C'Mon, friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your Thunderbirds!!!! Ha! Isn't is cool that we have a bunch of cool guys who can take a Joke? Anyway, Uwe, the reason being that I am looking for an Orville Thunderbird is because when I built my non-reverse 8 string, the only pickups i could find were Orvilles. And it turned out to sound so good!!! they both measured at 10K output. I almost think that they sound better than the original 60's pickups. But...I only need one since I am building another Non-Reverse 8 string in Korina with a maple Gibson Grabber neck. So, email me at jswoquinn@sbcglobal.net and we'll take it from there!