They sound amazing through my Maz 38. I use this guitar for one of my bands that has some pretty heavy parts. Great rock pups. Not PAFs thoughYep. MKII.
Same as what they called a ‘57 Tokai PAF MKII in 1983 apparently.
This is interesting. I took a second look at the humbuckers in 1982.I have a theory that these are the same pickups as the earlier LS Dynamic pups, although I don't have any at the moment to cross reference, and I'm only basing this on the magnet type, and the DCR, and I do understand there's more to a pickup than those 2 criteria alone.
I just snagged a pair of MKIII (MK3) pickups from a 1984 SD40, white lead wires, 19.1k and 18.8k, 50mm pole spacing, silver baseplates, black bobbins, square window, but no covers, and no PAF sticker. So they look almost exactly like the MKII, except the covers. I wonder if the early MK3 were essentially just MK2 without the covers - if it was as simple as that?I think this is fascinating. You were mentioning the LS Dynamic from a couple years before.
Now I’m wondering what the readings were on the first Humbuckers listed in catalogs as MKII specifically. They were in the 1981 and then 1982 LS60 models. I looked and I don’t have readings for them.
Your pickups appear to be the next version of MKII if they are what the catalog lists as ‘57 PAF Vintage MKII.
The LS Dynamic were in the LS50 and are what I’m now thinking of as possibly the first MK3 pickups essentially.
I love the sound of mine too , especially for heavy stuff. Even with lots of gain, and low tunings, the strings/notes ring through better than any other guitars I own. I love my LC60.They sound amazing through my Maz 38. I use this guitar for one of my bands that has some pretty heavy parts. Great rock pups. Not PAFs though
Fresher also used the "S" stamped Goto PAF's - I had a pair in a FL I had.'L' stamped 'made by goto' PUs were apparently used in e.g. Fresher guitars.
Very likely. Although I don't know for sure. There was no serial number on it, and the pots were Noble pots, and I wasn't sure how to read the codes on them, or if they even have date codes. The pot code was 05A300Kohm, on the side of the pot, so maybe May 1980 Audio taper 300k ohm? Not sure.Was the Fresher from around 1980?
Those Freshers are built very well with quality parts for sure. It had a all brass bridge. And it sounded fantastic.I am not sure if you can read dates from Noble pots? I haven't had any luck with it. But Noble pots are quality pots and Tokai used them in their LS models in the early 80s. Very cool.
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