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Given the cream plastic and tape it may be some sort of DiMarzio or licensed far-east version of one.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
If it fits snugly in a Strat scratchplate with no cover I'd guess it has a lot of winds on there and is pretty hot.
It came out of my favourite guitar years ago, but as it had been very roughly fitted as a middle pickup to a tele, I just left it out.
Surprisingly, it is not a hottie...
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The bobbin does feel pretty full, but apart from fitting it or untaping it (not going to happen) it's guesswork.
The taping is actually much neater than some Fenders & GIbson pickups I have seen
All I need now is to get home & dig out a suitable project guitar... probably not going to happen, as there's already a queue.
Or if there's anyone out there that is looking for an interesting untested pickup to try, then let me know.
The cream plastic is certainly inspired by DiMarzio but, then, Schaller has made its fair share of cream-coloured pickups.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The HD & DVD drive were replaced with SSD's, also the HD would not be near the centre of the chassis but thanks for the concern
This thread on the Duncan forum might help to explain why even a small change in wire diameter makes more of a difference to the DC resistance than quite a lot more turns -
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?74843-Pickups-101-DCR-vs-of-turns-Will-the-real-output-indicator-please-stand-up&p=912743&viewfull=1#post912743
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Isn't that how they wind pickups with higher resistance?
Take a PAF style pickup, to get higher output they can't use the normal gauge cos it would mean being so overwound it wouldn't fit in a standard guitar. So they use thinner wire which both fills the bobbin normally and increases the resistance?
Looking at the mystery Strat pickup, if it used thinner wire you would expect the resistance to be higher than 7.4K given how full the bobbin is.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein