Any idea what these are??

[mark68]

Hello all, and thanks in advance for any ideas. I have no idea what these came out of, and sorry for the poor picture quality. The pickups themselves have no markings, the pots have "daito" stamped on them, and the switch, "iso". ,
Again, sorry for the quality, the camera is old, and thanks again for any ideas on this.

[newey]

Mark68-

Hello and welcome!

No idea on the source of your guard and pups. Markings on the pots and switch aren't going to mean much since multiple manufacturers source parts from the same suppliers.

There's simply too many of these Strat clones from different sources for any definitive ID. Probably the most you could find out would be an assumption about the country of origin, for example, if "daito" is the mfr. of the pots, and if you discover that this is a Japanese company, you might reasonably conclude that the whole thing is Japanese sourced.

"ISO" is commonly an abbreviation for the "International Standards Organization" (Sort of like UL for Underwriter's Laboratory), and is unlikely to be meaningful as far as identifying the source.

Install it. If it sounds good, who cares what it is?

[mark68]

Thanks newey, and very true...I could care less where they came from if they sound good!! They do appear bigger than my stock Squier pups do, not sure what that may indicate if anything at all. And forgive my ignorance here, but is there an easy, out of guitar method to test these thngs before I do an install??
Thanks again,
Mark

[newey]

Depends on what you mean by "testing" and "easy". You can simply wire the guard up to an output jack, plug in a cord to an amp, and tap test the coils with a screwdriver. This will at least tell you that all 3 pickups are operational, but nothing more than that.

There's ChrisK's brain scan procedure, which gives more definitive info. The description of this is for testing through the output jack, but the procedure can be done on just a pickguard as well, by connecting the meter to the output wires, or by wiring in a jack as above.