• THIS IS THE 25th ANNIVERSARY YEAR FOR THE LES PAUL FORUM! PLEASE CELEBRATE WITH US AND SUPPORT US WITH A DONATION TO KEEP US GOING! We've made a large financial investment to convert the Les Paul Forum to this new XenForo platform, and recently moved to a new hosting platform. We also have ongoing monthly operating expenses. THE "DONATIONS" TAB IS NOW WORKING, AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY DONATIONS YOU CAN MAKE TO KEEP THE LES PAUL FORUM GOING! Thank you!
  • Please support our Les Paul Forum Sponsors with your business - Gary's Classic Guitars, Wildwood Guitars, Chicago Music Exchange, Reverb.com, Throbak.com and True Vintage Guitar. From personal experience doing business with all of them, they are first class organizations. Thank you!

Pat Pickups (T Top or Earlier) Help IDing

staceyzz

New member
Joined
May 5, 2020
Messages
3
I bought a homemade, 1970s Electric guitar, and found these pickups inside which I believe to be 1960s Gibson Pat Pickkups...? Anyway to confirm. One pickup measures 7.42, the other 6.90


 

staceyzz

New member
Joined
May 5, 2020
Messages
3
OK, I took the cover off of one, here is what I found... It is a Pre T top...

L tooling marks, maple spacer, reddish copper bobbin wire, black/white bobbin lead.. So what era/year would this be...?




 

garywright

Well-known member
Joined
Aug 17, 2002
Messages
16,288
btw..not sure what’s up with the plastics coated lead :hmm

or chrome covers..
 
Last edited:

Aloha_Ark

Active member
Joined
Apr 2, 2020
Messages
153
Unusual wiring could be a repair due to a rewind. Can we see what the tape looks like under blacklight?

Would be nice if this could be authenticated as a pre-T top patent number pickup.
 

akkermanfan

New member
Joined
May 30, 2015
Messages
27
OK, I took the cover off of one, here is what I found... It is a Pre T top...

L tooling marks, maple spacer, reddish copper bobbin wire, black/white bobbin lead.. So what era/year would this be...?




Hi staceyzz, could you please explain what the L tooling mark are, do you mean the corners ? Thanks, akkermanfan
 

corpse

Well-known member
Joined
Jun 9, 2007
Messages
5,173
Chrome was the plating choice of the LSLP- my 69 had chrome covers on the replaced T Tops (that came from somewhere).
 

Wilko

All Access/Backstage Pass
Joined
Mar 11, 2002
Messages
21,107
That is a Pre-T pat number pickup. early to mid 60s these were made. Plastic lead is not common. Under 7 is a real low number for one of these.
 
Top