For a customer´s early 50´s restoration I acquired two sets of early 50´s P-90.
I have to be absolutely sure to get him vintage correct parts. He´s a real important customer for me, so nothing should be questionable !
I´ve observed that the magnets in the pickups look like they had been made by breaking one large magnet into two pieces . On each PU´s magnet one end is smooth ( rough-cast-smooth ) , the other end shows marks of a break. It looks like 1/16" of the surface had been cut by a machine, than it was broken in two.
Can this be correct for early ´50s p-90 ?
I checked my 55 and 56 p-90´s and all of them show two casted ends. Nothing roughly broken at all !
I´ve heard about p90 magnets to be robbed for " long magnet-.....". That is why I could imagine those are not the original magnets any more.
Please help.
cheers
I have to be absolutely sure to get him vintage correct parts. He´s a real important customer for me, so nothing should be questionable !
I´ve observed that the magnets in the pickups look like they had been made by breaking one large magnet into two pieces . On each PU´s magnet one end is smooth ( rough-cast-smooth ) , the other end shows marks of a break. It looks like 1/16" of the surface had been cut by a machine, than it was broken in two.
Can this be correct for early ´50s p-90 ?
I checked my 55 and 56 p-90´s and all of them show two casted ends. Nothing roughly broken at all !
I´ve heard about p90 magnets to be robbed for " long magnet-.....". That is why I could imagine those are not the original magnets any more.
Please help.
cheers