Mickey Mouse Pickup Appreciation Thread!

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One of my plans in the works is to build a reproduction of the MM pickup, so, anything you could share with me would be much appreciated.

 

[nmiller]

I'd be very interested in a set of MM pickups in a modern standard size. I suspect the bobbins are a hair too big for a Strat cover, but maybe a P90?

 

[Default]

I'm 90% sure of how it is constructed, I would just like an example to confirm my suspicions.

 

[matsickma]

I can tell you that a set of Strat type pickups fit inside the chrome surround that a MM pickup has. I had (foolishly) disgarded the MM pickups on a '65-66 S100 and inserted a Dimazio distortion sc in the neck position and a stacked DiMarzio HB in the bridge position.
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[Nuuska]

Just stumbled on a bass guitar Mickey Mouse on eBay - Milwaukee - Wisconsin

https://www.ebay.de/itm/324817123605?hash=item4ba09bf915:g:J~QAAOSw9LhhXFxi

 

[Default]

Just stumbled on a bass guitar Mickey Mouse on eBay - Milwaukee - Wisconsin

https://www.ebay.de/itm/324817123605?hash=item4ba09bf915:g:J~QAAOSw9LhhXFxi

Thanks Nuuska, that one has been around for a while. It's a DeArmond pickup from the nineties, not an original 60's though. I'll start a thread for resistance and hopefully, we can get some numbers on these.

Reference thread link.

Micky Mouse pickup reference thread

This pickup is the thin, single coil pickup that Guild used primarily in the mid to late sixties. "Mickey Mouse" is an in-house nickname and never appeared in Guild literature. I've had a couple of guitars with these pickups slip through my fingers over the years, and I would like to get some...

letstalkguild.com

 

[Ixtlan]

Thanks Nuuska, that one has been around for a while. It's a DeArmond pickup from the nineties, not an original 60's though. I'll start a thread for resistance and hopefully, we can get some numbers on these.

Reference thread link.

Micky Mouse pickup reference thread

This pickup is the thin, single coil pickup that Guild used primarily in the mid to late sixties. "Mickey Mouse" is an in-house nickname and never appeared in Guild literature. I've had a couple of guitars with these pickups slip through my fingers over the years, and I would like to get some...

letstalkguild.com

Cool, just added to the first post.

 

[hansmoust]

Thanks Nuuska, that one has been around for a while. It's a DeArmond pickup from the nineties, not an original 60's though. I'll start a thread for resistance and hopefully, we can get some numbers on these.

No, it's not a DeArmond pickup from the '90s! It's an original Guild JetStar pickup from the '60s!

However, it's priced way too high, so it doesn't really matter what it is!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

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No, it's not a DeArmond pickup from the '90s! It's an original Guild JetStar pickup from the '60s!

However, it's priced way too high, so it doesn't really matter what it is!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

Oh, I thought I was seeing a listing from Bonfires. He's listing a reissue and insinuating that it is a 60's model.

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

Hans'd !

Here's my X-50 with da Mickey:

 

[Default]

I like that 'burst!

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

I like that 'burst!

Yeah, the 50's series got the "guitar pick" 'burst.

Here's my T-50: (Just for the heck of it!)

 

[mad dog]

Here's my X-50 with da Mickey:

That's a beauty. I've always been curious how the MM equipped X50 differs sound-wise from the earlier ones, such as my '62 with the Franz p/u.

 

[Mattleblanc275]

Were the MM pickups made by Guild, or another manufacturer?

 

[GGJaguar]

Were the MM pickups made by Guild, or another manufacturer?

They were made in-house by Guild.