Rus-ler pick -up?

[Jack Francis]

I have a Rus-ler S10.
The pick-up has poles in the middle and appears to have smaller "Holes" on either side of the poles, about 1/2" away from the center. The guitar has a 3 way switch with 3 distinct sounds.

It seems as though the pick-up has no springs or a way to raise or lower it.

Who made these pick-ups?
Are they humbuckers?
Will TrueTone's fit on this guitar?

Any info would be appreciated.
<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Jack Francis on 24 June 2003 at 11:17 PM.]</p></FONT>

[James Quackenbush]

Jack,
I had a D-10 Rusler that had George L pickups in it....I took them out as they were pretty muddy sounding, and put a TrueTone in both the E9 and C6 neck....Jerry wound the E9 at 17.5K and the C6 at 18.5K....When I plugged that steel into the amp, it was like a had a brand new steel ...HOLLY COW what a tone !!...Very nice indeed...have Jerry wind you a 17.5k and you'll grin from ear to ear....The pickup you're talking about sounds like a Danny Shields Crap trap...They look as you describe and have 3 settings to them one side is brite, the other side is darker, and the middle position has the mids scooped out of the tone..You end up with a nice bottom and top with no mids....Its a very nice tone for certain applications....I am not sure what the original Rusler pickups looked like...I know they were suppose to sound pretty good, but I have had no experience with them....I have the Danny Shields on my Sierra and love it !!..Jim

[Jack Francis]

Thanx...I'll refer this to Jerry.
'preciate it.

[Michael Johnstone]

They looked and sounded like ZB pickups. Hmmmmm.... -MJ-

[Fred Layman]

Russ Russell wound his own pickups. He took the idea from ZB steels. (He worked for ZB in Phoenix before starting the Rus-ler company). I have the pickup winder he used as well as hundreds of magnets, coil bobbins and a few of the pickups unwound.