Albert Lee Pickguard on the bay

[DrBob]

So,

There's this guy on ebay selling 3 EBMM pickguards loaded with Pickups.
I don't know enough to pass judgement on either of the Silo/Morse type plates and their p/ups, but if you look at:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ernie-ball-pick...5QQihZ012QQcategoryZ41424QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

He maintains that they are standard Albert Lee p/ups.

I'll be honest, I'm dubious as I've got a 94 AL, and although I've swapped out the original (Seymour Duncan?) pickups for Rio Grandes I don't recall the originals looking anything like these...

For a start they had black fiber type bases that were flat and not with two big bar magnets clamped either side of the polepieces. These look more like the shabby items you'll find in a Mexican or import St**t.

Further to that on a proper AL bridge p/up aren't you meant to have a metal plate on the base to give it a bit more of that T**e type tone ?

Am I misinformed or is this guy a charlatan ?

 

[58super]

There is no silent circuit there.

One of those pickguards is marked reject. A dumpster diver perhaps?

 

[mbgreene]

The other two say they will fit a Morse but are way off in shape - they are closer to Silo guard shapes but still off. Control knobs, and configuration are wrong too.

I'd stay away......far away

 

[Larry]

this is a loaded pickguard i acquired during my employment at ernie ball........................ it gets better........All parts are original and all work done at the Ernie ball factory in slo

 

[robelinda2]

plenty of suckers on ebay to take advantage of, hopefully they arent EBMM players, we're smart aren't we??

 

[DrBob]

this is a loaded pickguard i acquired during my employment at ernie ball........................ it gets better........All parts are original and all work done at the Ernie ball factory in slo

In which case please allow me to apologise for questioning the integrity of you or your auction pieces, it was ill mannered of me to do so.

Further to that good luck with the auctions

 

[Larry]

DrBob its OK this isnt my auction. And i think its a scam. I copied and pasted that off one of the listings. It just seems fishy to me.