1990s B5 bridge humbucker

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1990s B5 bridge humbucker
« on: July 22, 2025, 05:18:55 AM »
Does anyone have any infos? It basically looks like a black EVH custom with black back, and  "B 5" stamped on it. It measures 17,2k and is F-spaced.

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Re: 1990s B5 bridge humbucker
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2025, 06:55:14 AM »
Does anyone have any infos? It basically looks like a black EVH custom with black back, and  "B 5" stamped on it. It measures 17,2k and is F-spaced.

May it be "Breed"?
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Re: 1990s B5 bridge humbucker
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2025, 03:33:51 AM »
Does anyone have any infos? It basically looks like a black EVH custom with black back, and  "B 5" stamped on it. It measures 17,2k and is F-spaced.

May it be "Breed"?

Well the one I'm talking about has a classic pole pieces configurations, no double row allen key type ones.
It could be a Tonezone, from visuals and the DC resistance, but with black baseplate an B 5 stamped in ... ?
Other than that I am out of ideas :-)

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Re: 1990s B5 bridge humbucker
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2025, 09:30:46 AM »
Well the one I'm talking about has a classic pole pieces configurations, no double row allen key type ones.
It could be a Tonezone, from visuals and the DC resistance, but with black baseplate an B 5 stamped in ... ?
Other than that I am out of ideas :-)

You are right.
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Re: 1990s B5 bridge humbucker
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2025, 01:47:20 PM »
Does the neck pickup have an N on the back?
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Re: 1990s B5 bridge humbucker
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2025, 02:02:15 PM »
Does the neck pickup have an N on the back?

Nopes. It has an „F“ there, so it most likely is a bridge humbucker.

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Re: 1990s B5 bridge humbucker
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2025, 04:33:00 PM »
I was thinking Neck/Bridge but Front/Back could also be used to specify the location of each pickup.
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Re: 1990s B5 bridge humbucker
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2025, 06:25:32 AM »
I was thinking Neck/Bridge but Front/Back could also be used to specify the location of each pickup.

Good point  :) While I have never heard of these terms being used by Dimarzio, I also don't consider myself an expert here  :)

I was thinking to just buy the thing, because it’s cheap, but neither do I like the Tonezone, nor do I need one.
I was hoping for some OEM PU made for Music Man, since the lugs don’t have a thread, and some EBMM models like the AXIS series would need it like that…

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Re: 1990s B5 bridge humbucker
« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2025, 09:21:33 AM »
Best to E-Mail the DiMarzio Tech Support with pictures. They are usually quite quick to reply.

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