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Terry Roller

 

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Arkansas, USA
Post  Posted 19 May 2021 3:15 pm    
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This pickup looks like a BL 710 top and bottom, but the side looks different. Anyone know what it is?

Ohm reading 22.55
I'm going to price it at $70 shipped to contiguous US.










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Bill Hatcher

 

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Atlanta Ga. USA
Post  Posted 19 May 2021 3:45 pm    
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Might be a five string bass pickup.
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Jerry Overstreet


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Louisville Ky
Post  Posted 19 May 2021 5:19 pm    
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Looks like an early 710. I have one like that on the rear neck of a Carter.

Here's a post by your Dad in case you haven't seen it. Perhaps that will help.

Jerry Roller wrote:
Jerry The overall height of a 710 is 7/8". The early ones used 7/8" magnets with a coil about 1/2" thick so the magnets extended thru the bottom plate of the coil and had a third plate on the bottom of the pickup with the magnets going thru that pottom plate and were flush with the bottom plate. Later 710s used 3/4" magnets in a conventional type bobbin then added a bottom mounting plate which finished out to be 7/8" thick. It appears they used 7/8" magnets in these pickups but used the later design that left the ends of the magnets extending past the base. This should work the same on an Emmons mounting design the same as the other types. I have 710s in my LeGrande II and have almost 1/4" clearance which is perfect. My guess is the Derby has less clearance in the pickup cavity than Emmons. Perhaps the changer pillar brackets are thicker and the magnets are hitting them. You probably need to sell these to an Emmons guitar player and go to a thinner pickup for the Derby. I would be very interested to know if anyone has 710s in a Derby.
Jerry


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Terry Roller

 

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Arkansas, USA
Post  Posted 20 May 2021 7:30 am    
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Oh wow! Got an answer from my dad. That is so cool. Thanks!
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David Higginbotham

 

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Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
Post  Posted 20 May 2021 8:34 am    
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Terry,
Here is a post where I had a set of these pickups and your Dad had an answer when I inquired about the model. If memory serves me correctly, your Dad purchased both of them from me when I decided I wasn’t going to use them. Jerry was a wealth of knowledge well beyond steel guitars. He was so generous with his help including paint and body work and had solutions to a few challenges I had over the years. We had a number of transactions buying and selling with each other and he was exceptional every time. We all miss him!
Dave

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