prototype MFD version of his earlier split coil pickup

The dusty pickup is a prototype MFD version of his earlier split coil pickup as installed in his 1975 prototype Sabre Bass. While he didn’t choose that Alnico split coil for the production Sabre in 1976, he continued with the concept of a powerful split coil with big pole pieces. The dusty prototype pickup shows Leo applying his Magnetic Field Design to that concept.