help identfy these pup

[big bob]

have you guys ever seen pups like this, they are super hot, ie high output. wanted to get new rings but the third hight adj screw makes them hard to find

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Never seen those before. Look to be a proprietary design. Probably made by or for the maker of the guitar. Anything could be sitting inside those covers.  :dontknow:

 

[big bob]

Never seen those before. Look to be a proprietary design. Probably made by or for the maker of the guitar. Anything could be sitting inside those covers.  :dontknow:

They are off a heritage H-120, heritage is the old gibson employees in the old gibson factory, I'm kinda thinking they used some old gibson pups. as the only ones like this I can fin are on the gibson l-6s deluxe
any body ever had one..

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Never seen those before. Look to be a proprietary design. Probably made by or for the maker of the guitar. Anything could be sitting inside those covers.  :dontknow:

They are off a heritage H-120, heritage is the old gibson employees in the old gibson factory, I'm kinda thinking they used some old gibson pups. as the only ones like this I can fin are on the gibson l-6s deluxe
any body ever had one..

Trust me, I know who The Heritage is. These are mine.  :icon_jokercolor:

 

[jackthehack]

I don't think very many of those L-6s deluxes were ever built (per Wiki total run was 3500 units), L-6s Customs were much more prevalent, but had different pickups than that:

L-6s Custom:

L-6s Deluxe:

 

[big bob]

Cool stats, I have a stat dlx, a 575, a millie ltd, a hft 445, and just got a H-120
Heres the 120 look familiar, has a solid maple body.

 

[big bob]

and the stat dlx

and a group shot

 

[-CB-]

The rings are a design that Gibson used in the 70's.  The third screw to adjust the angle of things.  Since they used those rings, odds are the pickup is also Gibson.

I "thought" those pickup rings were used on only the high end models.  I've got a picture of the white maple/ebony/gold "The Les Paul" guitar, one of the most expensive ever made by Gibby... and it has those rings.  Also the L5s, in one of its incarnations was also fitted with those rings.  The fact that you have plastic covers... could be they were recovered, or used on a lower end and or stylistically oriented guitar.  Interesting to say the least.

 

[Mor Paul]

I enjoy playing my guitar teacher's L6s Deluxe. IIRC, it has regular looking pickups. I'll need to check again...

 

[-CB-]

The later L6s's... the Deluxe had regular pickups.  The orginal L6s (which later was the L6s Custom... same guitar, new name) had the the Lawrence SUPER Humbucking pickups with non adjustable poles, solid covers.  Those were hot and bright for a HB - some Lawrence magic I'm sure.

I've owned three L6s (or Custom as the case may be).  While I like the concept - thin body, many variables on switching... the narrow nut neck was something that I just never cozied up to.  They all had 1-9/16 nuts, or a full 1/16 inch narrower than the already fairly narrow 1-5/8 nut.  Other than that - GREAT guitars, and really nice tone if you get one with original pickups.  I did up Vic's L6s with 490/498 Gibson set, and that worked pretty good too.

 

[hannaugh]

I don't think very many of those L-6s deluxes were ever built (per Wiki total run was 3500 units), L-6s Customs were much more prevalent, but had different pickups than that:

L-6s Custom:

L-6s Deluxe:

That looks like a Les Paul that needs to lay off the Ben & Jerry's.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

That looks like a Les Paul that needs to lay off the Ben & Jerry's.

Or a "More" Paul.

 

[big bob]

The rings are a design that Gibson used in the 70's.  The third screw to adjust the angle of things.  Since they used those rings, odds are the pickup is also Gibson.

I "thought" those pickup rings were used on only the high end models.  I've got a picture of the white maple/ebony/gold "The Les Paul" guitar, one of the most expensive ever made by Gibby... and it has those rings.  Also the L5s, in one of its incarnations was also fitted with those rings.  The fact that you have plastic covers... could be they were recovered, or used on a lower end and or stylistically oriented guitar.  Interesting to say the least.

thanks for the info, I'll have to look  up the L5s

 

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

That looks like a Les Paul that needs to lay off the Ben & Jerry's.

Or a "More" Paul.

No, it's Pauls Brother, Bill.  :laughing7:

 

[big bob]

I checked out the Lawrence designed (super humbucker) and I'm pretty sure that is what these are.
both have three magnets
both have three height screws
both are potted with clear resin
they even have the tape in the same place
even have the same lead colors and placement

 

[Mor Paul]

Yep, his L6S Deluxe is from the year before they stopped. 78, maybe?