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Were black pickup covers ever standard on early Jazzmasters?  Was this ad accurate, or was it an early ad, made before the design was final?  Looks like knurled knobs (Tele style) too. 

http://www.webrocker.de/jaguar/v2/index.php?page=jm

I found this on Tom Arnold's (not the actor) Jazz and Jag tribute page ( http://www.webrocker.de/jaguar/v2/index ... brocker.de )

I think he is an FDPer, but is he a member here?

good thread...

here's a couple of guitars with supposed original black covers....I saved these pics years and years ago....

I'll take the blue one. Thank you very much.

I like the look of the black pickup covers. Even though it is a black and white image, I imagine that 3TS, a gold guard, and those black covers is a nice look.

Cool thread. 

RumorsOFsurF wrote: FDPer, but is he a member here?

Yeah, he drops around now and again.



The black pup covers were on one of the prototypes IIRC. By the look of zhiv's photos there were some early regular production models that somehow acquired them as well, although I hadn't heard of that before.

I heard somewhere that the late CBS models had black covers as well

I just  them black PU covers.

I've got a black set that I'm thinking of putting on my IBM + gold guard when the new guards arrive. 

luau wrote: I've got a black set that I'm thinking of putting on my IBM + gold guard when the new guards arrive. 

Where did you get them, luau?
I've been looking for some of these for half a year, at least...

I had exactly the same plans for them, too 

M

GPR's ebay store. When I got the gold guard I have now from them, I noticed them in their store, snatched them up, and had everything shipped together. They don't seem to have any now though.

Ooh, thanks for the link, luau.

I wouldn't mind the idea of trying them with my gold guard either. I do like that look.

See the odd thing about those pictures is if they are as rare as we are all thinking, what are the odds of a place having two at the same time?

glimmertwin wrote: See the odd thing about those pictures is if they are as rare as we are all thinking, what are the odds of a place having two at the same time?

very good point...

I saved these a while ago, but I'm pretty sure they were on gbase at the same time too....  :-\

luau wrote: GPR's ebay store. When I got the gold guard I have now from them, I noticed them in their store, snatched them up, and had everything shipped together. They don't seem to have any now though.

There's a pair of them right now on the Bay with a BIN from GPR.. Be quick guys!

http://cgi.ebay.com/2-BLACK-PICKUP-COVE ... dZViewItem

zhivago wrote:

glimmertwin wrote: See the odd thing about those pictures is if they are as rare as we are all thinking, what are the odds of a place having two at the same time?

very good point...

I saved these a while ago, but I'm pretty sure they were on gbase at the same time too....  :-\

Aren't they pics of before and after a sonic blue refin of the same guitar?  The wear pattern on the gold guard sure looks the same... And it would explain the cleanliness and freshness of the blue paint and the odds of having two gold-guard-black-pups JM's at the same place!