Frutiger
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Got another question for you Mat!
This is prompted by a post S.Weiger made on the 'Custom 69 Almost Inbound' thread about the pickups in 68 Customs and when T-tops started.
From what I can gather/have seen the T-top pickup appears around late 1965 with chrome covers but for gold pickups it seems to be much, much later. I used to own a '67 ES-345 that had PAF spec patent number pickups - short magnets, butyrate bobbins, purple wire, double black output leads, Phillips screws, sharp feet corners, the lot! They were completely original to the guitar. I've seen quite a few other late 60s ES guitars that had purple wire and black/white output leads. The 68 Customs I've seen tend to have pre-T-tops with orange wire and black/white output leads.
My question is, is there a definitive year the gold T-top appears? I'm guessing around late 69/early70 but does that sound too late? And is there a crossover with pre-T-tops?
This is prompted by a post S.Weiger made on the 'Custom 69 Almost Inbound' thread about the pickups in 68 Customs and when T-tops started.
From what I can gather/have seen the T-top pickup appears around late 1965 with chrome covers but for gold pickups it seems to be much, much later. I used to own a '67 ES-345 that had PAF spec patent number pickups - short magnets, butyrate bobbins, purple wire, double black output leads, Phillips screws, sharp feet corners, the lot! They were completely original to the guitar. I've seen quite a few other late 60s ES guitars that had purple wire and black/white output leads. The 68 Customs I've seen tend to have pre-T-tops with orange wire and black/white output leads.
My question is, is there a definitive year the gold T-top appears? I'm guessing around late 69/early70 but does that sound too late? And is there a crossover with pre-T-tops?