Question on Benedetti pickup construction

[ikay]

Does anyone have any insight into the internal construction (winding spec and magnet type/configuration etc) of these glorious Benedetti single coils in my Vigier Excess? From the back they appear to be wide aperture SCs (much wider aperture than a jazz) set in a humbucker size case (I wonder why the HB size case?). Passing a screwdriver across the front of the pickup suggests 8 individual pole pieces (similar to a J) running down the centreline, but on the underside, the bridge pickup appears to have a narrow full length bar of some sort. The underside of the neck pickup looks quite different, I wonder what's going on there! I'm just curious. I love these pickups and would like to know more about how they're put together. Any input appreciated!

 

 

Edited 13 hours ago by ikay

[Hellzero]

Benedetti have been using samarium cobalt magnets on sole higher end pickups, just like the ones made for Leduc.

 

Vigier models like the ones pictured are derived from the standard series and were wound like a P-90 or a Jazzmaster pickup.

 

There was quite a lot of information on the original website, but I think everything is gone now.

[Hellzero]

You'll find a lot of information though Wayback Machine here: https://web.archive.org/web/20040606235231/http://n.mercadal.free.fr/html/english/start.htm