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So as many of you know there were late 81 Custom 1000's with unstamped and no sticker pickups.
Mine.....(there were other reports on these boards of the same thing)
81's were suppose to have Dry Z's and 82's usually have dry 82's. Of all the pictures I saw of ALL the greco pickups none looked the same but the Dry Z's were the closest, so I just went with the assumption that they were unstamped dry Z's as it seemed more logical than any of the other options.....until I found this tonight!
http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/other-les-pauls/118834-egc-800-greco-what-pickups-were-those.html
Looks like I have my match! And the 82 catalog lists Grooves as standard but to add confusion..according to wiki...it was only for the first year then dry 82's went in the EGC1000's. Which would explain why I always saw Dry Z or Dry 82's in all the other pictures I saw of customs from before and after.
I'm absolutely amazed at how good these pickups sound every time I play the guitar so it's nice to finally be about 100% sure of what they are.
Anyway...I know it's probably not that interesting to most but I thought if anyone else was still wondering as there were a couple others on here ages ago who had similar guitars.
Mine.....(there were other reports on these boards of the same thing)
81's were suppose to have Dry Z's and 82's usually have dry 82's. Of all the pictures I saw of ALL the greco pickups none looked the same but the Dry Z's were the closest, so I just went with the assumption that they were unstamped dry Z's as it seemed more logical than any of the other options.....until I found this tonight!
http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/other-les-pauls/118834-egc-800-greco-what-pickups-were-those.html
Looks like I have my match! And the 82 catalog lists Grooves as standard but to add confusion..according to wiki...it was only for the first year then dry 82's went in the EGC1000's. Which would explain why I always saw Dry Z or Dry 82's in all the other pictures I saw of customs from before and after.
I'm absolutely amazed at how good these pickups sound every time I play the guitar so it's nice to finally be about 100% sure of what they are.
Anyway...I know it's probably not that interesting to most but I thought if anyone else was still wondering as there were a couple others on here ages ago who had similar guitars.