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The Pickup Place / Re: DP155 history

« on: December 13, 2018, 04:09:51 PM »

Yes of course

Here's an old SDHB



and two old PAFs



and an old "Dual Sound" (SDHB with 4 core cable)

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The Pickup Place / Re: DP155 history

« on: December 12, 2018, 04:19:13 PM »

Thanks.  Its certainly unusual and I had my doubts about it being a Dimarzio unless it was a special model of some sort.

But you are wrong about the 3 holes in the bobbins.  I have a good number of older Dimarzios from the 1970s and early 1980s and all have 3 holes in the bobbins. 

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The Pickup Place / Re: DP155 history

« on: December 12, 2018, 03:09:30 AM »

Well spotted with the yellow wire, but its not coming from the pickup itself.  The pickup has the standard Dimarzio red/white/black/green/screen wiring.  When I bought the pickup the wires out were only about 2 inches in length, so I added a 4 core extension - but I could only get that in red/white/black/yellow/screen.  So the yellow wire is mine (on the extension), not from the pickup.

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The Pickup Place / Re: DP155 history

« on: December 11, 2018, 05:46:05 PM »

Here are some photos of the pickups.  Older one is first





And the new one





Thanks

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The Pickup Place / Re: DP155 history

« on: December 11, 2018, 04:49:12 AM »

Thanks.

I too thought it was a coil short in the older pickup.  It's wired for coil tap (4 wires) and each coil measures about 4.3k.  I'm not sure how old it is.  The adjustable screws on the top of the pickup coil are far broader than I have seen on any pickup.

And yes the 8.5k pickup was in a guitar, but no real hum.  Just very toppy in the bridge position.

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The Pickup Place / DP155 history

« on: December 10, 2018, 03:50:30 PM »

Hi newbie here.  I am trying to find some advice on the Dimarzio DP155 pickup.  I have two - one is brand new, 17k ohms and just fitted to replace an older DP155 which only had 8.5k ohms across both coils. 

Both are clearly stamped with DP155 and Dimarzio on the baseplate. 

I was wondering if Dimarzio revamped the pickup at some point, nearly doubling its resistance ?

Many thanks

The Tartan Blues Warrior