Pickups in 1980 Ibanez ST50?

StuartMac290

I still have my first electric guitar, bought new in 1980, an Ibanez ST50. For years I've used it for slide, but I'm setting it up now as a high-strung guitar permanently, and to that end I've just ordered a pair of Oil City humbucker-sized P90s.

I know the pickups are Di Marzios (I actually remember peeling the Di Marzio stickers off them when I got the guitar home) and they're really hot, but does anyone know what model? I'm planning to sell them on - vintage Di Marzios seem to fetch a decent price on ebay?

olafgarten

They didn't actually come with Dimarzio's, they were Ibanez V2 pickups, but they were made to sound like Dimarzio Super Distortions

StuartMac290

Yeah, I just saw that - weird, mine definitely had DiMarzio stickers right across the bobbins!

Seems the V2s were made by Maxon. There's one on ebay for $135.

Fuzzdog

They do fetch reasonable money if you can find the right buyer - from what I recall, they're basically very close DiMarzio Super Distortion copies but with alnico magnets instead of ceramic.