les Paul' pickup. Kris |
room037
Advanced Member Username: room037
Post Number: 296 Registered: 9-2003
| Posted on Sunday, November 08, 2009 - 2:52 pm: | |
The large head stock template looks like Irwin's head. I think these were Irwin's template. Eiji |
fmm
Advanced Member Username: fmm
Post Number: 276 Registered: 6-2002
| Posted on Sunday, November 08, 2009 - 2:59 pm: | |
The shipping restrictions are weird (local pickup only, unless you want to deal with the UPS store, in which case they will drop off the items @ UPS). Almost sounds like they don't want to dircetly ship across state lines... |
sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus
Post Number: 492 Registered: 5-2009
| Posted on Sunday, November 08, 2009 - 7:23 pm: | |
There is a template for a "HI-A" Bass pickup shown. I own a Bass that Doug Irwin installed a pair of Hi-A bass pickups into. Hi-A later became known as Bartolini. Doug Irwin worked on two projects for me in the 1970's. I still own one of them. I remember when he lent me one of his "Doug Irwin Bass's" to try out at a gig.That Bass had two Hi-A" pickups in it that very well MIGHT have been routed out with the template shown. Maybe ! I Remember Doug to be quite a generous craftsman. I remember him in a positive light. |
mica
Moderator Username: mica
Post Number: 6459 Registered: 6-2000
| Posted on Monday, November 09, 2009 - 5:26 pm: | |
These are not Alembic templates. |
gtrguy
Advanced Member Username: gtrguy
Post Number: 255 Registered: 9-2004
| Posted on Monday, November 09, 2009 - 6:29 pm: | |
I just put an old Hi-A guitar pickup on my 76 Ibanez Howard Roberts jazz box this week. It came out of an custom guitar I bought last year. It sounds fine, I must say. I don't think I'll be seeing too many of them. Puts out around 6.3 ohms. Dave |