Members Bobh1959 Posted November 23, 2017 Members Share Posted November 23, 2017 I need help ID'ing this pickup. It appears to be a very hot Tarback, but has some things that have prevented me from finding a positive ID online so I'm hoping someone here knows. See the pics or mouse over thumbnails for embedded captions. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted November 23, 2017 Members Share Posted November 23, 2017 At first glance, I thought it was a Lawrence designed Super Humbucker, from the 70's L6S. NOT with that kind of resistance however. The Gibby's tended to be in the 7.5K range, and were 3 conductor, not 4. So, sorry to be able to say what it isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bobh1959 Posted November 24, 2017 Author Members Share Posted November 24, 2017 Don't be so certain, here's one on Reverb that's 15K. I'm thinking mine might be a reverse polarity middle pickup because of the location of the lead. https://reverb.com/item/2640078-gibson-70s-tarback-super-humbucker-gold-used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Busk Posted November 24, 2017 Members Share Posted November 24, 2017 This thread is highly nerdy. Love it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted November 24, 2017 Members Share Posted November 24, 2017 You don't have 2 outputs, one for coil tap I assume, though I have NEVER seen a Gibson pickup like that one on Reverb. (And I've been doing this for over 30 years.) You have a closed cover, not the open one showing the screws. I know the Lawrence's were in the 6-8K range, which was hot for the early 70's. This one on Reverb, has the three conductor wiring, but it's completely unlike the one you show. I don't know of any 70's Gibson pickups that were 4 conductor.This looks closer to yours, but still, not a match.https://reverb.com/item/3098391-1970...back-humbucker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtr654 Posted November 24, 2017 Members Share Posted November 24, 2017 I had the Gibson ones in a couple of guitars the worst sounding pickup I've ever own. Way to hot . Both guitars sounded much better with different pickup. I think that was around 1976. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bobh1959 Posted November 25, 2017 Author Members Share Posted November 25, 2017 You guys have been a big help, thanks, and finally achieving nerd status at 58 is something I'm immensely proud of. :-) I pulled this off an old Korean Raven LP, not a bad guitar btw, and was going to put it on a LP build project I'm doing if it was a Lawrence of some sort, guess it's going back into my parts box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Glambuddy Posted March 14, 2020 Members Share Posted March 14, 2020 That is an Iommi pickup. They are rare and valuable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AJ6stringsting Posted March 17, 2020 Members Share Posted March 17, 2020 Bill Lawrence did pickups for Gibson, Guild and Fender back in the 1970's. I love the old L 250's and XL 500's from 1977 to 1984. Most were inconsistently wound. I have some L 250's that range from 11.08k ohms to 14.03k ohms and some XL 500's wound from 11.28k ohms to 14.98k ohms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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