Franz Pick-ups

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Anybody know what the wire running between the pole pieces underneath the cover on a Franz pick-up is for? I had never taken the cover off of one before and was quite surprised to see it.
 

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See Hans explanation:

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have seen that same wire in a Hagstrom bass mini humbucker in the bridge position of Guild basses
 

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Wait... You take them apart? !!!!!
u don't have to take the Hag mini hum apart to see that. just remove it from the bass and flip it over! photo is gone with my prior dead phone, and i sold both basses that had that pickup. but i'll look around possibly for that photo elsewhere

edit: aforementioned photo is gone, but here is the six string version of the same pickup (only the 4 string version was used on Guilds, but they look exactly the same, sans the 2 extra pole pieces)

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