Odd mini humbucker mountings.
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Walter Broes
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Two possibilities I can think of :
-they were messed with after the fact
-perhaps that's how the pickups were mounted in the rare George Barnes acoustilectric and "guitar in F", but that's pure guesswork on my part, because I have never even seen the outside of one of those up close, let alone the insides!
-they were messed with after the fact
-perhaps that's how the pickups were mounted in the rare George Barnes acoustilectric and "guitar in F", but that's pure guesswork on my part, because I have never even seen the outside of one of those up close, let alone the insides!
Knash
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I think you might be correct about the George Barnes. Makes sense. I read somewhere that one came back to the factory to be "upgraded" to the HB1s. This might be the old set!
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Ken, while you have them out, could you check the resistance on those pups? GAD has been keeping track of them, and I am interested too.
SFIV1967
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Ken, those are clearly Guild George Barnes/Acousti–Letric Model floating pickups.
The Guild George Barnes Guitar in "F" had chrome hardware I believe.
That picture was also from you I think:
So this area was glued to a big internal bar. Hans had explained before that this internal wooden bar was going from the neck block to the tail block.
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George Barnes Guitar in "F" for reference:
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Ralf
The Guild George Barnes Guitar in "F" had chrome hardware I believe.
That picture was also from you I think:
So this area was glued to a big internal bar. Hans had explained before that this internal wooden bar was going from the neck block to the tail block.
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George Barnes in F!
Someone on Reddit just posted this pic asking what it is. I've never seen one before! Relevant catalog page:
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Knash
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The one with the wood block, bridge I assume, reads 6.8k. The other is an open circuit.
SFIV1967
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Yes, the one with the hole in the bottom plate is the bridge position.
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Thank you!