Found Two More DeArmond Pickups

[van]

Yesterday, I was trying to clean out the attic of my late parents' house that we've sold, and I found two more DeArmond pickups that my father bought for his D'Angelico and Gibson round hole.
They both say only "Guitar Mike" on them, so they're not Rhythm Chiefs (one is a round hole p/u).
I don't have any acoustics here, so I haven't tested them yet.
Is there any way of dating these p/ups, and estimating their worth?
Now I've got three and a half DeArmonds-
These two, one Dulcimer p/u, and the volume control of a broken RC 1000.

[JNugent]

Most models of DeArmond pickup, including the arch-top fitting "Guitar
Mike" model (FHC-C) can be found and identified in the 1968-1969
DeArmond catalogue I have uploaded to:

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/29785641@N07/8743213379/in/photostream/>

Have fun.

[van]

Thanks Ted-I mean J.; - )

[van]

On Thursday, May 16, 2013 7:26:25 AM UTC-4, JNugent wrote:

I definitely have the Model 1300, but I got that from a different source.
The two I found up the attic weren't in the catalog, but the archtop one is very similar to the FHC-C.
The round hole one is really ancient, and doesn't look like any of those in the catalog.
They both must be from the 50s.

[Nick Rossi]

The FHC-C "Guitar Mike" pick-ups often have a date stamp on the small metal tab that is covered by the black plastic/rubber that extends underneath the pick guard. You can often slip the black piece off to see the date stamp. This is not true for every year, I think they started doing this around 1950 but that is not gospel. As far as value...well...I hate to say it but eBay seems to rule to the roost with these. 'Though from experience the FHC-Cs seem to run a pretty wide range of final sale amounts.

[van]

This one doesn't have anything like that. I can't even test them out because the wire doesn't have a jack, and I don't have a round hole guitar for the other one.

[JNugent]

Test any pickup by connecting it to an amp, turning up the gain a bit
and gently tapping a polepiece (or the polepiece area if none are
visible) with a small screwdriver.

[van]

That DeArmond expert on ebay, Mitch S., claims that tapping these pickups is not a reliable way of finding out if they are good enough to be actually used.
He has a pickup that is the same as the archtop guitar mike I found, and he says they're from 1942. He's selling it for $449, buy it now price.