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DimarzioForum.Com => The Pickup Place => Topic started by: BigRob on November 12, 2018, 06:47:37 AM
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Hi all, this is my first post and I hope you all might be able to help me, as I'm very much a noob when it comes to pickups.
So I purchased this pickup on eBay a little while back. It was advertised as a PAF Pro. As you can see in the picture, the model number on the back has the 151 on a sticker. Well, someone pointed out that the PAF Pros don't have the pole configuration this one does (one coil with hexes and one with screws). So I peeled back the sticker and it shows 153 underneath, which is the FRED. But the FRED also doesn't have this configuration. And on a multimeter, I'm getting a reading of 8.23.
Any thoughts on what this might be? Might it just be a PAF that someone changed out the pole pieces on? Or something else?
Thanks!
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Anyone?
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My guess is non-stock pole pieces, I swap them on most pickups to fine tune to the guitar. As far as paf pro or fred goes, my nerd does not run that deep.
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The pickup could be a Fred or a PAF Pro but based on the multimeter reading it's likely a PAF Pro with one set of the allen screws replaced as a mod of some sort.