RR-5 pickups

[Heka]

Bought myself RR-5 trans. red today (a used one). There´s one thing that I can´t figure it out: both PUs are black not zebra. The seller said it was like that when he bought it a year ago. Any info you can give about the PUs being black?

[toejam]

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The pickups on the RR5 are supposed to be two black JBs. They were never zebra.

[RacerX]

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Let's see a pic. Newbie. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[Heka]

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Originally posted by toejam:
The pickups on the RR5 are supposed to be two black JBs. They were never zebra.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I believe they are supposed to be zebra. My guitar looks identical to this one except for the PUs: http://www.guitarasylum.com/productp...son/rr5_tr.htm

I can try to get a photo someday, but it won´t happen until couple of weeks.

[RacerX]

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Hmmm, that looks like a special edition that Guitar Asylum is doing. Stock RR5s look like this:

http://www.guitarasylum.com/productp...on/rr5_ips.htm

[Heka]

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This is a bit strange now. Check out the PUs in here also: http://www.regentguitars.co.uk/acata...hoads_835.html but here it´s with black PUs: http://store6.yimg.com/I/guitarshopnet_1776_4538285

I wonder which one is the "correct one" and why is there two different PU color variations in the first place?

[RacerX]

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Looks like the Regent site took the pics and descriptions from Guitar Asylum.

[cort]

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Should be 2 black.No zebra's.I think the model was TB-4...Cort

[AlexL]

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I pulled the pickups out of my RR5 a while back. Cort is right, 2 black TB-4s. Whether or not they were actually TB-4s is a bit of a mystery. A fixed-bridge guitar wouldn't need the trem spacing of the TB-4,but that's what the letter code on them indicated.

I emailed McD about it, and he said there shouldn't have been twin TB-4s in it.

Anyway, I left the bridge pickup stock and put a duncan Jazz in the neck. Sweet.


- E.

[AlexL]

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Disregard my last post; my memory failed me. It's actually a pair of JBs.

Please read this post I started regarding RR5 pickups. A picture is included farther down in the thread.

RR5 Pickups


- E.

[toejam]

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Originally posted by AlexL:
Disregard my last post; my memory failed me. It's actually a pair of JBs.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's what I said, two JBs. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] TB4 is the trembucker version, SH4 is the regular spaced version. According to the catalog, they're both TB4s.

[toejam]

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Originally posted by Heka:
This is a bit strange now. Check out the PUs in here also: http://www.regentguitars.co.uk/acata...hoads_835.html but here it´s with black PUs: http://store6.yimg.com/I/guitarshopnet_1776_4538285

I wonder which one is the "correct one" and why is there two different PU color variations in the first place?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Strange indeed. I guess some are a special version like Ron said, or maybe they're just doing it zebra in certain colors now? [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img] Anyway, it's not a big deal, they'll sound the same, and they're both cool looking either way. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[Heka]

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Thank you all for your input.

[PallarAndersVisa]

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everytime i see the RR5 trans red on the net, be it music 123 or Zsounds, ive seen it with zebra humbcukers
BEAUUtiful guitar though. I myself just got me a white w/black pins RR5 [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[Heka]

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Someone wanted to have a pick of my guitar. Well, I finally have one: http://muusikoiden.net/dyn/members/8282.jpg