Guide price for Abbey Ybarra handwound '1960 Relic' Strat pickups?

Nick

My CS Tele has Abby's pickups in it and sounds excellent - whether it is down to her winding technique or not, I do not know.

I suppose some people find her link to Fender's history quite interesting. That is where the value is added.

Dan

I had some Abby Ybarra signed Fat 50's pickups, pulled them from my CS Strat. Got £400 for them which is crazy money. Thought they were decent but nothing special. Replaced them with a 60's set from @Mojopickups which I still have in my strat as they sound superb.

Bridgehouse

Hmmm, so the split coil in my 1964 P bass was wound by Abby in Mid-December 1964.. just as Goldfinger was released in the US. 

Clearly the film gossip was high in the Fender factory then, cos the tone is just so sweet.

The bass has a clear license to kill...

gubble

My telecaster was clearly wired the day after the Star Wars Holiday Special aired....... Great playing guitar, rubbish pickups.

Ossyrocks

I had a set of Abby's in a CS Ltd Ed Strat from Coda.

I really did not like them at all. Thin, bright, weak, brittle. 

I replaced them with Lindy Fralin Blues Specials and the guitar came alive, waaaaaay better.

The Abby's I pulled measured just 5.1k to 5.4k, defo on the weak side. I sold them for £280 the set.

Rob.

WillEdmunds

@Ossyrocks Cool, the ones I have are good, but just found a set of Rocketfires, which are hard to beat!!

StuartMac290

I have a set of Abby hand wound Custom 65s, which I understand are particularly rare. They sound great, but I wonder how much they might fetch? I mean, they're not THAT great!

Gassage

Ossyrocks said:

I had a set of Abby's in a CS Ltd Ed Strat from Coda.

I really did not like them at all. Thin, bright, weak, brittle. 

I replaced them with Lindy Fralin Blues Specials and the guitar came alive, waaaaaay better.

The Abby's I pulled measured just 5.1k to 5.4k, defo on the weak side. I sold them for £280 the set.

Rob.

^ this. In spades.

guitars4you

StuartMac290 said:

I have a set of Abby hand wound Custom 65s, which I understand are particularly rare. They sound great, but I wonder how much they might fetch? I mean, they're not THAT great!

If they have the 'bright almost red' wire then they should be the '65' models and yes quite rare - Fender have never sold these as a sets on their own - only available with the guitar - They are effectively similar to the SRV 'Lenny' Strat period and the Hendrix black 65 'Monterey' Strat that he favoured on many recordings - As such they have quite a big fan base - They tend to sound lush rather than hot

mellowsun

guitars4you said:

StuartMac290 said:

I have a set of Abby hand wound Custom 65s, which I understand are particularly rare. They sound great, but I wonder how much they might fetch? I mean, they're not THAT great!

If they have the 'bright almost red' wire then they should be the '65' models and yes quite rare - Fender have never sold these as a sets on their own - only available with the guitar - They are effectively similar to the SRV 'Lenny' Strat period and the Hendrix black 65 'Monterey' Strat that he favoured on many recordings - As such they have quite a big fan base - They tend to sound lush rather than hot

guitars4you said:

StuartMac290 said:

I have a set of Abby hand wound Custom 65s, which I understand are particularly rare. They sound great, but I wonder how much they might fetch? I mean, they're not THAT great!

If they have the 'bright almost red' wire then they should be the '65' models and yes quite rare - Fender have never sold these as a sets on their own - only available with the guitar - They are effectively similar to the SRV 'Lenny' Strat period and the Hendrix black 65 'Monterey' Strat that he favoured on many recordings - As such they have quite a big fan base - They tend to sound lush rather than hot

I have these on my CS '65 Strat from Coda (with the transitional logo). They do sound lush - that's a great word to describe them!

StuartMac290

guitars4you said:

StuartMac290 said:

I have a set of Abby hand wound Custom 65s, which I understand are particularly rare. They sound great, but I wonder how much they might fetch? I mean, they're not THAT great!

If they have the 'bright almost red' wire then they should be the '65' models and yes quite rare - Fender have never sold these as a sets on their own - only available with the guitar - They are effectively similar to the SRV 'Lenny' Strat period and the Hendrix black 65 'Monterey' Strat that he favoured on many recordings - As such they have quite a big fan base - They tend to sound lush rather than hot

Yep, that's the ones! Got them with the guitar

Strat54

Yep, snake oil...even Abby herself was a little bemused by all the attention. Fender made some limited edition sets from her about 17 years ago and put them in a little square box with a certificate signed by her and Mike Eldred, I bought a set for $200 and tried them...average. Put them in a drawer and forgot about them. Stuck them on ebay and set them off  at 0.99 about five years ago and some guy in the U.S paid me $600 for them in the end....what the heck? 

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