Help in identify Humbucker Pickups Please -INFO FOUND- MAXON. ANYONE WANT TO TALK MAXON PICKUPS?

[Studebaker Hawk]

I’ve spent a few hours looking up pickups and I wound up here.

I can’t wait to explore this site as I have a 70’s Les Paul Deluxe and a 80’s (?) ES-335 with a coil split switch. (Oh… and a Memphis Les Paul Copy if that counts,) along with other instruments

But first I'd like to please ask a question. Can someone help me identify these pickups?

See Pics

I got these from my Grandfather when he died. He had a unbelievable amount of musical gear. He and my 3 uncles were all musicians who played about.
They were in Schaller “2 in 1 No. 212N” pickup boxes if that helps in anyway about dating them.

They are 2 wire, or single white wire with shielded cable if you prefer.
There doesn't seem to be any "L" tool marks on the legs and no stamped numbers at all, just what's shown in the pics.

The obvious questions- maker, year and value. (If any)

Thank You very much for any info you could send my way.

Studebaker Hawk

NEW INFO - It weighs 4.6 oz (Hefty?) and has at least one black bobbin as I unsrcewed a adjust screw and looked inside.

THANKS

 

[Drayve85]

They’re def not PAF’s!! They’re prolly the Schaller brand, whose box they were in.

Edit: fixed autocorrect mistake.

 

[Studebaker Hawk]

Drayve85,
Thanks for taking the time to reply. Every bit could help.

I’ve already discounted the possibly that they are the pickups native to the packaging as I’ve yet to see a pic in the zillions I’ve looked at that match this pickup and the “2” wire setup doesn’t match the Schaller wiring instructions in the Schaller boxes they came in. I don't think these are rare or valuable, I'm just curious.

More info for the interested.

My Grandfather was a hard working Farmer/Rancher/Cowboy scratching out a living who lived in Nevada with his wife the last 50 years or so of his life. The thing I'd notice in the rural music stores, Gibsons and Fenders were very prized. There were a LOT of Hohners (not knocking Hohners, I think I have 2,) and copies, etc. One store had wall to wall Hohners and proudly on display and not for sale were two absolutely beautiful matching Gibson Archtops in a glass case.
I mention this just give the flavor of these pickup and their surrounding history.

I got these in the 80’s or 1990. They were in a small box of Schaller stuff, some unopened and some like these pickups, open boxes with the old stuff they replaced packed very neatly.
I know they’re not PAFs (sigh…)

I’ve only seen one other pic of stamped/inked numbers with no other markings so far. Both of my pickups look to have the same '14, 06' stamps (can't really be sure though) although at different angles (hand applied?) and the other pickup has solder over the numbers. I didn’t include it the first time but it might help in some small way. I looked at the number with a magnifier and I’m as sure as I can be that it’s the same '14, 06' so it would seem it’s a model number as opposed to a sequential serial number and one more tidbit, the 2nd half of the number '06' was inked twice but not the '14,' which could indicate 14 & 06 are 2 different reference numbers. (Or not…) Here's a thought, "they" purposely soldered over the number for whatever reason? Maybe they are supposed to be sequential?
Who knows? Well that's my point, the person who did it knows.
Just following a train of thought to see where it leads.



Here is a 2nd pic and as best I can tell the '0' is a '0' although if one looks close at the pic below there could be more ink...




So I thought "lets measure the width of the numbers and see if they were stamped independently."





Hmmm, the same width? It looks like the '06' was possibly re-stamped by hand?

Why am I including this minutiae? Oh I don't know, why not? No harm done and there just might be that one tiny little spark of recognition that leads to the answer.

Thanks again for any info or pointers. Not that it's relevant to this thread, I sent a small donation as I like to support things that have a positive purpose for the collective good.

Studebaker.

Yea, autocorrect is a pain, I like to disable it when it's really important.

 

[Studebaker Hawk]

It looks like I've been given a GREAT LEAD on this. It looks like they are Maxon pickups and from the number I think they are from 1974.

I've seen mention of Maxon pickups on this site, Mar 22, 2022 seems to bee the latest. Some of the early posts no longer have pics attatched. Now that I know what they are I can start investigating the details.

Anyone want to talk Maxon pickups?

I've seen mention that a decimal in the number indicates a date (DEC? if I remember,) but no mention of a comma (is it a sloppy period?) in the numbering scheme. I've seen a space between the numbers and longer #'s.

Thanks,
Studebaker

Left some spelling errors on purpose. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)

 

[wildschwein]

I have a set of Maxon U1000s which are fantatsic. They came out of Greco LP and I wax potted them and put them in a Korean Flying V. They have quite amazing high end content.

 

[Studebaker Hawk]

I have a set of Maxon U1000s which are fantatsic. They came out of Greco LP and I wax potted them and put them in a Korean Flying V. They have quite amazing high end content.

Hey thanks for the reply!

i have a few guitars but I'm really a preset guy so I don't see myself swapping out pickups for "fun". I do wonder what these sound like. At 13k I'd guess they're a "little" on the hot side but I don't know much about that stuff.

I always thought the Flying V's were pretty cool looking guitars, not just because of Randy Rhoads, but he did make that V look so "big," and Andy Powell (Wishbone Ash), Who I've always referred to as "British Allman Brothers "

Well I've gone from knowing nothing about these pickups to having a folder full of pics and info about Maxon (that I'd never heard of) to learning stuff about pickups I've never thought of.

So about wax potting... I've heard the term, Is that were you dip the pickups in wax(?) to help reduce feedback? Is it special wax so as not to melt or is it just a term refering to a... WAIT a minute! I have the internet... So I looked up Wax Potting and saw a few pics.

Thanks again for the reply and have fun with your Wax Potted Maxon Flying V!

 

[JLee]

I have a set of PU-2 pickups in a ‘81 Greco SG. Decent sounding, but not as dynamic as my Throbaks or other high end makers like Wizz, OX4, etc…they don’t clean up as nicely with the volume pot.

 

[jonda]

It looks like I've been given a GREAT LEAD on this. It looks like they are Maxon pickups and from the number I think they are from 1974.

I've seen mention of Maxon pickups on this site, Mar 22, 2022 seems to bee the latest. Some of the early posts no longer have pics attatched. Now that I know what they are I can start investigating the details.

Anyone want to talk Maxon pickups?

I've seen mention that a decimal in the number indicates a date (DEC? if I remember,) but no mention of a comma (is it a sloppy period?) in the numbering scheme. I've seen a space between the numbers and longer #'s.

Thanks,
Studebaker

Left some spelling errors on purpose. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)

On Maxon pups in the late 70's the dot (period) does indicate December

It looks like I've been given a GREAT LEAD on this. It looks like they are Maxon pickups and from the number I think they are from 1974.

I've seen mention of Maxon pickups on this site, Mar 22, 2022 seems to bee the latest. Some of the early posts no longer have pics attatched. Now that I know what they are I can start investigating the details.

Anyone want to talk Maxon pickups?

I've seen mention that a decimal in the number indicates a date (DEC? if I remember,) but no mention of a comma (is it a sloppy period?) in the numbering scheme. I've seen a space between the numbers and longer #'s.

Thanks,
Studebaker

Left some spelling errors on purpose. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)

Yes. On late 70's Maxon pups the dot (period) indicates December. On this S/N it does look like a comma, but I've seen a lotta messy Maxon S/Ns (intentional spelling error)