Help me ID this pickup

[mjet]

Any idea about the manufacturer of this guy?

[oid]

From the mid 60s, think made by Rowe? Common on Harmony made guitars, mostly the silvertones.

[øøøøøøø]

Rowe/DeArmond, 1960s.

That is a pickup commonly known as a "goldfoil" or "gold foil" (though the foil isn't always gold)

As you can see from the construction, they're pretty primitive. They also happen to be pretty incredible-sounding, when in good working order.

Curtis Novak would be my first call to restore such a pickup (the coil is clearly damaged)

[mjet]

Thanks all! Knowing myself, I'll get this fixed and then buy the rest of the parts to make a whole guitar. Starts with a little itch...

[oid]

I never knew Rowe and DeArmond were one in the same, interesting.

These are great pickups though, love the sound of them when the amp is starting to break up.

I got one of these sitting about, and you know, could stick it on the pickguard of my JazzMaster between the other two pickups, no modification to the guitar needed, have it be the the rhythm circuit pickup, would not need to switch over to my Silvertone as often then....

[Telemnemonics]

Wow, never saw the guts of those DeArmonds, pretty primitive.
Is the piece of fiber on the right all that remains of the formerly whole, now broken, top bobbin flatwork?
Do you have the rest of that top piece?
Trying to imagine how you'd rewind it.
Buy some fiberboard or use a broken pickguard to fashion a new top piece.
And is that a big bar magnet in between the end discs the coil is wound around?

[Embenny]

And is that a big bar magnet in between the end discs the coil is wound around?

These goldfoils typically had a big, cheap rubber magnet - like a fridge magnet.

And yep. They're pretty primitive. And were scoffed at by tone aficionados...until someone discovered there was a market for $200 handwound replicas of budget pickups in the post-Black Keys era.