Guild label pickups

[GGJaguar]

Are these EMGs or Kent Armstrong pickups? I assume the Guild labeling is rather uncommon either way.

 

[hansmoust]

If they are still the original pickups under that cover, they should be DiMarzios!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[GAD]

But those knobs!

 

[GGJaguar]

I would not have guess DiMarzio, thanks Hans!

 

[matsickma]

I have a pair of "single coil" pickups with the black plastic cover and Guild cursive markings and they are also Dimarzio pickups. However although they look like single coils with the black covers they ar actually a "stacked" bobbin humbuckers.
M

 

[GAD]

I have a pair of "single coil" pickups with the black plastic cover and Guild cursive markings and they are also Dimarzio pickups. However although they look like single coils with the black covers they ar actually a "stacked" bobbin humbuckers.
M

I have one of those pickups that I got somewhere. Any idea what guitar(s) they came in?

 

[GGJaguar]

But those knobs!

I know, right!

P.S - not my guitar

 

[Johnny833]

If they are still the original pickups under that cover, they should be DiMarzios!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

I have an 85 with the same covers but I thought they were Kent Armstrongs so I got to pull them out

 

[Rocky]

I have an 85 with the same covers but I thought they were Kent Armstrongs so I got to pull them out

The Kents are epoxy potted, with exposed solder lugs protruding through it on the bottom.

 

[Johnny833]

The Kents are epoxy potted, with exposed solder lugs protruding through it on the bottom.

I’m worried about pulling them out first of I’ve never done it and my pick up rings are broken but still on . I don’t want to break them more than they already are

 

[GAD]

I have an 85 with the same covers but I thought they were Kent Armstrongs so I got to pull them out

If they say Guild on them I’m pretty sure they’re not Kent Armstrongs.

 

[SFIV1967]

I’m worried about pulling them out first of I’ve never done it and my pick up rings are broken but still on . I don’t want to break them more than they already are

DiMarzio vs. Kent Armstrong, compare the distance betwen the screws for height/tilt adjustment on the bass side:

I can't say that is a general rule but it might tell.

Ralf

 

[Rocky]

DiMarzio vs. Kent Armstrong, compare the distance betwen the screws for height/tilt adjustment on the bass side:

I can't say that is a general rule but it might tell.

Ralf

That would make sense. The Armstrongs have the three point mount epoxy potted, whereas the EMGs, Duncans and presumably DiMarzios do not, and use the same adapter.

 

[tonepoet]

I have one of those pickups that I got somewhere. Any idea what guitar(s) they came in?

have a pair of "single coil" pickups with the black plastic cover and Guild cursive markings and they are also Dimarzio pickups. However although they look like single coils with the black covers they ar actually a "stacked" bobbin humbuckers.
M

My T-250 has the DiMarzio stacked humbucker with the Guild black cover as a neck pickup.

 

[jp]

If the stacked humbucker was from that era, it could possibly have been an HS-1, HS-2, or HS-3.

 

[Johnny833]

I have an 85 with the same covers but I thought they were Kent Armstrongs so I got to pull them out

Thanks so very much Hans !!!

 

[Johnny833]

DiMarzio vs. Kent Armstrong, compare the distance betwen the screws for height/tilt adjustment on the bass side:

I can't say that is a general rule but it might tell.

Ralf

If they are DiMarzio’s what type are they?

 

[Johnny833]

If they say Guild on them I’m pretty sure they’re not Kent Armstrongs.

Mine doesn’t say guild

 

[Rocky]

If they are DiMarzio’s what type are they?

As they're OEM, they could be anything. However, their top sellers at the time were the Super Distortion (and Dual-Sound, 4-conductor version), the PAF, and the Super II running a distant third, and the X2N an even more distant fourth. I suspect it's some variation of the three, and a casual inspection and ohm reading should give you a pretty good idea.

 

[Johnny833]

As they're OEM, they could be anything. However, their top sellers at the time were the Super Distortion (and Dual-Sound, 4-conductor version), the PAF, and the Super II running a distant third, and the X2N an even more distant fourth. I suspect it's some variation of the three, and a casual inspection and ohm reading should give you a pretty good idea.

Thanks man, but are they possibly white ones?? Because that’s killer , I always thought they were Kent’s because they aren’t that loud but maybe I need to raise them