pickup suggestions for a Filmore MK II

[oipunkguy]

FYI the gibson 496r and 500t had oversized ceramic magnets in them. i still have a set from the pickups that went dead in my 92 LP

[doombuggy]

does anyone have a clue who made the pups that are in the guitar??
I was under the impression that Dana Mo may have.
I havent tried them with the band

heres a link to some of our songs so you get an idea what the guitars sound like in the band

http://www.reverbnation.com/open_graph/song/11826713
http://www.reverbnation.com/open_graph/song/11450213

[raygun85]

Hey Bro, that's the whole point I was trying to make. Get what YOU need, not whatever we or anybody wants to sell you. I have referred people to Curtis Novak, Ed Elliot, Front Porch, and Bob Shade when they had something we didn't offer. If you want an M-3 pickup then I can help you. Either way, I say try the ceramic 8 magnets.

The best way to get a cross between the big humbuckers you mentioned, and a Mosrite pickup, is to go for a high-output single coil and ceramic mags. I think a 15K single is gonna get a little muddy. I'd keep it a 12K single-coil with ceramics.

[dorkrockrecords]

does anyone have a clue who made the pups that are in the guitar??

Well, that particular guitar was made in the Tokai factory so I would assume the stock pickups are Gotoh or something similar.

[doombuggy]

so Tokai is the company making the Fillmore Mosrites of Classics?

[dorkrockrecords]

Bingo.

[JimPage]

Adam, is the Tokai company today the same or is the quality of the guitars they produce the same as the Tokai output from the early 1980s? I have a 1983 Tokai Stratocaster clone that is a very high-quality instrument. It has, based upon the research of folks on the Tokai Registry forum, Dimarzio pickups.

--JIm

[dorkrockrecords]

Tokai is the same Tokai as way back when and they've always produced quality instruments, although relatively speaking the '80s were their heyday and probably the high point in their output quality. Fillmore certainly advertised the Johnny Ramone model as having a Dimarzio single coil, but I don't remember them noting this fact on their MKII which makes me think it is something more generic.

[doombuggy]

the out put is about like a Mustang pup so I dont think its a Dimazio but I havent taken the guard off yet

[doombuggy]

just incase someone wanted to see some under the hood shots