I recently boght 4 low impedance pickups for repair on ebay. (maybe one of you guys in here?)
The seller claimed these were used picups from les paul recoring basses, but it did seem strange to have that many
broken low impedance pickups - as they rarely break open in the epoxy.
I know they are hard to repair, but iI have the tools for it and wind a lot of pickups. I found many interesting threads
and links here on the outpost, an did some extended research on their design.
When they arrived, I got two pleasant surprises.
1. They were new (or NOS, if you like)
2. Two of them were working, reading 10,5 ohms wich I believe is correct.
I contacted the seller, who informed me that they came from an ex gibson employee. That makes sense,
the two working units might have been rejected at the factory because there is some minor cosmetic flaws on them.
Now, I still wonder: There is only two wires on them - I've seen pictures of four wires here. So what is correct?
I have a brown and a red wire. Were the pups different on the recording bass and the triumph bass?
Any extended knowledge on this issue will be greatly appreciated. I'll post som pictures if needed.