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Title: Your help needed: identifying PU
Post by: Stephane TST on October 29, 2021, 08:58:59 AM

Hello,

I just bought this pair of secondhand Dimarzios.  The seller said they came off an 80's Ibanez Artist.  They all have 4 wires.

Could you help identifying them?  I assume one of them is a Super Distortion (the one with the short wire).

Many thanks

Stephane

Title: Re: Your help needed: identifying PU
Post by: Stephane TST on October 29, 2021, 08:59:30 AM

other pictures

Title: Re: Your help needed: identifying PU
Post by: Stephane TST on October 29, 2021, 09:00:01 AM

Other one

Title: Re: Your help needed: identifying PU
Post by: Stephane TST on October 29, 2021, 09:00:24 AM

Last one

Title: Re: Your help needed: identifying PU
Post by: Stephane TST on October 30, 2021, 10:45:09 AM

Anyone?

Title: Re: Your help needed: identifying PU
Post by: mmmguitar on November 01, 2021, 04:07:03 AM

The photos show that they are Dimarzios and…that they are pickups.

A vintage Ibanez group or forum with knowledge of which Dimarzios were included in Ibanez Artist guitars in the 1970s-80s will give you the cleanest info.

All I can really do is ask you to hook the start and finish wires of each humbucker up to a multimeter, note the resistance, then swap one of the wires with the series connection wire so we get the measurement of an individual coil for further reference. The numbers will establish which ballpark we’re in, but it will still end up being an educated guess.

Best guess based on photos is original Super Distortion and original PAF - But a resistance measurement could prove or disprove that.

Title: Re: Your help needed: identifying PU
Post by: pn8830 on November 01, 2021, 10:35:49 AM

+1 for Ohm readings. The one with the hex pole pieces does look like a Super Distortion.
You can also email DiMarzio, they are pretty quick on responding. Here is a link with instructions https://www.dimarzio.com/node/1756

Title: Re: Your help needed: identifying PU
Post by: 5150 on November 01, 2021, 05:56:22 PM

Looks like it might be an old PAF & Super Distortion set.